202 



Undetermined Leaf-bug. 



Capsichv. 



Ashincad* reports an undetermined capsid taken feeding on corn 

 pollen in Florida. 



THE COMMON FLOWER-BUG. 



Triphleps insidiosus Say. 



Li the Twenty-first Report of this office (page 86) it was said that 



while there is undoubted evidence of the value of this species (Fig. 20S) 



as a predaceous insect it has been charged with 



injury to plants, and its fairly common occurrence 



on beets renders it an object of suspicion. The 



same is true of it as a corn insect. Websterf 



reports that it may frequently be found, in all 



stages, literally swarming among the silks, with 



no other visible food supply. We have also found 



it several times, sometimes in great numbers, on 



corn silks, on the tij^s of the ears and on the 



■J- leaf-sheaths, and also on broom-corn. It is a 



Fig 208 The Common miuute, flattened, blackish bug with yellowish 



S=;!'"'i:>^^fcln: wing tips, and is found throughout the United 



DeptofAirlctuuVe.y' ®" States. The nymi)hs are reddish browu. 



THE FLATAS. 



The Flatas are odd-looking insects, wedge-shaped as seen from 

 above. The two species known to feed on corn have been discuss(>(l 

 in treating the sugar-beet insects. J The yomig are very short and 

 liroad and are concealed in a Avoolly excretion. They live in groups 



Fig. 209. The Green Flat:i, Chlorochara conica. Length about three 

 eighths inch. 



♦Bull. No. 14. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., p. Hi. 



t" Insects Affecting the Corn Crop," p. 20. (From Inil. Asr. Rep. for 1885.) 



^Twenty-first Rep. State Ent. 111., p. 8.3. 



