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  on 
  barley, 
  alfalfa, 
  and 
  various 
  weeds. 
  Webster 
  reports 
  iaieralis 
  as 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  on 
  buckwheat, 
  and 
  Uhler 
  found 
  it 
  on 
  rank 
  vegetation 
  at 
  the 
  bor- 
  

   ders 
  of 
  woods. 
  It 
  inhabits 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Moun- 
  

   tains, 
  hibernates 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  stage, 
  and, 
  according 
  to 
  Uhler, 
  is 
  two- 
  

   brooded, 
  the 
  first 
  generation 
  of 
  adults 
  appearing 
  from 
  late 
  May 
  to 
  early 
  

   July, 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  from 
  August 
  to 
  October, 
  inclusive. 
  

  

  Acanthocerus 
  galeator 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  (^Euthoctha 
  galeator 
  Fabr. 
  ) 
  

  

  Little 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  of 
  the 
  biological 
  relations 
  of 
  this 
  insect, 
  

   common 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  It 
  is 
  mentioned 
  here 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Bruner, 
  

   who 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  found 
  it 
  several 
  times 
  on 
  beets 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  wild 
  

   cucumber. 
  It 
  has 
  much 
  the 
  form 
  and 
  colors 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  squash- 
  

   bug 
  {Anasa 
  tristts'), 
  but 
  is 
  readily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  its 
  greatly 
  swollen 
  

   thighs 
  and 
  slender 
  tibiae. 
  Its 
  back 
  is 
  brownish 
  gray, 
  and 
  the 
  wing 
  

   membrane 
  is 
  nearly 
  black. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountains. 
  The 
  eggs, 
  which 
  are 
  attached 
  by 
  one 
  

   side 
  in 
  irregular 
  clusters 
  to 
  leaves 
  and 
  stems 
  of 
  plants, 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  ruddy, 
  

   golden 
  color, 
  and 
  of 
  an 
  oval 
  shape, 
  subtriangular 
  in 
  cross-section. 
  The 
  

   young 
  are 
  purple-black, 
  very 
  spinose, 
  with 
  orange 
  heads 
  and 
  crimson 
  

   abdomens. 
  We 
  have 
  found 
  this 
  insect 
  on 
  blackberries 
  and 
  raspberries 
  

   and 
  on 
  forest 
  undergrov/th. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  by 
  Hubbard 
  as 
  very 
  

   destructive 
  in 
  Florida. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  hibernate 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   taken 
  by 
  us 
  under 
  bark 
  and 
  leaves 
  November 
  2d, 
  and 
  again 
  April 
  20th. 
  

   There 
  is 
  probably 
  but 
  one 
  generation 
  in 
  a 
  year. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   our 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  fall. 
  

  

  THE 
  STINK- 
  BUG 
  FAMILY 
  {^PentatomidcB). 
  

  

  The 
  Western 
  Green 
  Stink-bug. 
  

  

  Pentatoma 
  uJileri 
  ^\.d\ 
  {^Lio 
  derma 
  uhler 
  i 
  '$>\.2X). 
  

  

  Members 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  represented 
  by 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  well 
  known 
  

   to 
  every 
  one 
  by 
  their 
  broad 
  and 
  flattened 
  form 
  and 
  by 
  their 
  habit 
  of 
  

   visiting 
  blackberries, 
  strawberries, 
  and 
  the 
  like, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  leave 
  

   a 
  distasteful 
  excretion 
  familiar 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  eaten 
  those 
  fruits 
  when 
  

   freshly 
  picked. 
  The 
  present 
  species 
  belongs 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  from 
  South 
  

   Dakota 
  to 
  California 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico. 
  It 
  has 
  occasionally 
  become 
  

   extraordinarily 
  abundant 
  and 
  destructive, 
  attacking 
  cultivated 
  crops 
  

   almost 
  without 
  discrimination. 
  Corn, 
  wheat, 
  oats, 
  beets, 
  cabbage, 
  and 
  

   a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  garden 
  produce 
  were 
  destroyed 
  by 
  it 
  in 
  South 
  Dakota 
  

   in 
  1897,* 
  although 
  it 
  seemed 
  to 
  prefer 
  turnips, 
  radishes, 
  potato 
  blos- 
  

   soms, 
  and 
  young 
  sweet-corn. 
  In 
  Texas 
  it 
  has 
  destroyed 
  entire 
  plantings 
  

  

  *BulI. 
  57, 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  p. 
  36. 
  

  

  