FALL NUMBER 91 
REPORTS OF MEETINGS 
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Pacific and India. The infestation was traced to a nursery on 
the West Coast. 
“Pumpkin Bugs’, the second paper of the evening, was read 
by Professor Drake, who was then investigating the habits and 
life history, but especially the insect enemies of these bugs. 
Professor Drake suggests the common name of Southern Green 
Stink Bug for Nezara viridula to distinguish it from Nezara hil- 
aris which is the commoner species farther north but also found 
here. N. viridula is in northern Africa, Asia, and other parts of 
the world. N. marginata and N. pennsylvanica are also in Flor- 
ida but rare. Radish is the favorite food of these bugs in spring 
and is suggested as a trap crop to protect other plants and veg- 
etables. Cowpeas are also much attacked. The egg masses of 
N. viridula average 80-90 eggs and hatch in 4-5 days. There are 
5 instars, or stages, i. e., there are 5 sizes of the bugs, counting 
the newly hatched and including the full grown bugs. The life 
cycle is 4-6 weeks in summer. WN. viridula has its share of natural 
enemies, including the Wheelbug, Tachina Flies, Sarcophagidae, 
and egg parasites. The Tachina Flies and Sarcophagidae are 
flies resembling houseflies, but are more hairy, and it is the mag- 
gots of these flies that infest the bugs. 
Both of these papers were discussed by those present. 
August. No meeting was held because so many of the resident 
members were absent from Gainesville on account of professional 
duties. 
September 30. Twenty-seven visitors were present from 
among those who were attending the Citrus Seminar and the 
Live Stock Roundup at the University. 
The first paper of the evening was by Mr. W. L. McAtee of 
the U.S. Biological Survey. Mr. McAtee gave a very instructive 
account of the different lines of work conducted by the Survey. 
These include investigations of the useful and injurious mam- 
mals and birds of the United States, habits and distribution of 
North American animals, enforcement of federal laws pertain- 
ing to importations, quarantines, etc., and a game law section. 
The Society’s interest, however, was centered mainly upon the 
methods of identifying insect remains in bird’s stomachs. This 
is a very difficult task, but not impossible, since there are certain 
