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the same mail we received a second letter, from Mr. J. H. Hemenway, 

 Cienfuegos, Cuba, containing- report of depredations by this same 

 insect on the coffee plants, it being described as very common and 

 completely destroying plantations. 



This species is mentioned in literature generally as Apate francinca 

 Fab., which is a synonym of caruirllfd, the latter ))cing the male and 

 the former the female of the same insect. It may b(> remembered that 

 a note was published on this species (Ins. Life, Vol. VI, p. 2T'±) as 

 boring in Lagerstr(jemia in Jamaica. 



say's plant buo. 



{Lioderma saiji Stal.) 



One of the remarkable outbreaks of the year 1903 was that of a 

 large green pentatomid bug (Lioderi/ia [Pentato)/ia] .mi/i Stal.). It 

 was most injurious to grain, and especially to wheat, but in some cases 

 attacked a variety of other plants. Among interesting reports of 

 injuries received was one from Prof. C. P. Gillette, who wrote, August 

 19, that many wheat fields in Montezuma County, Colo., had been 

 reduced from 25 to 75 per cent. Fields of oats were also badl}' 

 injured, and in some cases beans and peas were attacked. Ma}^ 9, 

 Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell reported an out])reak in Arizona. At that 

 time the insect was so abundant that it threatened the ruin of the 

 grain crop in the vicinity of Pima, Thatcher, and Fort Thomas. It 

 was noticed that the insect was common also on wild plants in that 

 territory-. At Phoenix, Ariz., and vicinity, Mr. Matthew M. Murphy 

 reported considerable damage, especially to late wheat. Mr. C. C. 

 Pitrat, Farmington, N. Mex., reported September 9 that this bug had 

 caused much loss to the wheat crop of that vicinity, the bugs having 

 first been noticed July 20, when the wheat was in the milk. Three or 

 four bugs were found clinging to each head of wheat, seeming to suck 

 the juice from the forming seeds. It was estimated that the bugs had 

 badly damaged or completely ruined about half the wheat in San Juan 

 County. It was observed that the bugs had a very offensive smell, 

 like that of the common squash hng (Anasa tr/'stis). Mr. J. ,1. Star- 

 ley reported injury to potato vines at Fillmore Cit}', Millard Countj^ 

 Utah. From specimens received from this latter source, eggs were 

 deposited in Jul}^ and young were observed Jul}^ 25. Reports of 

 injury chiefly to grain were also received f I'om Saftord and Tucson, 

 Ariz. , and Cortez, Colo. 



AQUATIC BUGS OF COMMERCIAL VALUE AS FOOD. 



October 7, 1903, Dr. A. Hrdlicka, of the U. S. National Museum, 

 submitted for examination a large package of insects Avhich he stated 

 were used as fish food in Mexico, whence they came. These insects 



