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INJURIOUS INSECTS 



ily (Cruciferce), also the Grape-Tine and Strawberry 

 plants, to which it is especially injurious. The insect is 



Fig. 81. FALSE CHINCH-BUG (Ny- 



siw destructor, Riley). 



Fig. 82. ASH-GRAY 



LEAF-BUG (Plesma 



cinerea, Say.) 



described in full in Eiley's Third Missouri Keport. The 

 Ash-gray Leaf-bug (Piesma cinerea), fig. 82, is often 

 found feeding on the same plants as the Chinch-bug, and 

 might be mistaken for that by a careless observer; a com- 

 parison of the engravings will at once show the difference. 



Fig. 83. 



INSIDIOUS FLOWER-BUG ( An- 



thocoris insidiosus, Say.) 



a b 



Fig. 84. MANY-BANDED ROBBER 



(Harpactor cinclus, Fabr.) 



NATURAL ENEMIES. The Chinch -bug appears to have 

 fewer insect enemies than other destructive insects, and 



