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A brownish, membranous, winged plant bug a little over J4 inch long 



O 1 i a r i u s q u i n q u e 1 i n e a t u s, p. 686 

 Small, stout, triangular or rounded bugs producing masses of frothlike spiitle on pines 



Spittle insects, several species, p. 686 

 A greenish brown leaf hopjx'r about ' \(, inch long . . S t i c t o c e p h a 1 a i n e r m i s, p. 687 

 A small, active, rather slender plant bug about % inch long with yellowish head and 

 prothorax and yellowish red wing covers occurs on hard pine in midsummer 



Dichrooscytus rufipennis, p. 687 

 A light brown, slender plant bug about }{ inch long with the thorax variously marked 

 with red, pinkish and light brown occurs on hard pine 



N a b i s r u f u s c u 1 u s, p. 688 

 A grayish, yellowish or red-marked, elliptic insect, about '2 inch long occurs the latter 

 part of summer on hard pine, many shrubs and plants 



G y p o n a o c t o 1 i n e a t a, p. 688 

 A small, reddish brown, jumping plant louse }i inch long abounds on hard pine the latter 

 part of the season and in early spring 



Branible flea louse, T r i o z a t r i p u n c t a t a, p. 688 

 A conspicuous snow-white, woolly scale is sometimes very abundant on the more tender 

 growths of pitch and soutiiern yellow pine 



Woolly pine scale, P s e u d o p h i 1 i p p i a q u a i n t a n c i i, p. 689 

 Hemlock, species affecting 

 An oval, dark gray often blackish scale with a lighter margin, occurs on hemlock, pine, fir 

 and maiik- Hemlock scale, A s p i d i o t u s a b i e t i s, p. 690 



Frequenters of evergreen or coniferous trees 



A brilliantly marked, brick-red and blue ground beetle about -J^' inch long 



L e b i a g r a n d i s, p. 690 

 A yellowish, 9-spotted hemispheric beetle 



Nine-spotted lady beetle, C o c c i n e 1 1 a n o v e m n o t a t a, p. 691 

 A yellowish, almost black banded hemispheric beetle 



Three-banded lady beetle, C o c c i n e 1 1 a t r i f a s c i a t a, p. 691 

 A black lieetle about ^ inch long with a conspicuous orange band containing two circular 

 black spots on the basal two thirds of the wing covers 



I ]! s s a n g u i n o 1 e n t u s, p. 691 

 A shining black lieetle about J4 inch long with four irregular, orange markings on the 



wing covers I ]) s q u a d r i g u 1 1 a t u s, p. 692 



A small, snapping beetle less than 38 inch long witli a light head and light yellowish elytra 

 marked with dark brown C o r y m b i t e s p r o p o 1 a, p. 692 



