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GARDEN FOES 



Potato Bus (Lygus solani).— Active little insects fur- 

 nished with a rostrum, or beak, by means of which they 

 puncture the leaves and feed on the sap. They have 



POTATO PLANT BUGS (LYGL>). 



Fig. 20. Lygus Salani, magnified; c, Nat. size; 21, Larva stage magnifiel ; 

 d, Nat. size. Fig. 27, Lygus iimbellatarum magnified ; a, Nat. size. 



green, shining bodies, are most abundant in August, and 

 do similar injury to the foliage as that done by the Frog 

 Fly. 



Eemedy. — Same as for the Frog Fly. 



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 POTATO FROG-FLY (EUPTERYX i-OLANI). 



Showing" flies nat. fiizo and largely magnified. 



Potato Frog Fly (Eupteryx solani).— A small green- 

 ish dy which may be seen hopping about potato foliage 



