III. The Dusky Cotton Bug. 



THEY are small brown insects found feeding upon cotton, 

 bhindi, hollyhock and other allied plants. They attack the cotton 

 bolls as soon as they open, suck out the seed and dirty the lint. 

 Usually they are present in large numbers in cotton during 

 September and October, and in the aggregate they do consider- 

 able damage. 



The simplest way to destroy them is to shake them off the 

 bolls into a pan of water. 



