﻿Tobacco 
  Interests 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina. 
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  are 
  fully 
  developed 
  they 
  can 
  both 
  leap 
  and 
  fly 
  to 
  a 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  distance. 
  The 
  male 
  tree 
  cricket 
  is 
  nearl}' 
  white, 
  

   sometimes 
  tinged 
  with 
  green; 
  the 
  wings 
  lie 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  

   one 
  lapped 
  over 
  on 
  the 
  other; 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  all 
  long 
  and 
  slen- 
  

   der, 
  the 
  posterior 
  pair 
  much 
  the 
  longest, 
  and 
  formed 
  for 
  

   leaping; 
  the 
  antenna3 
  are 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  thread-like, 
  and 
  

   are 
  generally 
  thrown 
  backward 
  when 
  the 
  animal 
  is 
  at 
  rest. 
  

   The 
  female 
  is 
  more 
  robust 
  and 
  shorter 
  in 
  the 
  body; 
  the 
  

   wings 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  deflexed, 
  and 
  her 
  color 
  is 
  various 
  

   shades 
  of 
  green 
  and 
  brown. 
  Her 
  legs 
  and 
  antennre 
  are 
  also 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   man 
  she 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  sword-like 
  ovipositor. 
  She 
  per- 
  

   forates 
  the 
  raspberry 
  and 
  blackberry 
  canes, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   tender 
  branches 
  of 
  other 
  shrubbery, 
  with 
  this 
  instrument, 
  

   and 
  deposits 
  her 
  eggs 
  therein, 
  where 
  they 
  remain 
  all 
  winter 
  

   and 
  hatch 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  Tobacco 
  cultivators 
  have 
  noticed 
  

   that 
  these 
  insects 
  are 
  most 
  abundant 
  on 
  tobacco 
  growing 
  

   under 
  or 
  near 
  trees. 
  Clean 
  culture, 
  and 
  the 
  clearing 
  up 
  of 
  

   fence 
  corners 
  and 
  neglected 
  spots 
  about 
  the 
  tobacco 
  fields, 
  

   will 
  do 
  much 
  to 
  prevent 
  injury 
  by 
  crickets. 
  

  

  Various 
  species 
  of 
  grasshoppers, 
  especially 
  the 
  meadow 
  

   grasshopper 
  {OrchUcmum 
  vulgare), 
  sometimes 
  feed 
  upon 
  the 
  

   tobacco 
  plant, 
  eating 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  newly-set 
  plants 
  while 
  

   in 
  a 
  wilted 
  condition, 
  but 
  the 
  injury 
  from 
  this 
  source 
  is 
  

   slight, 
  and 
  rarely 
  occurs 
  with 
  any 
  but 
  late 
  plantings. 
  

  

  Several 
  species 
  of 
  hemipterous 
  insects 
  puncture 
  tobacco 
  

   plants. 
  These 
  insects 
  are 
  true 
  bugs, 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  provided 
  

   with 
  mandibular 
  organs. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  eat 
  the 
  plant 
  nor 
  

   cut 
  holes 
  in 
  it, 
  but 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  proboscis, 
  

   with 
  which 
  they 
  pierce 
  the 
  plant 
  and 
  suck 
  out 
  its 
  juices. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  Phytocoris 
  linearis, 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  gray 
  insect 
  

   about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  having 
  generally 
  a 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  yellowish 
  V-shaped 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  back, 
  occupying 
  

   that 
  part 
  called 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  This 
  bug 
  is 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  

   potato, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  observed 
  in 
  Tennessee 
  upon 
  parsnip, 
  

   tomato, 
  and 
  late 
  cabbage 
  plants. 
  The 
  Euschistus 
  j)ii-^icticeps 
  

   is 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  insect 
  than 
  that 
  last 
  described, 
  and 
  is 
  ca- 
  

   pable 
  of 
  greater 
  injury. 
  It 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  family 
  SciUellari- 
  

   dos, 
  distinguished 
  by 
  a 
  triangular 
  lobe 
  that 
  extends 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  downward 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  covers. 
  This 
  in- 
  

   sect 
  is 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  three-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  across 
  

   at 
  the 
  broadest 
  part. 
  Above, 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish 
  color, 
  and 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  darkly, 
  giving 
  it 
  a 
  grayish 
  hue; 
  below, 
  

  

  