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mented with a pair of dark spots on the anterior border near 
the median line. The body is a rather dark green and bears 
large, whitish, quite conspicuous tubercles, each with one to 
three hairs or setae. The anal plate is rather prominent and 
dark brown posteriorly. The 
true legs are black and the false 
or prolegs are a yellowish green 
color. Described from a num- 
ber of living specimens. The 
pupal shell is about.4$ inch long, 
brown in color. The cremaster is 
black and ornamented with about 
eight or nine recurved hooks. 
Squash bug, Anasatristis 
DeG. This common and dis- : 
Fic. 25 Squash bug: a adult female twice 
natural size; b, c and d details of structure 
gusting pest of the squash and more enlarged (after Chittenden, U. S. dep't 
other vines has been unusually i ieee hue 
troublesome and destructive the past season. <A number of 
complaints have been received from various sections of the 
state. The experience of state botanist Peck may well serve as 
anexample. After an absence of about 
two weeks, he took 63 adult bugs from 
four hills of squashes, and two hills 
had but a single plant each. The 
squash leaves were fairly covered with 
eggs, and others were deposited on ad- 
jacent raspberry and plum leaves, as 
well as on cucumber vines. 
Garden flea, Smynthurus hor.- 
tensis Fitch. Though this insect 
Fic. 26 Garden flea, henlarged : : ey | 
Peay oe" is’ Said to occur abundantly during 
May and June in gardens in New York state, it is rarely 
brought to the attention of economic entomologists. Its 
small size and quick movements have undoubtedly deterred 
many from trying to capture it, but this difficulty was in- 
geniously solved by Mr Coe Ford, Oneonta N. Y., who 
