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  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
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  Natural 
  enemies. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  saiil 
  to 
  be 
  exceptionally 
  free 
  from 
  

   parasitic 
  attack. 
  There 
  is 
  apparently 
  no 
  record 
  of 
  any 
  true 
  parasite 
  

   having 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  this 
  species. 
  Mr 
  Siewers 
  (see 
  citation) 
  records 
  

   an 
  instance 
  where 
  some 
  confined 
  in 
  empty 
  butter 
  tubs 
  were 
  attacked 
  by 
  

   house 
  ants, 
  which 
  ate 
  nearly 
  through 
  the 
  epidermis, 
  but 
  without 
  fatal 
  

   results, 
  though 
  the 
  victims 
  of 
  the 
  attack 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  spots. 
  

  

  An 
  innoxious 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  exceptionally 
  that 
  this 
  insect 
  is 
  

   abundant 
  enough 
  to 
  do 
  any 
  material 
  damage, 
  and 
  in 
  consideration 
  of 
  

   the 
  slight 
  thinning 
  of 
  the. 
  foliage 
  attacked 
  by 
  it, 
  it 
  will 
  seldom, 
  if 
  ever 
  be 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  resort 
  to 
  spraying 
  with 
  the 
  arsenites 
  or 
  to 
  other 
  means 
  to 
  

   keep 
  it 
  in 
  check. 
  

  

  Lygus 
  pratensis 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Tarnished 
  plant-bug 
  

  

  Ord. 
  Hemiptera 
  : 
  Subord. 
  Heteroptera 
  : 
  Fam. 
  Capsidae 
  

  

  Linnaeus, 
  Carolus. 
  Systema 
  Naturae. 
  Tom. 
  i. 
  Pars 
  2, 
  12th 
  ed., 
  

   1767. 
  p. 
  728 
  (as 
  Cimax 
  p7'atensis) 
  . 
  

  

  Palisot 
  de 
  Beauvois, 
  A. 
  M. 
  F. 
  J. 
  Insectes 
  recueillis 
  en 
  Afrique 
  

   et 
  en 
  Amerique 
  dans 
  les 
  royaumes 
  d'Oware. 
  1805-21. 
  20 
  (?) 
  (as 
  Coreus 
  

  

  linearis) 
  . 
  

  

  Say, 
  Thomas. 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  agricultural 
  society. 
  Transactions. 
  

   1857. 
  p. 
  784-85 
  (described 
  as 
  Capsus 
  oblineatus)', 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  Complete 
  

   writings. 
  LeConte 
  ed. 
  1883. 
  i 
  : 
  340. 
  

  

  Harris, 
  T. 
  W. 
  Insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  vegetation. 
  3d 
  ed. 
  1862. 
  p. 
  

   200-3, 
  fig. 
  85 
  (general 
  account, 
  as 
  Fhytocoris 
  lineolaris). 
  

  

  Walsh, 
  B.D.* 
  Practical 
  entomologist. 
  1866. 
  i: 
  77 
  (brief 
  mention, 
  

   as 
  Capsus 
  oblifieatus). 
  

  

  Packard, 
  A. 
  S. 
  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  insects. 
  1869. 
  p. 
  550 
  (men- 
  

   tion, 
  as 
  Fhytocoris 
  lifiearis) 
  ; 
  Rocky 
  Mt 
  locust 
  and 
  other 
  insects. 
  Rep't. 
  

   1877. 
  p. 
  732, 
  755, 
  pi. 
  66, 
  fig. 
  14 
  (on 
  potato, 
  cabbage, 
  as 
  Lygus 
  lineolaris), 
  

  

  Walsh, 
  B, 
  D. 
  & 
  Riley, 
  C. 
  V. 
  American 
  entomologist. 
  1869. 
  

   I 
  : 
  227 
  (menti 
  )n, 
  as 
  Capsus 
  oblineatus). 
  

  

  Riley, 
  C. 
  V. 
  Insects 
  of 
  Missouri. 
  2d 
  Rep't. 
  1870. 
  p. 
  1 
  13-15, 
  fig. 
  

   83 
  (general 
  account, 
  as 
  Capsus 
  oblineatus); 
  American 
  entomologist 
  and 
  

   botanist. 
  1870. 
  2: 
  276 
  (mention),]). 
  291-93, 
  fig. 
  182 
  (general 
  account, 
  

   as 
  C. 
  oblifieatus); 
  Insects 
  of 
  Missouri. 
  7th 
  Rep't. 
  1875. 
  P- 
  26-27 
  

   (reference, 
  as 
  C. 
  oblifieatus); 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep't 
  agriculture. 
  Rep't. 
  1884. 
  

   1885. 
  p. 
  312-15, 
  pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  3, 
  4 
  (extended 
  account, 
  as 
  Lygus 
  lineolaris); 
  

  

  1885. 
  1886. 
  p. 
  317 
  (mention, 
  as 
  L. 
  lifieolaris); 
  U. 
  S. 
  Dep't 
  agriculture, 
  

  

  Division 
  entomology. 
  Bulletin 
  31. 
  1893. 
  p. 
  18, 
  24, 
  60 
  (attacking 
  pear, 
  

   strawberry, 
  cabbage 
  and 
  cauliflower) 
  

  

  Saunders, 
  William. 
  Canadian 
  entomologist. 
  1870. 
  2:111-12,126 
  

  

  (injuring 
  pears, 
  as 
  Fhytocoris 
  lineatus); 
  Insects 
  injurious 
  to 
  fruits. 
  1883. 
  

   1889. 
  p. 
  147-48, 
  426 
  (general 
  account, 
  as 
  L. 
  litieolaris). 
  

  

  