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Brenthid.e.— Rare. , 



Calandrid^. — Calandra oryza was quite common. 



ScOLYTiD^. — Scolytus rugulosus was abundant throughout the season and formed 

 a considerable percentage of the insects outside of curculio. 



Anthribid^e.— Common, and represented by several species. The rare Cratoparis 

 lugnhrh was not uncommon in one catching, but the individuals received were 

 in a state of decomposition that spoiled them for specimens. 



Hemiptera— Heteroptera. 



The Hemiptera were very interesting, embracing as they did insects of 



quite varying economic status. The number of families at all common 



were limited, and, strangely enough, the Capsida? were wholly without 



representatives. Any one of a dozen species could be selected from the 



Capsidse or Pentatomidge that would outnumber in individuals all the 



other species of bus^s together, saving, perhaps, the Pyrrochoridse. 



CoRiMEL^NiD^. — Scarce. 



CydnidyE. — Rare. 



ScuTELLERiD^.— Scarce. 



Pentatomid^. — Abundant, including both predaceous and phytophagous forms. 

 Stiretrus ancliorago was common, with both white and orange ground color and 

 much variety as to detail of markings. Podisus was abundant, but the mate- 

 rial has not yet been thoroughly worked over for species. Four or five species 

 of the large flat Brochymena were more or less abundant, especially toward 

 close of season. CEbalus imgnax was abundant. Euschistus, the most com- 

 mon genus of all, was represented by servus, tristigmus, and crassus in order 

 of abundance. About 25 species in all were taken in this family. 



CoREiD.'E. — This family was also abundantly represented and by species of the 

 highest economic importance, foremost among them being large quantities of 

 the leaf- footed plant bugs. Falling in this group were : Acaiitliocephala declivis, 

 common and conspicuous from its gigantic size; Metapodius femoratiis, to 

 which the same remarks apply; M. instabilis, rare; Leptoglossus oppositus, 

 abundant; L. jDhyllopus, still more abundant (these two latter species formed 

 10 per cent of the total catchings in some cases) ; L. corculus, rare; L, n. sp., 

 rare. The injury which these insects do in an orchard must be considerable. 

 They sometimes occur in swarms on the trees, flying freely about from one to 

 another, and piercing and sucking green, ripe, and rotten fruit promiscuously. 

 There can be little question but that they thus act as agents in the dissemina- 

 tion of brown rot, and very effectively in a climate so conducive to the devel- 

 opment of this disease as Georgia, Euthoctha galeator, a species that is often- 

 times a serious pest to nursery stock, piercing and sucking the terminal shoot, 

 thus causing it to wither and the stock to branch, was caught in some num- 

 bers. Chanesterus antennator was abundant, and in all 17 species referable 

 to the family were taken. 



Berytid.e.— Rare. 



Lyg^id^. — Scarce, on the whole. Several species of Lygaeus; one, turcicus, fairly 

 common. 



Pyrrhocorid.^. — Common; represented by Largus siiccinctus. 



Aradid^.— Rare. 



Nabid^. — Rare. 



Reduvhd^. — Represented by half a. dozen species, all scarce or rare. 



hemiptera — HOMOPTERA. 



Poorly represented by a few Fulgorids, Jassids, and Membracids? 

 none of them common. 



