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INSECTS AFFECTING THE EGG PLANT. 
The egg plant is comparatively but little cultivated in Florida, and 
no serious injury is done it by insect pests. 
The “ Tomato Worms,” Sphinx carolina and Sphinx 5-maculata are 
both found on it eating the leaves; also a Tortricid and a Tineid. : 
A Membracid (Acutalis calva Say) is found on the stalk, a Blister 
Beetle (Lpicauta cinerea Forst.) in blossoms, and occasionally eating the 
leaves; at times a small black jumping bug (Halticus bractatus Say) is 
very plentiful on both stalk and leaves, as well as Stictocephala in- 
ermis Fabr., and on the under surface of the leaves an Aphis. 7 
THE EGG PLANT APHIS. 
(Siphonophora cucurbite. Middleton.) 
Distribution —This species was first detected on Squash vines at 
Carbondale, Illinois, May, 1878, by Miss Nettie Middleton, and described 
in Kighth Report Illinois Insects, page 67, and I know of no other ref- 
erence to it. The specimens found here on Egg Plants agree perfectly 
with her description, and it is probably extensively distributed over the 
Kastern United States on various plants belonging to the Cucurbi- 
tacee. 3 
I quote her original description : 
Winged Specimens.—Large and green. Antenne very long, reaching to or beyond 
the tip of the tail; third joint a little longer than the fourth; fourth about the same 
length or very slightly longer than fifth; sixth not more than one-fourth or one-third 
the length of the fifth; seventh longest; wings transparent; veins slender; the first 
fork makes a very acute angle with the third vein; second fork rather nearer the 
third vein-than the apex; fourth vein curves sharply and approaches somewhat 
closely in its middle to the first fork; stigma elongate and narrow ; honey tubes 
long, slencer, and cylindrical, extending beyond the tip of the abdomen, but not to 
the tip of the tail, about one-fifth the length of the body; tail long, subeonical, more 
than half the length of the honey tubes (in the wingless specimens). The form of the 
body in both the winged and wingless specimens is elongate and fusiform, the latter 
being slightly broader than the former. Length of body .10 inch, to tip of wing .18- 
inch, and some appear to even exceed this size; body green; head paler, more or less 
yellowish; thorax pale brownish or fawn colored or tinged with this color; abdomen 
green, with a darker green median line; first and second joints of the antenne paie, 
third dark, seventh light, shades of light and dark more or less alternating; honey 
tubes green at base, changing to fuscous at the tip; tail greenish; eyes brown; 
stigma pale. 
Wingless Specimen.—Green, with few markings: Body slightly broader than winged 
specimens, and elongate ovate; the abdomen tapering posteriorly to the elongated 
tail, which is elongate conical, its length more than half and almost equal to that of 
the honey tubes. The honey tubes are long, somewhat robust and cylindrical; they 
extend beyond the tip of the abdomen, although the posterior tapering segments are 
much drawn out, but not to the tip of the tail. In most of the specimens examined 
under a strong magnifying power they appear slightly and minutely wrinkled trans- 
versely, or what may perhaps better describe the appearance, pustulate or scaly. The 
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