30 BULLETIN NO. 4, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



THE BROAD-WINGED LEAF HOPPER. 



{Ampliiscepa bivittata Say.) 



This little insect, while found on every bog, does little injury. It 

 feeds >n the juices of the plant, and did it ever appear in large num- 

 bers it might become injurious. The insect is about a quarter of an 

 inch long, and the expanded wings measure half an inch; The head is 

 red-brown, with a greenish vertex; the thorax is of a deep brown-red; 

 the body is yellow, and the hind wiugs are transparent; the fore wings 

 are bright green, except the inner margin, which is bright carmine-red. 

 In shape the wings are broad, semicircular, and when the insect is at 

 resc the folded wings resemble an undersized leaf. The hind legs are 

 formed for leaping, and the insect is very active, using its legs and 

 wings to good advantage in its changes of locality. Should it ever be- 

 come injurious, the use of hand-nets and of the kerosene emulsion would 

 be indicated. 



THE CRANBERRY-TIP WORM. 



Early in July I ncriced in one small spot on a bog an occasional vine 

 which had failed to grow, and had a bud apparently just ready to open. 

 Examining some of these, I found the tip eaten off and the outer leaf 

 only covering the destroyed tip ; further search developed a specimen or 

 two of a small, red, apodous grub about half a line (0.04 inch) in length, 

 tapering toward each end, but most toward the head. The specimens 

 were evidently weak and did not enter the pupa state. A few pupse 

 were afterwards found close to the base of the outer leaf of the terminal 

 bud and in a small cavity formed for it; they were enveloped in a dense, 

 white cocoon of silk, and from one of these the imago emerged toward 

 the end of August, during my absence from home; from the remains, 

 the insect seems to be a minute midge, of a clay -yellow color, with long 

 legs and antennae. I could find none on the bogs, and up to October 

 10 there were no traces of larvae in the terminal buds of the vines. In 

 small spots this insect was apparently quite plentiful, judging from the 

 destroyed tips, but none of the growers seem to have noticed it, and it 

 has evidently never been very injurious. Should it become abundant 

 at any time, the kerosene mixture will prove a complete remedy for it^ 



LOCUSTS AND CRICKETS. 



Ten species of locusts and a cricket (Gryllus neglectus Scudd.) were 

 found on the bogs, and evidently do considerable damage. The locusts 

 are Acridium alutaceum (!) Harr., Caloptenus bivittatus Scudd., CEdipoda 

 collaris Scudd., CEdipoda maritima Uhl., Tomonotus sulphureus Sauss., 

 (Edipoda wqualis (!) Scudd., CEdipoda eucerata Harr., Stenobothrus ma- 

 culipennis Scudd. var., Caloptenus sp. near femur -rtibr urn Deg., and 

 Caloptenus punctulatus (!) Uhl. 



