50 

 Injuring- the Boll* 



Lepidoptera* 



358. THE BOLL WORM. 



Reliothis armiger Hbn. 

 [Larvae bore in the bolls.] 



Eemedy : Plant corn as trap crop. 



Chief Articles: Riley, 3d Rept. Ins. Mo., pp. 107-109; Kept. 

 Dept. Agric, 1881, pp. 145-152; 4th Rept, U. S. Ent. Oomm., pp. 355- 

 384,; Lintner, 1st Rept. Ins. ST. T., pp. 116-126; Mally, Bull. 24, Div. 



Entom, 



359. PLATYNOTA SENTANA Clem. 



[Larvae bore in forms and squares.] 



Remedy: Paris green. 



360. THE OBLIQUE-BANDED LEAF -ROLLER. 



Cacwcia rosaceana Harr. 



Remedy : Paris green. 



361. PRODENIA LINEATELLA Haw. 



[Larvae bore in bolls.] 



Hemiptera. 



362. THE RED BUG OR COTTON STAINER. 



Dysdercm suturellus H. Schf. 



[Punctures bolls and seeds, causing tbenx to become abortive; also stains the fiber an indel 

 ible red or yellow color.] 



Remedy : Kerosene emulsion. 



Chief Articles: Comstock, Rept. Dept. Agric, 1879, p. 203; Riley 

 and Howard, "Insect Life," vol I, p. 234. 



363. THE LEAF-FOOTED PLANT-BUG. 



Leptoglossus phyllopus Linn. 

 [Punctures buds and young bolls.] 



364. CALOCORIS RAPIDUS Say. 



[Punctures buds and young bolls.] 



365. EUSCHISTUS PUNCTIPES Say. 



[Punctures buds and young bolls.] 



366. NEZARA PENNSYLVANICA DeG. 



[Punctures buds and young bolls.] 



Coleoptcra. 



367. EUPHORIA MELANCHOLICA. G. €c P. 



[Occasionally feeds on bolls probably otherwise injured.] 



