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universal satisfaction and that the few simple implements necessary 
thereto can always be rigged up by the planters themselves at a 
moment's notice. 
NOTES ON COTTON INSECTS FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI. 
By William H. Ashmead. 
(Continued from Insect Life, vol. vii, p. 247.) 
ORDER HEMIPTERA. 
The strong-nerved plant-bug {Rymenarcys nervosa Say). A few 
specimens seen feeding on the stalk. 
The black plant-bug (Proxy s punctulat us Beauv). Not rare. Feeds 
on the sap of the cotton plant, although other observers state that it 
will also attack the cotton-worm and other injurious caterpillars. 
The single-spotted soldier-bug (Eusehistus pyrrhocerus Herr.-Sch.). 
Not rare. Punctures new shoots and terminal branches. 
The green soldier-bug (Nezara hilaris Say). Common on the stalk, 
sucking its juices. Also said to prey upon the cotton-worm, but I 
never detected one in the act. 
The flat-horned coreid (Chariesterus antennator Fabr.). Common in 
all fields vis; ted. Feeds on juices of the plant and is very active. Its 
egg is triquetrous, of a* golden bronze color, with fine hexagonal reticu- 
lations and measures l mm in length; each side measures 0.6 ,mu in width. 
The young larvae escape by gnawing a hole at one end, leaving behind 
a larval exuvium in making their escape. An egg taken on a cotton 
leaf August 15, hatched three days later. On account of having all 
the joints of the antennae and the legs broadly dilated the larva is 
quite dissimilar to its parent. 
The thick-thighed Metapodius (Metapodius femoratus Fabr.). Cap- 
tured several times puncturing the young bolls, and while not espe- 
cially numerous does considerable injury. 
The egg has not been described, although frequently met with on 
cotton leaves. In shape it is very similar to that of Chariesterus anten- 
nator but much larger. It is 3 mra long by 2.2 mm wide, triquetrous, pale- 
greenish in color, with a submetallic luster, its surface being finely 
reticulated, the reticulations forming small hexagons. 
The leaf footed plant bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus Linn.) was of com- 
mon occurrence. I observed it feeding on the bolls and in and on the 
blossoms, its preference being for young bolls. Sometimes as many as 
three or four together were observed feeding on a single boll. 
The plain leaf-footed plant bug (Leptoglossus oppositus Say) was of 
rare occurrence on cotton. 
The spined Neides (Neides mutieus Say) is quite frequently met with 
on cotton leaves. It feeds, apparently, on plant tissues, but is never in 
sufficient numbers to do any appreciable injury. 
