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The garnished plant-bug (Qeocoris bullatus Say). Nymph and imago 
frequently found together feeding upon the tender terminal branches 
and in the blossoms, although not in great numbers. 
The bordered plant-bug {Larr/us succinctus Herr.-Schf.). Numerous 
specimens of the newly hatched young of this species were taken on 
the under side of a cotton leaf and along the leaf petioles. They 
measured 2.5 mm in length and were of a blue-black color, smooth and 
shining, but clothed with a short fine pubescence; the beak, except 
the last joint, two basal joints and legs, except the last joint of the 
tarsi, being red. 
The swift capsid (Galocoris rapidus Say) is exceedingly common on 
cotton. It feeds in both the nymph and adult stage in the blossoms, 
upon the petals, and on the corolla. 
The false chinch-bug (Triphlep& imidiosus Say). Common in blos- 
soms, puncturing the stamens. 
The crowned soldier-bug (Sinea diadema Fabr.) was common in all 
the cotton fields visited, and does great service in destroying the cot- 
ton aphides, small caterpillars, including the cotton-worm, aud other 
injurious species. 
The eggs are deposited in clusters to the number of eight, ten, or 
more, on either the upper or lower surface of the leaf, and are closely 
held together in a sticky, dark honey -yellow, or reddish yellow secre- 
tion. Each egg measures about 1.2 mm iu length, or a little more than 
twice as long as thick, of a cylindrical shape, rounded at bottom aud 
truncate at top. The top is surrounded by a broad, silky, white, mar- 
ginal fringe, in the center of which is a cone-shaped cap or lid, 
which is removed when the young nymph makes its exit from the egg. 
A freshly laid cluster of these eggs, deposited August 7, hatched on 
the 17th, so that the duration of the egg state, under ordinary circum- 
stances, can not be more than ten or twelve days. 
The newly hatched larva may be described as follows: 
Length 1.8' Tim , aud of a piceous or shining black color; the antennae, except at 
extreme base, the apical half of middle and posterior tibiie and all tarsi being brown- 
ish-yellow, while the middle and hind legs, except as already noted, are dark piceons. 
The ant nn* are cylindrical, 4-jointed, as long as the body, the first and last joints 
being nearly equal in length, while the second aud third united are a little shorter 
than the first; the head is large, oblong and smooth, widest anteriorly, and as long 
as the thorax; the beak is stout, extendiug to between the middle coxae ; the thorax 
is divided into two lobes, each of which bears a pair of spines; abdomen short and 
not longer than the bind lobe of thorax; the anterior femora are longer and much 
stouter than the others and armed with strong spines above and beneath, their 
tibia* shorter and slenderer, pilose and with three spines beneath: while the middle 
and hind legs are shorter and more slender, without spines, although, more or less 
pilose. 
The clubbed soldier-bug (Heza e la rata Guer.). Much rarer than the 
preceding and observed feeding upon the cotton aphis. 
The bull-horned soldier-bug ( Repipta taurus Fabr.). The sanguineous 
color, the two long horns on the head, and the smooth slender legs 
