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eggs have been described by him as pearly white, i mm long and .8 mm 

 wide, nearly cylindric in form, with both extremities flattened. The cap is 

 surrounded by a row of black, elongated, club-shaped spines, and the surface 

 of the egg is covered with small blunt spines between which are numerous 

 smaller ones. He has found the insect preying on gipsy moth caterpillars, 

 though he is inclined to believe that it more frequently feeds on plants than 

 insects. 



Bibliography 



1897 Kirkland, A. H. Mass. State Bd Agric. Rep't, p. 58-59 



Alydus eurinus Say 



This black species, with red-banded abdomen is 

 about y 2 inch in length, and on account of its slender 

 form and peculiar movements, resembles an ant to 

 some extent. It was observed in small numbers on 

 scrub oak at Karner, one specimen being taken June 

 21, 1 90 1 and another in early July 1902. This insect 

 has a wide distribution, having been recorded from 



c 1 1 1 t> • F'B- Alydus eurinus 



as tar west as Colorado, south to 1 exas, as occurring enlarged (original) 

 in the Eastern States and ranging north into Canada. 



Acholla multispinosa DeG. 

 This predaceous, spiny hemipteron is one of our 

 rather common though rarely abundant forms. It is 

 about x / 2 inch long, slender in shape, and varies in color 

 from light to dark brown, and it may be recognized by 

 the prominent spines on the top of the head. The 

 young are similar in appearance to the adults, though 

 usually with the abdominal segments colored more or 

 less deeply with red. 

 Fig. 167 Achoiia muiti- Adults of this species were taken in 1901 on hard 



s p i 11 o s a, enlarged (original) 



pine at Karner Aug. 9 and 21, and Sep. 6. Immature 

 specimens of what probably belong to this species were also taken earlier 



