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A brownish, membranous, winged plant bug a little over % inch long 



O 1 i a r i u s qu.inquelineatus, p. 686 

 Small, stout, triangular or rounded bugs producing masses of frothlike spittle on pines 



Spittle insects, several species, p. 686 

 A greenish brown leaf hopper about 5/ l6 inch long . . Stictocephala i n e r m i s, p. 687 

 A small, active, rather slender plant bug about % inch long with yellowish head and 

 prothorax and yellowish red wing covers occurs on hard pine in midsummer 



Dichrooscytus rufipennis, p. 687 

 A light brown, slender plant bug about % inch long with the thorax variously marked 

 with red, pinkish and light brown occurs on hard pine 



N a b i s rufusculus, p. 688 

 A grayish, yellowish or red-marked, elliptic insect, about % inch long occurs the latter 

 part of summer on hard pine, many shrubs and plants 



Gypona octolineata, p. 688 

 A small, reddish brown, jumping plant louse }& inch long abounds on hard pine the latter 

 part of the season and in early spring 



Bramble flea louse, T r i o z a tripunctata, p. 688 

 A conspicuous snow-white, woolly scale is sometimes very abundant on the more tender 

 growths of pitch and southern yellow pine 



Woolly pine scale, P s e u d o p h i 1 i p p i a quaintancii, p. 689 

 Hemlock, species affecting 

 An oval, dark gray often blackish scale with a lighter margin, occurs on hemlock, pine, fir 

 and maple Hemlock scale, A spidiot us a b i e t i s, p. 690 



Frequenters of evergreen or coniferous trees 



A brilliantly marked, brick-red and blue ground beetle about ^ inch long 



Lebia grandis, p. 690 



A yellowish, 9-spotted hemispheric beetle 



Nine-spotted lady beetle, Coccinella n o v emnotata, p. 691 

 A yellowish, almost black banded hemispheric beetle 



Three-banded lady beetle, Coccinella trifasciata, p. 691 

 A black beetle about l /± inch long with a conspicuous orange band containing two circular 

 black spots on the basal two thirds of the wing covers 



I ]) s sanguinolentus, p. 69 1 

 A shining black beetle about ]^ inch long with four irregular, orange markings on the 



wing covers I p s q u a d r i g u 1 1 a t u s, p. 692 



A small, snapping beetle less than Y% inch long with a light head and light yellowish elytra 

 marked with dark brown Corym bites p r o p o 1 a, p. 692 



