REPORT OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1899 



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Treatment : handpicking or dusting with ashes. Burn all rubbish in 

 the fall. 



57 Four lined leaf bug (Poecilocapsus lineatus). 

 Yellowish bugs with tour black stripes and about & in. long frequenting 

 various plants and injuring some considerably. 



Treatment : dust affected plants with ashes. Spray young with kero- 

 sene emulsion. Cut and burn tips of bushes containing eggs. 



GRASS INSECTS 



58 Army worm (Leucania unipuncta). Brownish, white- 

 striped caterpillars about 2 in. long devouring grasses and allied plants. 



Treatment : confine by ditching, kill with poisoned baits. Prevent 

 their occurrence by clean culture. 



59 White grubs (Lachnosterna fuse a, Allorhina 

 n i t i d a ) . Fleshy, white, brown-headed grubs severing grass roots and 

 those of other plants. Allorhina occurs in vicinity of New York city. 



Treatment : spray badly infested areas liberally with kerosene emulsion 

 just before a rain. Dig and destroy the grubs. 



60 Grasshoppers. A number of species attack various crops. 

 Treatment : place poisoned baits near crops to be protected. 



HOUSEHOLD INSECTS 



61 House fly (Musca domestica). Easily recognized as 

 the common fly around houses. 



Treatment : exclude with screens. As it breeds in manure and gar- 

 bage, keeping this material cleaned up or inaccessible to flies will reduce 

 their numbers. 



62 Bed bug (A c a n t h i a 1 e c t u 1 a r i a), A flattened, reddish in- 

 sect about y± in. long frequenting houses, specially those affording 

 numerous cracks where it can find shelter and where uncleanliness pre- 

 vails. 



Treatment : apply benzine, kerosene or other petroleum oil to crevices 

 in infested beds. Corrosive sublimate may be used in same manner. 

 Fumigation with sulfur is valuable wherever possible. 



63 Kissing bug : masked bed bug hunter (Opsicoetus per- 

 son at us). A brownish or black insect about ^ in. long. It is 

 attracted by lights, and its young, which conceals itself by a covering of 



