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IKJUmOUS INSECTS 



ily (CnicifercB), also the G-rape-viiie and Strawberry 

 plants, to whicli it is especially injurious. The insect is 



Fig. 81.— FALSE CHINCH-BUG (Ny- 



sius destrudoi', Kiley). 



Fig. 82.— ASH-GRAY 



LEAF-BUG {Resma 

 cmerea, Say.) 



described in full in Eiley's Third Missouri Keport. The 

 Ash-gray Leaf-bug {Piesma cmerea), fig. 82, is often 

 found feeding on the same plants as the Chinch-bug, and 

 might be mistaken for that by a careless observer; a com- 

 parison of the engravings will at once show the difference. 



Fig. 83. 



INSIDIOUS FLOWER-BUG (An- 



thocoris insidiosus, Say.) 



Fig. 84.— MANY-BANDED ROBBER 



{Harpactor cinctus, Fabr.) 



Natural Enemies. — The Chinch-bug appears to have 

 fewer insect enemies than other destructive insects, and 



