Bui. 86, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agi 
Plate III. 
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Effects of Plant-bug Attack on Cotton Bolls 
Parasite. 
Egg and Puparium of Tachinid 
Fi£. 1.— Locks of a cotton boll shriveled by the conchuela. Figs. 2-6. — Small Sea Island cotton bolls 
destroyed by the cotton Btainer. Fig. 6.— Nearly mature Sea island cotton boll opened to show 
damage by cotton Btainer. Pig. 7. —same with seeds and lint removed to show feeding punctures 
ami proliferation due to feeding by cotton stainer. Fig. 8. — Cotton boll show ing two h>ck> damaged 
by four and >ix feeding punctures, respectively, by the green soldier bug {Neza a '■■ - Fig. 9.— 
Head and thorax of the conchuela. Bhowing eu r u r of Tachinid parasite, Qymnosoma Juligtnosa, 
attached to side of {>rothorax at left. Fij, r . 10.— i'uparium of Tachinid parasite, (■.'. 
fvMginosa. (Original. ) 
