108 PLANT-BUGS INJURIOUS TO COTTON BOLLS. 
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Pentatomid bugs of the genus Nezara injurious to cotton bolls 78-83 
Thyanta injurious to cotton bolls 84-87 
Pepper, chilli, food plant of Pentatoma ligata 25 . 
Plant-bug attack on cotton bolls as affecting quality and market value of lint . 61-62 
proliferation as result 17-19 
published descriptions of effect 13-15 
bordered. (See Largus succinctus.) 
injury to cotton bolls, external evidence 15-17 
internal appearance 17-20 
proof 19-20 
Uhler's green, hibernation 54 
migration of nymphs for food 42 
Plant-bugs injurious to cotton bolls, amount of damage therefrom 20-23 
control methods for general application. . 98-100 
direct methods of combating them in cot- 
ton fields 99-100 
disseminators of plant diseases 23 
historical review of published writings 11-13 
method of estimating losses therefrom. ... 59 
nature of injury 13-20 
leaf-footed, on cotton 88-91 
on cotton in Bismarck Archipelago and in German East Africa 13 
Plum, perhaps a food plant of Euschistus servus 76 
Podisus acutissimus on cotton 87 
lineatus, dead specimen eaten by Pentatoma ligata 42 
maculiventris, enemy of Euschistus fissilis 65 
incubation period of eggs in relation to temperature 37 
on cotton 87 
serieventris, hibernation 54 
Potato, food plant of Nezara viridula 82 
sweet. (See Sweet potato.) 
Primrose, evening. (See Gaura parvifolia.) 
Proctotrypid parasite of Acanthocephala femorata 92 
parasites of Nezara hilaris 82 
Proliferation of cotton bolls as result of plant-bug attack 17-19 
Prosopis sp. (See Mesquite.) 
Proxys punctulatus on cotton 87 
Psallus delicatus on cotton 93 
Psidium. (See Guava.) 
Pyrrhocoridse injurious to cotton 94-98 
"Red bug." (See Dysdercus suturellus.) 
Ribes sp. , food plant of Pentatoma ligata 25 
Rubus sp. , perhaps a food plant of Euschistus servus 76 
Rudbeckia sp., perhaps a food plant of Euschistus servus 75-76 
Rumex sp., food plant of Leptoglossus phyllopus 89 
Sage, food plant of Pentatoma ligata 25 
Salt-marsh caterpillar. (See Estigmene acrsea.) 
Solanum elseagnifolium, food plant of Pentatoma ligata 25 
nigrum, food plant of Dysdercus suturellus 95 
torreyi, food plant of Largus succinctus 94 
Soldier-bug, green. (See Nezara hilaris.) 
spined. (See Podisus maculiventris.) 
Sorghum, food plant of Pentatoma ligata . . . ......... 25 
