TJN-. GLAb8Y-WINGED 3HABPSHOOTER. 
from the body of the female, which givesthem :i very striking appear- 
ance and at first sight seems to be a decided disadvantage, but which 
possibly is of some value in protecting them from parasites. This 
wears otf in a few day-, often leaving a margin of white around the 
ergs. Eggs known to have been laid August 17 hatched about 7 a. m. 
on the 25th almost simultaneously. About twenty minutes later the 
nymphs changed from a bright green to a metallic lead color and had 
increased very rapidly to about twice the size at which they emerged. 
On August 1^ more adult- were found on okra than on any other plant. 
Eggs were common on the bloodweed, and were also found at College 
Station on catalpa. Only a few sporadic adults were found on cotton. 
Nymphs were most common alone- the Brazos River on young elm. 
box elder, mulberry, and bloodweed. About the middle of August a 
very large percentage of the egg> became parasitized by Ooctomis 
hornalvdiscae Ashm. n. -p.. so that it was exceedingly difficult to rear 
nymph-. The larva of a chrysopid was also observed feeding on the 
young nymph-. This larva, which was colored like the petiole at the 
base of the leaf, awaited it- prey upon the red spot at that point. On 
August i" 1 an egg ma— was found deposited in the bract of the invo- 
lucre in a field cage in which adults had been placed on cotton in the 
Brazos bottom. These were parasitized, but -ix eggs were found in 
one -mall boll. This is the only instance in which any injury to cot- 
ton was observed under held conditions. On August 28 the adult- 
were quite abundant on tig trees and on cotton near the Brazos, but no 
eggs were found on tig. On August i?T egg- were taken on okra and 
catalpa. By September 1 the adult- were much less common on cow- 
peas, but one lot of egg> deposited September 15 hatched the 22d. On 
October 8 adults and nymphs in the last stage were taken on the tie- 
tree-, but no egg- could be found. 
At Terrell a nymph with wing pad- just -bowing was taken August 
8, and became mature upon molting August 15. On August 24, adults 
were found in the field, which from their bright color and texture 
were evidently newly transformed. Eggs laid September 6 hatched 
September 12. 
These observations mav be brieflv summarized a- follow-: 
E IX. 
Transformation records of (hi glassy-winged sharpshooter, 
Place. 
Mating. 
aiil. 
Eatcbed. Nymph-. 
• irown 
nymph-. 
New 
adu 
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June 18. 
June -Jl August 15 
;'»! Btage, Au- 
gust - 
Angus 
Terrell. Tex... 
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September 6. . 
1.... 
Maj 
i. 1 
io-ju! 
Soon after 
May 20. 
August 5 
August 17 
September l">. 
October 22 
» >i[. 
College statin 
Tex. 
August 11. IS 
August 3 
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