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iiitenially niton corn, tomjitoes, beans, etc. Obvionsly we have in this 
species an external and an internal-feedin<]: coh)!* variation. 
The smeared dai;iiei' ( .lc>-o////r/<r ohlinild S, ».K: A.) — A lar\a tiiree 
tentlis of an inch louix, Wasiiin<;t()n, 1). (J., July 1, 1S<)7. The tbnowiiifr 
day it molted and was kept tor some time feedin*;- on asparagus, but 
no attempt was made to rear it. 
The salt-marsh moth {/.('uc((rc(ia acnva Dm.) — The cateipillar was 
brought to this otliee July 10, 1897, from Tennallytown, 1). ('., with the 
statement that it was feeding on asparagus at that i)lace. Sei)tend)er 
28 it Avas Ibuiid upon asparagus at Marshall Hall, .Md. 
Unknown measuring worm. — An unknown geometrid was several 
times- taken feeding on asi)aragus and in dift'ercnt localities, but the 
si)ecies has not been reared beyond the pui)a. 
A number of other lepidoi)terous larva' have been observed on aspara- 
gus by variouspersons, someof which have never been recorded. Forcon- 
venience they will be considered together, and will only be briefly noticed. 
Zebra caterpillar {Mamesfra ])icta Harr.). — '^Injuriously abundant 
upon cabbages, as])aragus," etc. (Fletcher, Insect Life, Vol. Y, \). 
1U5). Also Divisional Note. 
Clover IVIamestra {^^am<'strairifoli( Ilott.). — On asparagus in Euroiie, 
but not observed on this plant in America (Taschenberg, Trak. Insect 
enkunde, Vol. Ill, p. 124). The European M. ohracea and jnst also 
occur on asparagus (1. c). 
Black (iu.t\\onn{A(jr Otis yj^silonBjOtt.). — Unpublished Divisioiuil Notes. 
Noctua fennica Tausch. — Asparagus beds injured by it in Canada 
(Fletcher, Insect Life, Yol. Ill, p. 247). 
Eed-banded leaf-roller {Lophoderiis triferana Walk.). — Iveared by 
Miss M. E. Murtfeldt from asparagus in Missouri in 1883. (Divisional 
Notes.) 
PLANT-BUGS AND PLANT-LICE. 
Many species of hemipterous insects have been found upon aspara- 
gus, but the present list comi^rises only such as the writer is satistled 
actually feed upon this plant. 
The tarnished i)lant-bug {Pwcilocapsus lineatus Fab.). — This ubiqui- 
tous capsid has been found on asparagus in nearly every locality visited 
and occurs throughout a season. It is a most difficult species, in the 
writer's experience, to detect in the act of attacking a plant, but from 
its numbers on asparagus it is more than probable that it subsists to 
some extent on this plant. 
Lopidea media Say. — May 30, 1897, numerous individuals of this cap- 
sid observed at Cabin John, Md., as many as four on a single plant. 
All the bugs appeared to be sucking up the juice of the asparagus with 
their beaks. A natural food plant of this species on which it occurred 
in the immediate vicinity of the asparagus beds where first observed is 
the common yarrow {Achillea millefolium), and the individuals observed 
on asparagus were very evidently au overflow from the wild food i)lant. 
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