The leaf footed i)lant-bii^ (LtpUxjlonHns j)hjfU<tpu.s Liiiii.). — This iuh'.ect, 
^vhi(•ll l)ii'e<ls noniially upon the thistle and sueks the Juices of that 
plant, was leceiNtHi from Nix Hros., Mount Pleasant, S. C, with the 
statement, made under date of Auj^ust I'S. that it was injurious to as])ar- 
a^us. and a single specimen was found on aspara<,ais in the nt»i«^hbor- 
hood of the District of ( 'olumbia. It is (piite a ji:eneral feeder, and has 
been reiMuded by Mr. 11. (1. Ilubl)ard as injurious to tlie orange. 
The thick thighed Metapodius [MttapodinH fnnorntus Fab.). — With 
the above from Nix I>r<>s.^ Mount Pleasant, S. ('., Au«rust 2»S. This 
s})ecies also atfects tlu^ orange by sucking the juices fiom the succulent 
shoots, tlowers, or fiuit. (See Hubl>ard*s •• Insects Ali'ecting the 
Orange,'' p. 102. ) 
I'/ij/dNta cHstntor Fab. — Keceived with the preceding from Nix Bros., 
Mount Pleasant, S. C, and Eusi-hisius scrrus 8ay and E. crasxnit J>all. 
from the same source, with the statement that they were injurious to 
asparagus. 
The harlecpiin cabbage bug {Muriiant'ui hintrioniat Ilahn.) has pre- 
viously been mentioned as attacking asjjaragus 'Bull. No. 7. n. s. Div. 
Ent.. p. 80). 
dlass}^ winged sharp-shooter {lloinalodiHca coa(/ulai(i 8ay). — Keceived 
in 1802 from J>eaufort, S. C., from a correspondent who had "found 
them upon his asparagus plants." (Insect Life, Vol. \', \), l.")!*.) 
Plum plant-louse {Myzu.s mahahb Fonsc). — Observed in its ditt'erent 
stages in .lune at Washington, 1). C., and in such numbers as to show 
conclusively that it feeds upon asparagus. 
Melon i)lant-louse {Aphis t/osfii/pii Glov.). — Also in its diflereut stages, 
Washington, D. C. 
OTHER INSECTS. 
Outside of the orders Coleoptera, LejHdoptera, and 11 em iptera aspar- 
agus has few foes. In Europe a small two winged tly. Platupnraa paci- 
loptera Schrank, called the asparagus tly. is of considerable economic 
imjwrtance, and the larva of Hihio hortuUins L. is said to injure the 
roots. In this country only a single species of l)ii)tera appears to 
have been associated with asj)aragus. This is Hihio dlhipenxis 8ay, but 
it is i)r<)bably not injurious to this plant (Pract. Ent., Vol. II, p. 83). 
Aifromyzd simpler Loew. — May 10, 1807. and afterwards this minute 
black tly was observed in abundance on terminal shoots of asparagus, 
particuhuly at Cabin John, Md. In two weeks or so no more were to 
be seen, but June 26 these tlies ap})eared again, usually being found in 
vopudd. It would appear that this is tlie lirst new brood of the year. 
The abundance of this dipteron on asparagus would seem to indicate 
tliat it lives in some manner at the expense of this plant. 
(triisslntppi rs or locusts. — (irasshoppers of several species, ])articu- 
larly of the genus Melanophis, are often numerous in beds of asparagus, 
but the only si)ecies observed eating this plant was Mcl((nopJt(s propin- 
quus Scu<ld. 
