THE HETEROPTERA WHICH PREY UPON ALETIA. 
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FlO 18. — I'ttdisus spina- 
sits: a, papa : larva 
also ate sparingly of crushed A hi in larva?, bai prefer the Fhoras to everything else. 
August 17 they retired to bottom of the bottle, and were torpid two days. August 19 
all bad completed their second moult, and are darker in color. They are now quite 
strong, and can pierce the skin of Phora maggots given them for food. The markings 
on dorsum are now quite distinct. (H.G.Hubbard, Centerville, Fla., August 21, 
1880. — American Entomologist, III, pp. 249, 250.) 
A number of other beetles, as, for instance, Collops quadrimttculatus 
(Fabr.), having carnivorous habits, are found upon the plant, and may by 
further observation be added to the enemies of Aletia; while a minute, 
yellowish- brown species (Scrico/lcrus Jltividus Lee.), belonging to the 
CorylophUkBf has been found feeding on the forming chrysalis while yet 
soft and helpless. 
IIeteroptera, or Halt winged Bugs.— Xext to the ants in use- 
fulness as natural cheeks are sun- 
dry species of rapacious or Soldier- 
bngS, as they are popularly called. 
These belong exclusively, bp far as 
observed, to the families ( 'j/d it itl<t , 
A nthm <>ridti\ Scutvllcrida; and lit - 
17 ;- y t :;^';,:f:;, duviidof. They suck out the juices S'lAfl!';' Kuvya 
S^t™Si^ , Sf- nl l )re y u > H6&ns of a slant but sharp beak, and 
t,,Kil, > 1 tin- yonng nave precisely the same habits as the 
mature insects, though often differing greatly in appearance. They 
are almost all active during the day, but a tew work also at night. 
The species actually observed destroying 
" Cotton Worms are : PodiilU cynicus (Say), 
J*, spi Httstts (Dall.), jutiit fijx's, Eu&ohittUS 
jissilis Qhler, Proxy* punctuldtus (Beauv.) 
(see Pig, iM), Prionottu oristeUus (Linn.), 
A nionicrus cntssiiHs (Fabr.), Phytnata t rostt I \'..2o.-Proxys 
• • }> ii net u lutus . 
(Linn.), Melanolestes ptctpes (H. SScn.). >stcn<>- (Original.) 
F I... VJ.—Slnr i ,/;„. v . v 
femo, (Aitn- Riley.) jpida ('turret Lap., (Khtdus put/ntt.r ( Fabr.), (see Fig. -1), 
Etepipta taurus (Fain-.), Aceratodes ooma tus Burm., Zelus bilobus (Say), 
Triphteps insidious (Say), Raphigaster 
hilaris (8ay), (One* diadema (Fabr.) (see 
Fig. 19), and Metapodiusfemoratu$(FBtbT), 
(see Fig. 21'). 
The spined Soldier-bug [Podisus spi- 
nosutj Figs. 17 and 18) seems to be per. 
Fig. 21.— CEba- haps the most abundant and effective of 
(On^mai.) the above list, it is round all through 
the cotton belt, and seems to prefer to attack the 
full-grown worms, though it is frequently seen suck- 
ing the juices of the less protected chrysalides. Its fi . 22.— Metapodius 
puncture is not always fatal to the worms. Mr. <W»U 
Schwarz .on one occasion had under his observation two worms which 
he thinks had been stung by the Soldier-bugs, and succeeded in both 
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