Experiment 3. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
May 25, confined adults on young shoots of Gooseberry. 
Result . — May 30, no effect perceptible. 
Experiment 4. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
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Tried same experiment as No. 3, leaving adults on shoots for twenty 
days. 
Results . — Same as in the preceding. Insects all dead. 
Experiment 5. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
June 25, placed twelve adults on young shoots of Pear. 
Result .— July 10, both the insects and that portion of the shoot 
upon which they were confined were dead. The plant withered and 
turned black, as in Experiment No. 2, but iu this case died. 
Experiment 6. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
May 21, placed a number of larvae on a Charles Downing strawberry 
which was just turning to the white color which precedes the final red 
or ripe color. 
Result . — May 28, berry fully ripe and uninjured. Not u buttoned.” 
Several larvae dead, and one advanced to xiupa. 
Experiment 7. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
May 25, placed ten pupae on nearly full-grown Orescent strawberries. 
Results . — May 31, berries no larger than when insects were placed on 
them, but are withered and prematurely ripe. No indication of u but- 
toning.” Some of pupae dead; others now grown to adults, alive and 
active. 
Experiment 8. 
Lygus pratensis L. 
May 26, placed larvae on a half-grown Sharpless strawberry. 
Result . — June 7, berry not more than half as large as when insects 
were placed upon it; withered and black. Five of the larvae now pupae 
and still alive. 
