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. ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW YORK 
HAIRY-NECKED ROSE-BUG. 
In both species alike, the pygidium or exposed tip of the abdomen is usually 
black, but not unfrequently it is pale dull yellowish, and sometimes the 
whole underside of the abdomen is of this color. Thus only the hairiness 
and width of the thorax remain to us as characters which are constant and 
reliable, whereby to distinguish this species. 
The transformations and habits of this insect are the same, no doubt,' 
with those of the common Rose-bug, full statements of which have already 
been presented in my Second Report. And the same modes of combating 
and subduing it whenever it becomes numerous will require to be resorted to. 
