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■with those made upon leaves by this hug. These spots, in some 
instances, have extended along the stalk the length of a foot or more. 
No insect has been present when I have discovered these spots, but I 
have supposed they were caused by the punctures ot this bug. 
Though I have not met with it in its winter quarters, it is evidently 
in its perfect state, that it passes this period of the year, secreted 
probably among fallen leaves, or under pieces of boards lying on the 
ground, in crevices, and other situations where it will remain dry. 
Coming forth upon the opening of spring, it no doubt lays its eggs 
upon the young stalks of the dahlia and other vegetation on which 
the immature bugs afterward appear. These, during the larva state, 
are so small and their punctures are so slight that they are not noticed. 
It is not till they have grown into their pupa state the latter part of 
May, that their wounds begin to freckle the leaves so plainly with 
spots that they attract observation. The bug is then about three- 
twentieths of an inch in length and of a flattened o\al fonn and a 
shining tawny yellow color, the hue of beeswax, varied in places 
with black, white and lemon yellow. Its size, colors and several 
other characters are so dissimilar to those of the adult insect that we 
give a full description of it. 
The pupa is 0.15 long and half as wide, flattened and of a regular oval form, its 
sides evenly arched, its surface smooth and shining, of a bright tawny yellow color. 
The head is rather small, broader than the anterior end of the thorax, transverse, oval. 
Viewed in front it is triangular, its lower angle with an elevated polished coal 
black nose, ending in a tapering four-jointed trunk which is held backward under 
the breast, reaching nearly to the base of the middle pair of legs, and is of a pale 
watery color with its tip black. The eyes occupy each side of the head and are 
smallish, protuberant, egg-shaped, black-brown. The antenna: are two-thirds the 
length of the body, clothed with fine short inclined hairs, tapering, four-jointed, black; 
the basal joint pale, shortest and thickest; second joint longest, nearly thrice the 
length of the first; fourth joint scarcely half the length of third. The thorax is thrice 
as broad as long and strongly narrowed from its base to its apex, its hind angles 
rounded, each side raised into a thin outer edge; its color tawny yellow faintly 
bordered with white on the anterior edge and with a faint white stripe in the middle, 
its basal third white with a large black spot on each side of the middle and a small 
oblong spot on the outer angle, this latter being sometimes diminished to a short 
blackline. The abdomen is tawny yellow with a faint lemon yellow line along the 
middle and two rows of faint yellow dots on each side and two large black dots at 
the tip. On the under side it is tawny yellow with a black spot at the tip which is 
notched or forked at its anterior end. In the males the abdomen is orange red, am 
on each segment is a broad black band occupying the anterior half of its length and 
ending at the outer row of pale yellow dots. The wing-sloeaths reach half the length 
of the abdomen and are black and polished, with a broad lemon yellow stripe 
between them, and a white stripe on the middle of each, which docs not reach the 
tip. 'l'he lege are obscure watery whitish, with two dusky bands near the tips o i - 
thighs, the hind thighs having also a black stripe on their front side at the base. 
