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Cotton. Young bolls.& insects frequenting them. Plate 16.
1. Young healthy cotton boll.  2. young boll cut open longitudinally to show position of seeds [illegible]
3.  Boll cut open transversely.  4. gland at base of  "ruffle containing a sweet viscid substance
very attractive to ants, & small insects  5 young boll with "ruffle" cut off.
6. L.P. Imago. of Leptoglossus. (Stal & Guer) phyllopus (Sinn  Het) Anisoscelis albicinctus Say. found once on a
a boll punctured by some insect apparently sucking the sap. & also said to kill other insects.
7. L. Imago. Euschistus (Doll) punctipes. Say.  said to suck the sap. as also to kill other insects.
8. I Nerara. (Amy) (Rhaphigaster) pensylvanicus. De Geer, same habits as above. fig 8
9.  I Largus. (Hahn) succinctus (Sinn) found on boll. said to destroy other insects. & stings severely.
not common on plant, but generally found on the ground & under stones. [illegible]
T Glover
        