. [Scientific lectures]. ata and pupa (Fig. 15), Hippo-damia 13 punctata, larva and pupa (Fig. 16), destroy multitudes. The eggs of the lady birds are very much like those of the potatobeetle in color, but are smaller, and not so many in a cluster, butalways laid in close proxity to those of some other insect. As soonas they hatch they commence their war of exterminatidh, and, asthey are voracious feeders, they follow it up almost lady bird is about two-thirds the size of the potato beetle whenfully grown, of a yellowish red color, with two or more black mark-ings on each wing
. [Scientific lectures]. ata and pupa (Fig. 15), Hippo-damia 13 punctata, larva and pupa (Fig. 16), destroy multitudes. The eggs of the lady birds are very much like those of the potatobeetle in color, but are smaller, and not so many in a cluster, butalways laid in close proxity to those of some other insect. As soonas they hatch they commence their war of exterminatidh, and, asthey are voracious feeders, they follow it up almost lady bird is about two-thirds the size of the potato beetle whenfully grown, of a yellowish red color, with two or more black mark-ings on each wing-cover, being shorter and more thick set than thepotato beetle. In fine, they are about the size and the shape of ahalf pea. (See Figs. 15 and 16). There are several varieties, butall are the friends of the farmer, and should have special protection. So of the many banded robber, Harpactor citictus (Fabr.), It is ever actively on the lookout for food, and woe to the po-tato beetle that falls into its sharp b 10 Spined Soldier Bug. So of the spined soldier bug, Arma apinosa (Dallas), Fig. 18 ; a,its beak; o, the beak of the Enschistus punotipes (Say), both mag- 48 nified, which closely resembles the Arma. Doubtless, both speciesdo a great work, as they are wholesome depredators, not alone uponthe potato beetles, but upon many farm pests.
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