. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Chinch-Bug Family angustatus Uhl.) which although it belongs to a different suhfamiiv IS frequently mistaken by farmers for the true chinch-bug. It dam- ages grapevines, strawberry plants and many garden vegetables puncturmg the leaves with its beak and causing them to wilt' The life history of this hug should be worked up. We do not know Its e
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. The Chinch-Bug Family angustatus Uhl.) which although it belongs to a different suhfamiiv IS frequently mistaken by farmers for the true chinch-bug. It dam- ages grapevines, strawberry plants and many garden vegetables puncturmg the leaves with its beak and causing them to wilt' The life history of this hug should be worked up. We do not know Its eggs, the number of molts or the number of genera- tions. One of these bugs, known as Mdanochilns numiJeus Say, according to Heidemann. feeds on sycamore leaves and passes the winter in the half-grown condition thrust down in the crevices of the " button ; Life History of the CFiinch-Bug (Blissus leiicoptcriis Say.^ The chinch-bug is a small, dark colored insect with white wings. It is onlv ^ mm. long and is rather slender. It passes the winter as a full-grown bug, hidden away in clumps of old. Fig. 20J.—Nysius atiKustatu ( After A' /. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Howard, L. O. (Leland Ossian), 1857-1950. Toronto : W. Briggs
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