. Elementary entomology. Entomology. I20 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY oranges. The family is a small one of relatively large, bright-colored bugs, with few species in the North. The stilt-bugs {Bcrytidac) are well named from their long, stiltlike legs. They resemble the thread-legged bugs in this respect, but are much smaller, being only about one third of an inch long. Only two species are known in the United States; these fre- quent the undergrowth of woodland and pas- tures. The chinch-bug is the best-known exam- ple of one of the larg- est families {Lygaeidae), with nearly two hundred species in
. Elementary entomology. Entomology. I20 ELEMENTARY ENTOMOLOGY oranges. The family is a small one of relatively large, bright-colored bugs, with few species in the North. The stilt-bugs {Bcrytidac) are well named from their long, stiltlike legs. They resemble the thread-legged bugs in this respect, but are much smaller, being only about one third of an inch long. Only two species are known in the United States; these fre- quent the undergrowth of woodland and pas- tures. The chinch-bug is the best-known exam- ple of one of the larg- est families {Lygaeidae), with nearly two hundred species in this country. The chinch-bug is about one sixth of an inch long, of a jet-black color, with the fore-wings white with a distinct triangular black spot at the middle of the outer The false chinch-bug {Xysiiis ericae Schill.) (Much enlarged) a, injured leaf; /', last stage of nymph ; c, adult. (After Riley). 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 Sanderson, Dwight, 1878-1944; Jackson, C. F. (Cicero Floyd), b. 1882; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Boston, Ginn
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