. The American entomologist. Entomology. 246 THE AMEEICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Four"lined lieat'-T>ug' on Currant,—M. B. Bate- man, Piiiiiesrille, Ohio.—The yellow bugs which you forwarded by Mr. Meehau, and which are aboutj^ineh long, with four black longitudinal lines, the two outer ones of which each terminate in a black dot, are the Four-lined Leaf-bug (Cajisus i-riftatns. Say.) You say "this insect is found to be quite injurious to the leaves of the Currant bushes and various kinds of Shi"uhs, such as "Weigelia, Dietzia, etc., in some gar- dens in Cleveland—though not at a
. The American entomologist. Entomology. 246 THE AMEEICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Four"lined lieat'-T>ug' on Currant,—M. B. Bate- man, Piiiiiesrille, Ohio.—The yellow bugs which you forwarded by Mr. Meehau, and which are aboutj^ineh long, with four black longitudinal lines, the two outer ones of which each terminate in a black dot, are the Four-lined Leaf-bug (Cajisus i-riftatns. Say.) You say "this insect is found to be quite injurious to the leaves of the Currant bushes and various kinds of Shi"uhs, such as "Weigelia, Dietzia, etc., in some gar- dens in Cleveland—though not at all common as yet— and has only been seen there for the past year and the pi'esent. It commences feeding in May and continues for several months, and evidently breeds on the bushes, as young ones are seen now half grown along with the old ; We think the jilants might be protected against their attacks by a proper use of cresylic acid soap. The Cujixus ilimily, to which this insect belongs, is one of the most extensive families in the Order of Half-winged Bugs {Ilehroptera). Bee Ifloth—Stepheii Blandmrd, Oreyoii, Holt Co., Mil.—The large mass of white silken cocoons which you CFig. 182.:. Colors—(a) },'ray; (b) whitish; (c) brown; (d and e) gray and browu. took from your bee-hives, and which have greatly in- jiu-ed your bees, destroying fully half your swarms, are the cocoons of the Bee Moth (Galleria cereana, Fabr.) They contained the pupa; and we never saw such im- mense fat specimens before. At Figure 182 we illustrate this insect in all its stages (a worm, h cocoon, c pupa, d $ moth, and a (^ moth,) and quote the following par- agraph from the Missouri Entomological Report, where yoit will find a full account of this bee pest. It should invariably be borne in mind that a strong stock of bees is ever c"apal>le of resisting, to a great ex- tent, the attacks of the worm; wliile a starved or queen- less swarm is quite inditlVrent to its attacks. In
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