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Excerpt from The Chinch Bug: Blissus Leucopterus Say T he last - stage larva (fig. 3, g). - In the last-stage larva, or nymph, sometimes called the pupa, all the coriaceous parts are brown black, the wing-pads extend almost across the two pale abdominal joints, which are now more dingy, while the general color of the abdomen is dingy gray; the body above is slightly pubescent, the members are colored as in the mature bug, the three-jointed tarsus is foreshadowed, and the dark horny spots at tip of abdomen, both above and below, are larger. The adult - There are two forms of the fully developed insect, but it is not known that the young of these two forms differ in any respect. One of these forms is known as the long-winged form and is the only form that occurs over most of the country between the Rocky Mountains and the Allegheny Mountains, and is the one originally described. This form is illustrated in figure 1. The second form is much like the first, with the exception of the wings, which are more or less abbreviated, as shown in figure 2. This form occurs along the seacoasts and in the East extends inland along the lower lakes to northern Illinois. It is not abundant, however, west of a line drawn from Toledo, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Pa. Throughout the territory in which this short-winged form is found there are also intermingled with them individuals of the long-winged form. Both of these forms may be described as black, with numerous hairs also black, and with the under wings white. The upper wings are whitish, with a black spot on each. They are about one - fifth of an inch or less in length and may be easily recognized by the aecom panying illustrations (figs. 1, 2, 3, h, i, j). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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