162 FAMILY V. — PENTATOMID^. 



verse rugae between the punctures. Scutellum with 

 similar rugae, these more distinct on basal portion, 

 the extreme base with five small pale calloused 

 spots. Elytra alutaceous, finely, evenly and shal- 

 lowly punctate. Connexivum narrowly exposed. 

 Abdomen with sides finely, rugosely punctate and 

 with a smooth rounded median ridge. Length, 14 — 

 19 mm.; width, 8—10 mm. (Fig. 33). 



Frequent throughout Indiana, more so in 

 the southern counties, March 14 — Oct. 26. 

 (Aftef' Chittenden). Occurs in summer on tall grass and the foli- 

 age of various herbs and shrubs along road- 

 sides and fence rows. Most abundant in August and Septem- 

 ber and probably hibernates, as I have taken it on sunny days 

 in March from the branches of shrubs and in April beneath 

 logs. In Lake and Porter counties it often occurs in the wash- 

 up of Lake Michigan. Dunedin and R. P. Park, Fla., Dec. 15 — 

 April 7, three specimens only, all beaten from the borders of 

 wet hammocks. Barber records it from six additional stations 

 and it probably occurs sparingly throughout that State. 



The known range of this large and handsome Pentatomid is 

 a wide one, extending from Quebec and New England west 

 through the northern States and southern Canada to the 

 Pacific, and south and southwest to Florida, Texas and Arizona. 

 Uhler (1878, 380) states that it also occurs in "the West Indies 

 and extends as far south as Para, Brazil." He may, however, 

 have confused it with A. marginatum, which it closely resembles. 

 Bueno (1908, 166) states that near White Plains, N. Y., in late 

 August he once found both nymphs and adults common on 

 goldenrod along the edges of an old timothy meadow. Morrill 

 (1910, 78) calls it the "green soldier bug," and states that: 



"It is the most common Pentatomid found on cotton throughout our 

 southern States, although it is frequently exceeded in abundance by 

 other species. It shows a preference for the cotton bolls, often causing 

 them to fail to open perfectly and produce good lint. This bug is a 

 general feeder and occurs on tomatoes, egg-plant, turnip, mustard, peas, 

 oranges, beans, cabbage, corn, cotton, peaches and okra, often doing much 

 damage by its depredations. At Amherst, Mass., I once found both 

 nymphs and adults on European linden. The trees were fruiting and 

 the bugs were breeding on them in unusually large numbers, feeding 

 almost exclusively on the fruit." 



Stoner (1920, 109) says that in Iowa "By far the greater 



