THE GREEN SOLDIER BVG. 



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masses were deposited under trash in the soil, one mass containing- 215 

 eggs. The species has been previously recorded as injurious to cotton 

 b}' Glover and Mall}- (/. r.), and to nearly ripe peaches near San 

 Antonio, Tex., by Lintner, who has given the only complete discus- 

 sion of the insect." It has ])een similarly mentioned l)y Doctor 

 Howard.'' 



JADERA H.EMAT<)LO^[A H.-Schf. 



This dark-bluish hug often occurs on cotton, though no injury b}' it 

 has been observed. It normally feeds on weeds and low growing 

 vegetation. The young, in all stages of growth, were seen feeding 

 on various weeds at Navasota, Tex., about the middle of May. The 

 nymphs have the interesting habit of keeping together, so that a con- 

 sidera])le number are found feeding in one spot; but as they grow 

 older they drift apart, and the adults are usually found in paii's. Eggs 

 laid Jul}^ 20 hatched on the 29th. On August 4, adults which were 

 found common on the china-berry tree were conlined on cotton, and 

 were ol)served to oviposit in crevices of the soil. In oviposition the 

 female turns the abdomen upward at a decided angle and expels the 

 egg, which falls to the ground. After laying about a dozen eggs in 

 this manner she makes use of her forefeet to cover them with loose 

 particles of soil. Copulation takes place after each laying. Eggs 

 were also found in the hull of a china 

 berry, in which they seemed to have 

 been hidden. Probably they are laid 

 under any sort of rubbish on the soil. 



LEAF-FOOTED I'LANT-BICS. 



iLi']>to(/l()i<»i(s oppvsitus Say, tig. 28, and Metu]iii- 

 duisfemoratus Fab. ) 



These insects have been frequently 

 observed by Messrs. Lewis and Bishopp 

 in north Texas puncturing cotton bolls 

 and causing more or less injury. Both 

 Avere mentioned l)v Glover as cotton 



Fii;. 2<s. — L(j)tof;loi'!'iii' opjjotiitus: adult- 

 insccts. t\vic<- natural size (from Chittenden). 



THE (iREEX SOLDIER BUG. 



{Nczdra ////'uv's Say. Ficj. 29.) 



A letter dated March T, 1903, from Mr. R. L. Taylor, of Help, Tex., 

 first called attention to this insect as a cotton pest. Mr. Taylor sent 



"1885: Second Kept. N. Y. State Ent., p. 164, fig. 41. 

 f^ 1901 : The Insect Book, p. 307, fig. 200. 



