84 SQUASH-BUG FAMILY. 
“Protection to cucurbits, other than squash and perhaps 
pumpkin, can be secured by growing these plants with the others 
to serve as trap crops. Attack will thus be centered upon a few 
plants, when the insects can be more readily controlled by the 
measures already mentioned.” . 
Anasa armigera Say (The Horned Squash-bug) is also found 
in our state. It is shown in Fig. 76. Being very similar in gen- 
eral appearance it has frequently been received by the ento- 
mologist as the squash-bug. The insect has similar food habits, 
and the same remedies apply to both. 
Catorhintha mendica Stal., illustrated in Fig. 77, is also quite 
common in our state and is frequently mistaken for its more de- 
Fic. 76.—Anasa armigvra Say.: a,mature form; b, egg in profile, from side; bb. 
same from above; ¢, sculpture; d, newly hatched nymph; e, nymph after first 
molt; 4 nymph fourth stage; g, nymph fifth stage.—a, twice natural size; d, 
e,f.g, nearly the same; b, bb, more enlarged; c, greatly magnified. After 
Chittenden, Div. of Entomology, Dep. of Agriculture. 
structive relative. But it is not found at all upon any of the 
cucurbits, being found only upon Oxrybaphus nyctagineus, a wild 
plant very common near the sandy shores of our numerous 
lakes. 
Leptoglossus oppositus Say. (The Northern Leaf-footed 
Plant-bug ). 
This is another insect destructive to melon vines, but is very 
uncommon in our state, only a single specimen having been seen. 
It is a large and interesting insect, with remarkable leaf-like ex- 
pansion along the shanks of the hind legs. The insect is shown 
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