90 STINK-BUG FAMILY. 
is a series of generations extending through the entire summer. 
This is an exceedingly difficult species to contend against. Much 
can be done by trapping the bugs that have hibernated by placing 
turnip or cabbage leaves in the garden in early spring.” 
The above insect, illustrated in Fig. 85 is a member of the 
sub-family Pentatomina, to which belong many showy looking 
bugs. Prior to the late civil war it was confined to the states 
south of Virginia, but since that time it has spread as far north 
as New Jersey, and west into Missouri. Its native home appears 
to have been Guatemala, whence it spread into Mexico, Texas 
and north. 
Fic. 88.—Euschistus variolarius P. Beauv. After Riley. 
Lioderma ligata Stal. (The Bound Tree Bug). 
This is also a large green bug closely resembling the Nezara 
already described; it is, however, more broadly edged all around, 
except upon its head, with pale red, and has a pale red spot on 
the middle of its back. The feelers are also green, excepting 
the last three segments which are black. It measures a little 
more than half an inch in length, and seems to be a rather gen- 
eral feeder, occurring most abundantly upon berries and upon 
the hazel. Fig. 86 shows this insect. 
A very similar bug (L. whleri Stal.), originally from Mexico, 
has recently appeared in South Dakota, where it causes great 
injury to a great variety of plants. This shows that even south- 
ern insects may find a congenial home with us, in which they 
can multiply so rapidly as to become a pest. For this reason 
it is always wise to kill insects infesting cultivated plants as soon 
as they are discovered, and not to wait until it is too late. This 
is especially true in this case, as these insects are not readily 
killed by any of the remedies now known. 
Proxys punctulatus Pal. Beauv. occurs in the South, where 
it feeds largely upon the cotton worms. 
