THE GREEN SOLDIER BUG. 
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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 
by Glover and Mally (/. <?.), and to nearly ripe peaches near San 
Antonio, Tex., by Lintner, who has given the only complete discus 
sion of the insect." It has been similarly mentioned by Doctor 
Howard/' 
JADERA II.KMATOLO.MA H.-Schf. 
This dark-bluish bug often occurs on cotton, though no injury by 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- 
siderable number are found feeding in one spot; but as they grow 
older the}' drift apart, and the adults are usually found in pairs. V^^> 
laid July 20 hatched on the 29th. On August 4, adults which were 
found common on the china- berry tree were confined on cotton, and 
were observed to oviposit in crevices of the soil. Jn 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 PLANT-BUGS. 
(Leptoglossus oppositus Saw tig. 2S, and Metapo- 
diusfemoratus Fab. ) 
These insects have been frequently 
observed by Messrs. Lewis and Bishop}) 
in north Texas puncturing cotton bolls 
and causing more or less injury. Both 
were mentioned by Glover as cotton 
Fig. 28. — Leptoglosstis oppositns: adult 
insects. twice natural size (from Chittenden). 
THE GREEN SOLDIER BUG. 
[Nezara hilaris Say. Fig. 29.) 
A letter dated March V. L903, from Mr. K. L. Taylor, of Help, Tex., 
first called attention to this insect as a cotton pest. Mr. Taylor sent 
«1885: Second Rept. N. V. State Knt.. \k L64, fig. 41. 
&1901: The Insect Book, i>. 307, tig. -200. 
