Perillus (peril us)

[NL. (Stål, 1867), lus, proper name.] A genus of pentatomoid bugs of the subfamily Asopinæ, having the T head smooth and shining, the thorax with narrowly elevated lateral margins, and the tibiæ distinctly sulcate. There are 6 Ring-banded Soldier-bug ( Perillus species, exclusively Amer IMG:content-2698.png:[ocr errors] a, bug Circumcinctural size); b, antenna, enlarged; c, proboscis, ican. P. cir cum cinct us is common in Canada and enlarged. western United States, and is known as the ring - banded soldier - bug. It is predaceous, and one of the known enemies of the Colorado potato-beetle.