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white, the metathorax, the hind margin of pro- and mesothorax and 

 the median line of thorax, tomato red. The median line meets a pro- 

 curved line on vertex of the same color which connects the eyes. 

 Abdomen as in preceding stage. Eyes and antennae dark reddish. 

 Legs darker than in stage I, almost dusky, femora sometimes slightly 

 paler at tip, tarsi somewhat darker. Body more hairy than in pre- 

 ceding stage. 



Stage III (Fig. 3). Length, 2.34 mm.; greatest width of abdomen, 

 i.oo mm. General color a little darker than in preceding stage. Head 

 and thorax washed strongly with dark grayish or dusky, except for 

 narrow median line and the narrow hind border of the pro- and meso- 

 thorax which are tomato red. Head marked as before. Abdomen as 

 in preceding stage. Eyes very dark reddish. Antennae dark reddish 

 to dark brownish gray. Legs dark brownish gray, femora sometimes 

 slightly paler at tip. Wing-pads just beginning to show. Body more 

 hairy than in preceding stage. 



Stage IV (Fig. 4). Length, 3.12 mm.; greatest width, across 

 wing-pads, i.i mm. More elongate than in preceding stage. Head and 

 thorax entirely overlaid with dusky except for the white spot 

 behind the eyes and the narrow tomato red median line which meets 

 the procurved line of the same color on the vertex. Abdomen as be- 

 fore except that hind margin of first segment and second half of 

 second segment are whitish ; seventh segment also has a white spot on 

 lateral margin. Eyes very dark reddish. Legs and antennae almost 

 black. Dorsum now thickly clothed with fine blackish hairs, more 

 abundant than before. Wing-pads reach back nearly to third abdom- 

 inal segment. 



Stage V (Fig. 5). Length, 4.00 mm.; greatest width, across wing- 

 pads, 1.62 mm. Head similar to preceding stage. Ground color of 

 thorax red, strongly washed with dusky except for narrow pinkish 

 median line. Two large, more or less distinct, subquadrate dusky spots 

 on prothorax. Wing-pads are blackish and reach about to second half 

 of fifth abdominal segment. Abdomen with first and second seg- 

 ments marked with pinkish rather than whitish as before ; the spots 

 on segments 3-7 also pinkish. Eyes blackish. Legs and antennae 

 more slendtr and slightly longer than in preceding stages and almost 

 black. Dorsum and legs still thickly clothed with hairs as before. 



The individuals of this stage seem to vary in size and color some- 

 what more than those which I have examined of the other stages. 

 Some are slightly longer than 4.00 mm., others somewhat smaller. 

 Also some specimens are considerably darker, especially on the thorax, 

 than others. 



Adult, female (Fig. 6). Length, 6.25-6.50 mm.; width. 2.0-2.5 mm. 

 Orange, with a broad black stripe which extends the whole length of 



