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of the abdomen, black at the base and banded with white upon the second 

 a,nd fourth joints. The prothorax is yellow, the anterior fourth being orange 

 brown, the same color as the head. On the posterior third is a transverse 

 black band, usually cons' ricted in the middle, and often divided into two 



Fig. 4. The Dusky Plant Bug {De'rxocoris rapidus, Say): Ailult, magnified nine diameters. 



oblong black blotches. The wing-covers are black, tinged with yellowish, 

 and more or less reddened at the tip of the leathery portion, which is 

 there sometimes almost carmine. The membrane is uniform dusky and the 

 veins black. The abdomen is black, with a red stripe upon either side ; the 



Fig. 5. The Dusky Plant Bug {Derxocoris rapidus, Say): Pupa, magnified nine diameters. 



last segment of the abdomen is wholly red. The young arc similar in form 

 to those of the tarnished plant bug, but are distinguished by their dark green 

 and deep red colors, and by the snow-white tip and basal ring to the last 

 joint of the antennse, the remainder of the joint being red. 



