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PLATE XXXIV. 

 THE LARGE SALDID. 



Saldula major (Prov.). 



Fig. 1. Stem of grass with some of the blades removed, showing egg of 

 saldid. 



Fig. 2. Under side of grass blade, showing tips of eggs through the opening 

 made by the sharp ovipositor. 



Fig. 3. Upper side of the same blade shown in figure 2, showing the eggs 

 and how they were thrust through the leaf. 



Fig. 4. Egg in a grass blade and part of the blade torn away to show the 

 tip of the egg on under surface. 



Fig. 5. The egg. 



Fig. 6. Nymph just out of egg, still in postnatal molt. 



Fig. 7. First-instar nymph. 



Fig. 8. Second-instar nymph. "n 



Fig. 9. Fourth-instar nymph. 



Fig. 10. Third-instar nymph. 



Fig. 11. Fifth-instar njnnph. 



Fig. 12. Adult male. 



Fig. 13. Adult female, ventral view. 



Fig. 14. Adult female, dorsal view. 



