LACEBUGS OF THE WORLD 



elytron 

 N hypocostal lamina 



a 



buccula 



rostrum 



ostiolaY canal 



d 



- - rrjrr rJJ- ~-"- J " parameres 



--proctiger 

 — pygophore 



9 th paratergite 

 i 



3 r gonapophysis 



subgenital 

 plate 



-2™ gonocoxopodite 



gonocoxopodite 



ovipositor^,, •- 

 extended 



Figure 1. — Structures used in classification: a, Stephanitis ligyra Drake, lateral aspect; 

 b, Tingis cardui (Linnaeus), ventral aspect of cf genital capsule; c, same, lateral aspect 

 of 9 genital segments. 



Cryptic coloration enters into the living picture in various ways. In the 

 species of many genera, the paranota and elytra are broadly produced 

 outwardly beyond the body limits (pis. 38, 40, 46). In such forms, 

 the areolae differ in size, shape, and in the degree of iridescence, 

 translucence, and transparence. The areolae in the dark elytral bands 



