Sept., 19 14.] Webster-Stoner : Calocoris rapidus. 233 



clay yellow, dusky at tips ; tarsi pale but with the apical fourth dusky ; 

 whole leg sparsely clothed with fine white hairs. 



Stage II. — Form and color as in stage- 1, but with a large reddish 

 patch covering most of the abdomen. Length 2.06 mm. 



Head and thorax similar to stage I. Prothorax short. Meso- 

 thorax slightly longer; metathorax very short; both margined and 

 greenish in color. 



Most of the abdomen is reddish, sometimes greenish on first and 

 second segments and also towards caudal extremity ; tip red. Ab- 

 domen beneath pale green, reddish at sides. First and second 

 abdominal segments shorter than succeeding segments. Femora and 

 hind tibise reddish; front and middle tibiae pale clay yellow; all the 

 tarsi pale, black tipped. 



Stage III. — Form and color in general as in preceding stage. 

 Length 2.6 mm. 



Head dragon's blood; eyes purple lake. Antennae : first segment 

 pale cadmium yellow ; second segment the same, darker distally ; third, 

 pale proximally, shading into deep red distally ; fourth segment as in 

 preceding stages. Prothorax same color as head, except the caudal 

 margin, which is greenish. Mesothorax and metathorax pale green ; 

 margined ; both very slightly produced caudo-laterad. 



Abdomen as in preceding stages. Femora reddish, the hind pair 

 with a narrow pale band near apex ; tibiae pale, except hind pair, 

 which is reddish, black tipped ; tarsi pale, black tipped. 



Stage IV. — Form and color similar to preceding stage, but with 

 the wing pads well developed. Length 3.6 mm. 



Head similar to preceding stage. Antennae : first segment chrome 

 orange; second, pale cadmium yellow, shading into reddish distally; 

 third and fourth segments as in stage III. Mesothorax and meta- 

 thorax produced into wingpads which reach to or upon the second 

 abdominal segment; wingpads slightly dusky at tips. 



Abdomen similar to stage III ; first and second segments subequal 

 in length above, laterad and ventrad the first is much compressed, 

 the second much swollen. Color of legs the same as in stage III ; 

 femora clothed with fine black hairs ; tibiae with many stiff black 

 hairs. 



Stage V. — Form elongate oval; general color as in preceding stage, 

 but wingpads conspicuously tipped with dusky or sometimes black. 

 Length 4.6 mm. (average of 10 specimens) 



