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spots near base. Tip of beak dusky. Body somewhat more thickly 

 clothed with hairs than in preceding stage. 



Stage IV (PI. XIV, fig. 12). — Length, 1.5 mm.; greatest width 

 (across wing-pads), .62 mm. Head and thorax pale yellowish; pro- 

 thorax often with two large greenish circles; remainder of thorax ana 

 wing-pads usually tinged with irregular greenish markings, abdomen 

 pale green, tip yellowish. Wing-pads extend back to third abdominal 

 segment. Eyes reddish. Antennae and legs pale yellowish. Spots 

 on femora as in preceding stage. Middle tibiae with two or three, 

 and hind tibiae with five or six round blackish spots from each of 

 which arise two blackish hairs. Tip of tarsi dusky. Whole dorsum 

 rather thickly clothed with hairs which in some lights are golden, in 

 others dark. Beneath pale yellowish except venter which is pale 

 green. Tip of beak dusky. 



Stage V (PI. XIV, fig. 5). — Length, 1.9 mm. ; greatest width (across 

 wing-pads), .95 mm. General color pale greenish, abdomen a somewhat 

 darker shade than rest of body. Darker greenish marking on thorax 

 and wing-pads as indicated in the figure; extreme tip of wing- 

 pads often dusky. Eyes dark red. Legs and antennae pale yellowish. 

 There are seven, four, and two setigerous spots on the hind, middle 

 and fore tibiae respectively. Tip of beak and extreme tip of tarsi 

 dusky. Body, as in preceding stage, thickly clothed with fine hairs. 



Adult (PI. XIV, fig. 7). — Length, 2.65 mm. General color greenish 

 gray or dirty grayish white ; head and prothorax more inclined to 

 brownish-yellow, the former often reddish-brown. Cuneus usually with 

 a large brownish spot. Legs and antennae yellowish, slightly tinged 

 with brownish ; a black ring on middle of first segment and at base of 

 segment of antennae. Legs marked as in fifth stage nymph except 

 that posterior femora are marked with many small black spots. 

 Beneath black or dark brown. Beak yellowish, tip dark brown. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV. 



