December, '17] 



HAWLEY: HOP REDBUG 



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Fig. 33. Paracalocoris haivleyi, fifth stage nymph, X 10 

 (original). 



pronotum. White spots around setse very distinct. As in previous stages there is a 

 wide variation in markings (Fig. 33). 



The data on four specimens bred in the year 1915 are given in Table 

 No. 1. 



Table 1. — Transformations and Length of Stages, 1915 



Average; 30.1 days. 



Breeding was carried on in petri dishes in a well ventilated, unheated 

 field laboratory. Pieces of bark with eggs were placed in the dishes. 

 These were examined and after hatching fresh food was added each 

 day. 



Adult. — The adult is about 6 mm. in length, fusco-piceous to piceous with herae- 

 lytra sordid hyaUne or pale yellowish and cuneous reddish. Pubescence is sparse. 



Technical descriptions of the species and four varieties are published 

 in the December (1916) issue of the Annals of the Entomological Society 



