﻿THE CITRUS MEALY BUG 301 



eyes appear. A few short spiiu-s a]i|)i',ir (ni llio lalrral mar!.;ins ni [hv ah- 

 (!ominal segments. Tlie i)yyi(liiim appears scnnewhat darkn- tliaii llie rest 

 ul" the liody. 



Figure 117. Male of Pseudococcus citri. 

 a. larva during first instar; li. larva (liniiif,' sccoml moult; 

 stage. A, B, adult male. 



liyiii|di during last 



.Idiilt ( h'iy. 117 .\ and 1'.). .\re very dehcate and small, iiieasurin^' 

 (in llu- averaf.;e Init 1 nun. in length, 'i'hey are of aniher brow n color, eoverecl 

 with encnigh of the eotlony way to give them a gray ap])earance. Ilciul — Wider 

 ihan the ])rothorax with 1 dark l)lotelie> extending hackwai'd from the hase 

 of ihi' anleniia\ liycs — llesides the two ilark marginal eyes, retained fmm 

 lln' larval stage, there are two large red eyes dorsalh- and a similar jiair 



