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  than 
  the 
  first, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  second, 
  and 
  a 
  

   trifle 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  fourth. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  odoriferous 
  

   orifices. 
  

  

  The 
  nymphs 
  like 
  the 
  adults, 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  by 
  the 
  clear, 
  

   whitish, 
  last 
  antennal 
  segment. 
  

  

  Nysiiis 
  Dallas. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  evidently 
  of 
  considerable 
  geologic 
  antiquity, 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  very 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  but 
  has 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  un- 
  

   doubtedly 
  endemic 
  species 
  on 
  various 
  oceanic 
  islands. 
  In 
  these 
  

   islands, 
  however, 
  outside 
  the 
  14 
  described 
  endemic 
  species, 
  

   there 
  are 
  three 
  introduced 
  species, 
  viz., 
  coenosulus, 
  reported 
  in 
  

   1859, 
  delectus 
  in 
  1878 
  and 
  vmitor 
  now 
  recorded. 
  

  

  8 
  viniior 
  Bergroth. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  pest 
  in 
  Australia 
  on 
  Vines' 
  of 
  all 
  sorts, 
  

   cherries 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  fruits 
  and 
  vegetables 
  (^*'). 
  

   In 
  Hawaii, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  common 
  on 
  Ihi 
  (Portulaca 
  oleracea) 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  melon-vines. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  discovered 
  the 
  eggs, 
  nor 
  has 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  Aus- 
  

   tralian 
  Entomologists. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  instar: 
  Yellowish 
  or 
  greenish 
  testaceous, 
  vertex 
  with 
  

   2 
  dark 
  brown 
  median 
  straight 
  stripes 
  and 
  2 
  lateral 
  (2 
  on 
  each 
  

   side) 
  more 
  irregular 
  stripes, 
  turning 
  outwards 
  apicalwards, 
  

   also 
  some 
  obscurer 
  spots 
  or 
  marks. 
  Clypeus 
  laterally 
  bordered 
  

   straightly 
  with 
  dark 
  brown. 
  Antennae 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  fourth 
  

   segment 
  a 
  little 
  darker. 
  Nota 
  and 
  tegminal 
  pads 
  irrorated 
  

   with 
  dark 
  and 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  a 
  central 
  pale 
  line 
  down 
  the 
  middle. 
  

   Abdomen 
  irrorated 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  Femora 
  (except 
  

   apically 
  and 
  basally) 
  dark 
  fuscous, 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  pale. 
  La- 
  

   bium 
  reaching 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae. 
  Pronotum 
  medially 
  

   a 
  little 
  laminate. 
  Fore 
  coxae 
  approximate, 
  the 
  others 
  a 
  little 
  

   remote, 
  though 
  not 
  much. 
  Arolia 
  rounded, 
  free, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  claws. 
  Odoriferous 
  orifice 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  wide, 
  on 
  the 
  

   5th 
  tergite. 
  

  

  9 
  delectus 
  F. 
  B. 
  White. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  but 
  much 
  larger. 
  The 
  

   nymphs 
  are 
  very 
  similar, 
  but 
  proportionally 
  larger 
  in 
  each 
  

  

  (30) 
  See 
  French, 
  1891,Handb. 
  Destr. 
  Ins. 
  Victoria 
  I 
  104, 
  PI. 
  XII; 
  and 
  

   Froggatt 
  1901 
  Agr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  S. 
  W., 
  XII, 
  352-6 
  PI. 
  [B]. 
  

  

  