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  distributed 
  all 
  over, 
  the 
  brown 
  egg 
  masses 
  being 
  at 
  times 
  con- 
  

   spicuous 
  on 
  Hibiscus 
  rosasinerisis, 
  Saccharum 
  offjxinarum. 
  

   Citrus, 
  etc. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  fiercely 
  carnivorous 
  bug, 
  preying 
  on 
  Coccinellids, 
  

   Leafhoppers, 
  and 
  in 
  its 
  younger 
  stages, 
  on 
  Aphidae, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  

   as 
  much 
  injurious 
  as 
  beneficial 
  from 
  a 
  human 
  viewpoint. 
  

  

  The 
  ova 
  are 
  cylindric, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  from 
  aV)out 
  1.2-1.5 
  mill, 
  

   long, 
  in 
  masses 
  of 
  20 
  to 
  40. 
  They 
  are 
  castaneous 
  with 
  an 
  

   opaque 
  white 
  operculum, 
  the 
  latter 
  depressed 
  within 
  the 
  

   margins. 
  The 
  micropyle 
  is 
  median 
  and 
  single. 
  According 
  

   to 
  Swezey, 
  who 
  was 
  partially 
  studied 
  this 
  Reduviid 
  (*^) 
  

   a 
  female 
  in 
  captivity 
  laid 
  269 
  ova. 
  These 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  

   sticky, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  legs, 
  etc., 
  of 
  the 
  nymphs. 
  They 
  hatch 
  

   in 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  days. 
  

  

  Third 
  (?) 
  vnstar 
  [possibly 
  a 
  young 
  fourth]. 
  Pale 
  green 
  

   covered 
  all 
  over 
  white 
  with 
  granules, 
  which 
  are 
  whitely 
  pilif- 
  

   erous. 
  Antennae 
  translucent 
  whitish, 
  (first 
  segment 
  green) 
  

   with 
  black 
  and 
  with 
  white 
  hairs. 
  Eyes 
  bronzy 
  pink. 
  A 
  thin 
  

   red 
  line 
  medio-longitudinally 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum. 
  Legs 
  whitish 
  trans- 
  

   lucent, 
  annulated 
  with 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  pilose 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  antennae. 
  

   Tergites 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  papillae 
  which 
  are 
  whitely 
  

   piliferous. 
  

  

  Fifth 
  instar. 
  Greenish 
  testaceous, 
  varying 
  into 
  pale 
  green- 
  

   ish 
  yellow 
  or 
  greenish 
  white, 
  or 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  bluish 
  on 
  the 
  

   tergites. 
  Hind 
  area 
  of 
  head 
  suffused 
  anteriorly 
  with 
  orange 
  

   red 
  ; 
  2 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  same 
  area, 
  2 
  at 
  base 
  of 
  pronotum, 
  

   2 
  anteriorly 
  on 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  2 
  on 
  its 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  tergites, 
  etc., 
  orange 
  red. 
  Eyes 
  madder 
  

   brown. 
  Antennae 
  greenish 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  lined 
  

   longitudinally 
  with 
  blackish, 
  third 
  blackish-grey, 
  widely 
  

   annulated 
  with 
  white 
  medianly, 
  fourth 
  pale 
  fuscous. 
  Teg- 
  

   minal 
  pads 
  partly 
  fuscous. 
  IJnderside 
  greenish 
  testaceous,' 
  

   with 
  some 
  orange-red 
  marks 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  some 
  blackish 
  

   marks 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  segments. 
  Legs 
  closely 
  speckled 
  with 
  

   black, 
  except 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  (apex 
  

   of 
  apical 
  segment 
  of 
  latter 
  black) 
  ; 
  coxae 
  and 
  trochanters 
  im- 
  

   maculate. 
  Body 
  almost 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  

   and 
  hind 
  legs 
  sparsely 
  hairy, 
  the 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  rather 
  closely 
  

   hairy. 
  Antennae 
  very 
  slender, 
  18, 
  5, 
  16, 
  6. 
  First 
  segment 
  of 
  

   labium 
  annuliform, 
  second 
  reaching 
  scarcely 
  to 
  mid 
  eye, 
  third 
  

  

  (47) 
  Bull. 
  Ent. 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  A., 
  I, 
  232, 
  PI. 
  XVI 
  fs. 
  1-3 
  (1905). 
  

  

  