THE CITRUS MEALY BUG 



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C3'es appear. A few short spines appear on the lateral margins of the ab- 

 ilominal segments. The pysiditmi apjiears somewhat darker than the rest 

 of the body. 



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Figure 117. Male of Pseudococcus citri. 

 ii, larva during first instar; b, larva during second moult; c, n\-in[ili during last 

 stage. A, B, adult male. 



Adult (Fig. 117 A and 1j). Are very delieate and small, measnring 

 on the average but 1 mm. in length. They are of amber-brown color, coveren 

 witli enough of the cottony way to give them a gray appearance. Head — Wider 

 than the ]irothorax with 2 dark blotches extending backward from the base 

 of the antenni-e. Byes — Besides tlie two dark marginal eyes, retained from 

 the larval stage, there are two large red eyes dorsally and a similar pair 



