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domen. Orange colored spot on third abdominal segment. 

 Legs and antennae, colorless, except tarsi and terminal seg- 

 ment of antennae, which are tipped with black. Eyes, dull red. 



Length of body, 2.25 mm.; width, 1.00 mm. 



Fifth Instar. Body, long oval, narrowest at anterior margin 

 of prothorax, widest at third abdominal segment. Head, 

 small, row of hairs between the eyes, with another row just 

 cephalad of that. Antennae, long, slightly pubescent, the 

 margins of each segment thinly covered with hair. Prothorax 

 3-5 longer than head. Wing pads, extending to posterior mar- 

 gin of 4th segment of abdomen. Abdomen, pyriform, widest 

 third abdominal segment with a short hair at the lateral mar- 

 gins of each segment. 



Legs, long, rather slender, slightly hairy, stouter hairs on 

 hind tibia. Length of hind tibia, 1.05 mm. 



Color. Pale green. Wings pads, darker green, while the 

 tips have a tinge of brown. Orange spot on third abdominal 

 segment. Antennae and legs, yellow, darker at tips of tarsi. 

 Eyes red. White lines down head and thorax. Abdomen, 

 little darker green. 



Length of body, 3.06 mm.; width, 1.10 mm. 



Adult. The following description of the adult is taken 

 from Knight's "Revision of the Genus Lygus in America." 



Ovate, rather small, greenish brown or brownish yellow 

 with fuscous, scutellum bright yellow or green; genital claspers 

 distinctive of the species. 



Length 4.1 mm. Head, width across eyes .83mm., vertex 

 .36 m. m., length .34 mm., height at base .48 m. m.; carina 

 prominent, transverse, slightly indented just in front; yellow- 

 ish brown; apical half of tylus, lower half of juga, gula and 

 bases of bucculae, fuscous; eyes dark brown, collum black. 

 Rostrum, length 1.34 mm., just attaining posterior margins of 

 middle coxae, yellowish brown, apex fuscous. 



Antennae segment 1, length .31 mm., dark brownish; II 

 1.03 mm., dark brownish; III, .48 mm., dark fuscous brown; 

 IV, .4 mm., scarcely darker than segment III; thickly clothed 

 with prominent pale yellowish pubescence. 



Pronotum: Length .84 mm., width at base 1.48 mm., 

 width at anterior angles. 71 mm., collar .83 mm.; closely and 

 distinctly punctured, rather long fine pale pubescence; yellow- 

 ish brown darkened with fuscous, in some cases with greenish; 

 posterior half of calli, basal angles and usually more extensive* 



