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FRED. V. THEOBALD. 



outwards ; tibiae and tarsi with numerous thin hairs, one large one at apex of femora ; 

 claws double on all legs. Length, 2 -0-2 -5 mm. ; wing expanse, 8 mm. 



Apterous viviparous female. — Globose ; bright yellowish-buff to almost white, 

 covered with white meal, sometimes scanty, at others sufficiently thick to give the 

 insect a white miller-hke appearance. Head hairy, brownish, mealy ; eyes black, 

 very small. Antennae with first to fourth segments ochreous, fifth and sixth smoky, 

 or sixth only smoky. Thorax and abdomen uniform yellomsh-buff to white ; 

 numerous pale hairs on the body. Venter of same colour as dorsum, mealy. Legs 

 ochreous to pale ochreous brown, knees shghtly darker. Antennae shorter than 

 head and thorax, of five segments, the first a httle smaller than the second ; the 

 third about as long as or shghtly longer than the fifth ; fourth small, about half 

 the length of the fifth, with a single subapical sensorium ; fifth with a very small 



Fig. 37. TycTiea phaseoU, Pass. ; 

 A, antenna of apterous $ ; B, fore leg ; C, proboscis. D, antenna 

 of alate $ ; E , wings ; F, hind leg ; G, cauda. 



blunt nail ; all the segments hairy. Proboscis pale, with dusky apex, reaching just 

 beyond the second or to the third coxae ; acuminate, apical segment longer and 

 shghtly narrower than the penultimate, with numerous hairs. Legs rather short 

 and thick, the fore femora and tibiae nearly equal ; in the hind legs, the tibiae 

 shghtly the longer ; mid pair a httle nearer to the hind than to the front pair ; 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi hairy. Apex of body densely hairy. Length, 1-5-2-5 mm. 

 Larva. — First stage bright orange ; eyes black. Antennae and legs colourless, 

 very glassy in appearance, hairs quite pale. Coxae orange. Proboscis with apical 

 half colourless, basal half orange. Second stage bright orange. Head dusky, with 

 very fine median line, halving the dusky area, which does not extend over the entire 

 upper part of head ; at the sides, around eyes and base of antennae the head is 

 orange. The dusky area extends back to the pronotum, which has two lateral dusky 



