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Field observations by Mr Strickland show that the first and second 

 stage nymphs have the same color characteristics except that in the 

 first stage the color is a light greenish yellow and the banding of the 

 legs and antennae less conspicuous. The third and fourth stages 

 are colored nearly the same, the bodies being red with a light streak 

 down the back, while in the fifth or last nymphal stage the insects 

 are green, changing to brown with a light streak down the back, the 

 antennae and legs being banded in each case. 



Below are given more detailed descriptions, those of the younger 

 stages being drafted from alcoholic material, while the later stages 

 were described from living material. 



First stage. Nymph 1.5 mm, a pale greenish yellow, the eyes, red, 

 the antennae fuscous yellowish, rather indistinctly banded; the basal 

 half of the second and third, and the distal fifth of the third antennal 

 segments whitish, the fourth pale yellowish; legs pale yellowish; 

 tibiae with a narrow basal band, a moderately broad band near the 

 basal third and the distal third white; basal half of the tarsi white. 



Second stage. Length 2 mm, coloration nearly as in the preceding 

 stage, except that it is mostly a greenish and the darker bands of the 

 second and third antennal segments are yellowish red or reddish, and 

 the banding of the legs yellowish brown or brownish. 



Third stage. Length 2 to 2.75 mm, antennae mostly a rich dark 

 brown, except for the white banding and the terminal segment which 

 are as given above. Eyes reddish; body a variable reddish with a 

 rather distinct median whitish line, the apical portion of the abdomen 

 yellowish. Legs mostly dark brown, the anterior and mid tibiae 

 with the basal third reddish brown and divided by a narrow, white 

 line, the distal two-thirds mostly whitish, each third marked apically 

 with an obscure yellowish or reddish brown band; tarsi fuscous 

 yellowish with an obscure whitish band near the middle; posterior 

 tibiae with a distinct broad, white band near the basal third and the 

 entire distal third whitish, the tarsi yellowish basally, fuscous yel- 

 lowish apically and with a broad, white band in the middle. 



Fourth stage. Length 3 to 3.5 mm, much as in the second stage, 

 except that the body is somewhat greener and the wing pads slightly 

 fuscous just at molting. The specimens show a distinct, irregular, 

 median, light greenish area extending from the base of the head to 

 and including the base of the abdomen. The dorsum of the head 

 and lateral portions of the thorax reddish purple, the abdomen 

 mostly mottled with deep red, each segment posteriorly with a row 

 of six irregular, whitish spots. Color of antennae and legs practically 

 as in the preceding stage. 



