Dec., 1903 .] 
A Root — Infesting Fulgorid. 
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A.s the life habits of related species of Myndus are unknown, it 
seems quite possible that others nia3' prove to be suhterranean 
and the rarity of these forms in collections readilj" accounted for 
by this protected habit. 
What appears to be the larva or a pre-pupa stage has a length 
of two and .sixt>' hundredths mm. and a width of one mm. It is 
pallid greenish, sutural lines appearing white, and the cotton^" 
secretion of the posterior segment of the abdomen scant; the beak 
extends just beyond the second coxae. The mature inunph or 
pupa stage has a length of four mm., or, including the cottony 
.secretion, four and one-half mm. and a width of one three-tenths 
mm. It is mostly of a pale yellow or whitish color ; some indi- 
viduals appear more decidedh- greeni.^h and some dusky or dirt 
color. There is a well marked median dorsal stripe and fainter 
lines lateralhy marking the margins of the wing pads. The three 
terminal segments with the projecting cottony filaments extend 
one-third the length of the abdomen and Avhen full}’ extended 
appear as a wide tuft. The tuft, however, is easilv shed and 
when the abdomen is denuded only very narrow margins of white 
thread appear around the terminal borders of the segments. The 
surface of the thorax and abdomen is fainth’ duskjy contrasting 
with the white sutural lines. The eyes are red. The bodv of the 
segments are dusk}- with broad sutures A’ellow, a du.sk}’ patch on 
the thorax and another on the posterior border of the hinder 
wing pad. The leg.s are whitish, the beak reaches to the base 
of the third coxae. 
The Imago is pallid yellowish green, the front above and on 
lower border with black. Length, male, 3.5, mm , to tip of elytra 
5 mm.; female, 4 mm., to tip of elytra, 5.5 mm. 
Head wider than long, vertex one and one-half linie.s longer than wide, 
tapering to apex which is broadly rounded, margins slightly raised, disk 
slightly raised towards apex. Front ninch widened towards apex. Lateral 
keels thin, broad, median keel weaker. Clypens triangular, keels obtuse, 
rronotum short, posterior margin deeply concave. Posterior angles scarcely 
rounded. Scntellnm longer than head and pronotnm together acutel}’ 
angled behind. Keels slightly divergent. Elytral nervures strong and set 
with minute hairs, slightly .setigerons 
Color greenish or pallid, the verte.x unmarked, but the front bears the 
black spots just beneath the apex of vertex and a band across its apex, 
either yellowish or infuscated, in some specimens distinctly blackish. The 
scntellnm outside the lateral carinae, and in some cases in posterior portion 
of intercarinal spaces infuscated, appearing as obscure longitudinal stripes. 
Elytra hyaline with veins infuscated, a faint stigmal and post-claval spot and 
the apical portion of whole elytron sometimes slightly smoky. Ovipositor 
of female black. 
Male pygofers nearly truncate, a minute median process, the styles broadly 
expanded apically, curving outward but their inner borders touching. 
