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Psyche 
[October 
as wide as long, posterior edge nearly twice the length of the 
anterior; wing pads attain the fifth abdominal segment; scutellum 
moderately prominent ; abdomen widest at the second segment, 
edges thin; body sparsely punctate. 
The Fifth Instar Nymph, 
Length 2.5 mm; width 1.1 mm. Color light with green 
markings; antennae with a brown tinge apically; prothorax with 
a light green area each side; abdomen ligbt green, the edges and 
a quadrate area centrally placed on the third and fourth seg- 
ments light, the quadrate area bordered with brown; head 
twice as wide as long, the protuberances before the eyes strongly 
developed; antennae as long as the head and prothorax, ciliate 
at the apex; head narrowed behind the eyes; beak scarcely 
reaching the middle coxae; prothorax rectangular, two and a 
half times as wide as long, the posterior margin but little longer 
than the anterior, marked with a faint ridge each side of the 
median line; scutellum prominent, triangular, wider than long; 
wing pads nearly reach the fifth abdominal segment; abdomen 
somewhat wider than the thorax, widest at the second segment; 
body coarsely and sparsely punctate. 
