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it is iiiiear, as long as the third and half the fourth taken 
pther. ihe two last joints are very slender, the last slightly 
rter than the other. 
he beak is long and slender, reaching to the last pair of legs 
| m ay be either pale or dark, but is always black at tip. 
irst Stage. (Plate XI, Fig. 2). —Shortly after hatching, the 
ng plant bug is of a pale green or sulphur-yellow color; about 
sventieth of an inch long, and fifteen hundredths of an inch wide, 
general form is that of an ellipse with flattened sides, both ends 
lg rather obtuse, and the sides nearly parallel, diverging very 
htly, however, to the fourth abdominal segment. 
he head is triangular, a little longer than the first thoracic seg- 
lt, the color slightly darker before the eyes. The thoracic seg- 
lts are similar to the abdominal, but about twice as long. They 
of equal width, but the first is a little longer than the second. 
here aie ten segments in the abdomen, counting a rudimentary 
1 one. The first two are very short and closely united; the re- 
ncler of about equal length, except the ninth, which is the longest, 
the dorsum of the third abdominal segment is a median orange 
J • 
he legs are very long, the hind tibiae being half as long as the 
fie body. The tarsi are two-jointed, the first joint very short 
obliquely articulated, the second four or five times as long and 
adrical. The legs are white, except an orange ring at the prox- 
1 end of the tibiae. 
he antennae are four-jointed, and nearly as long as the body, 
first joint is short and thick, the remainder more slender and 
xl, each being about twice as long as the first. All the articles 
1 white, except the last, which is orange. 
he beak is very large and long, reaching to the last abdominal 
nent. The joints are four in number, and of nearly equal length. 
t slightly older specimens in this stage, the antennae, tarsi, and 
terminal joint of the beak become dusky, and a transverse black 
k appears at the posterior border of the orange abdominal spot, 
entire surface, in this stage, is sparsely covered with short 
k hairs. 
y-coitd Stage .—(Plate XI, Fig. 3).—In this stage the length is 
twelfth of an inch, and the greatest width half as much. The 
)men is now much broader than the thorax, having an ovate 
p, with the third and fourth segments the widest. The second 
j third segments of the thorax are wider than the first, which 
i ows forwards, being in front scarcely wider than the head. The 
1 segment is hardly more than half as long as the second, and 
j hind angles of both these are free, and somewhat produced 
i .yards. A quadrate, median black spot occurs on the suture 
een the third and fourth abdominal segments, divided trans- 
ply by a slit-like opening of the gland within. 
j i the thorax are four more or less deeply marked black spots 
i rcular form, two on either side of the middle of the first and 
ad segments. 
