PLATE LXXYII. —Lysdercus Cingulatus. 
Red Cotton Bug. 
Fig. l. 
Eggs, natural size and magnified. On the right, without black 
background, is a single egg just before hatching. 
Nymphs, first instar, immediately after hatching and later. 
Nymph, second instar. 
„ third 
,, fourth ,, 
„ fifth „ 
llmago. 
The natural length of figures 2 to 8 is shown b}' the hair line beside 
each. (Reprinted from Memoirs of the Agricultural Department.) 
