Entomological News, Vol. 29: April, 1918 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Entomological News, Vol. 29: April, 1918

Second stage nymph. (plate VII, fig. Length mm. Shape similar to that of first stage, but more oval in outline. Color darker than that of first stage. Tubercles on head more pronounced. Bases of hairs tuberculate. A single spine-like tubercle on lateral margins of first and second thoracic segments and the second and remaining abdominal segments, each tubercle bearing a glandular hair. A pair of spine-like tubercles tipped with secreting hairs on the dorsal sur face of the pro and mesothorax and the second, fifth, sixth and eighth abdominal segments. Antennae white, comparatively slightly shorter than in first stage. Rostrum white, reaching to posterior legs Legs white.

Third stage nymph. (plate VII, fig. Length mm. Shape oval, dorsal surface brownish black. Tubercles as in preceding stage. Sides of thorax and abdomen margined. Eyes prominent. Antennae one-third length of body. Legs and rostrum as in preceding stage.

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