. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE GKAIN BUG. 9 Ventrally: Uniform pale green, with black punctations. " Shelf" orange on both thorax and abdomen. Rostrum green with brown tip and extending one-half the length of venter. Legs: Coxje, trochanters, and femora pale green; tibise and tarsi light brown. Described from 11 specimens. riFTH INSTAE. Length to mm.; width of thorax to mm.; width of abdomen to 7 mm. Dorsally: Head pale green, finely punctate; eyes brown, surrounded by pale green area; antennae to mm. in le
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. THE GKAIN BUG. 9 Ventrally: Uniform pale green, with black punctations. " Shelf" orange on both thorax and abdomen. Rostrum green with brown tip and extending one-half the length of venter. Legs: Coxje, trochanters, and femora pale green; tibise and tarsi light brown. Described from 11 specimens. riFTH INSTAE. Length to mm.; width of thorax to mm.; width of abdomen to 7 mm. Dorsally: Head pale green, finely punctate; eyes brown, surrounded by pale green area; antennae to mm. in length, black or brown, peduncle light green, articulation of segments pale green. Thorax green with black punctations; wing pads black or nearly so; " shelf" white to orange. Abdomen pale green with black punctations and bearing approximately the same marking as preceding instar; " shelf" white with more pronounced orange edge than on thorax, not so promi- nent as in preceding instars. Ventrally: Same as the pre- ceding instar. Rostrum extend- ing to posterior coxae. Legs: Tarsi and outer fourth of tibise black, remaining portions of legs pale green, tarsi and tibise bear- ^ ^^^^^^B^^^l^^ M 10^ ing numerous black spines. Described from 15 speci- -The grain bug: Nymph, fifth instar. Much enlarged. THE ADULT. The following is tlie description by Stal (1). 5. L[ioderina] (CWorochroa) Sayi Stal.—Ovalis, dilute viridis, subtus pal- lidior, supeme pectoreque sat dense distincteque punctata, ventre subtilius punctato; antennis nigris, articulo basali virescente; limbo lateral! antico thoracis, limbo costali thoracis, apice scutelli, margine abdominis, coxis, tro- chanteribus femoribusque basin versus pallide sordide flavescentibus; callis rugulisque parvis sparsis, in thorace scutelloque obsoletis, in corio distinctior- bus, nee non maculis tribus laevigatis subcallosis basalibus scutelli viridi- albicantibus; membrana alisque decoloribus; marginibus imis l
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