. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. Fig. 4.—Southern green plant- bug: Ventral view of tip of abdomen of male. Greatly enlargsd. Fig. 3.—Southern green plant-bug (Nezara viridula): Adult about 4 diameters. Suhovate, oforsal surface slightly convex, ventral surface strongly so. green, sometimes with purple. Head somewhat prolonged, equalling cheeks. Eyes very dark red or black, ocelli appearing as tiny beads of amber. Antenna five-jointed; in comparative length the order is as follows: First, sec- ond, fifth, third, and fourth, the fourth being the longest. In
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture. Fig. 4.—Southern green plant- bug: Ventral view of tip of abdomen of male. Greatly enlargsd. Fig. 3.—Southern green plant-bug (Nezara viridula): Adult about 4 diameters. Suhovate, oforsal surface slightly convex, ventral surface strongly so. green, sometimes with purple. Head somewhat prolonged, equalling cheeks. Eyes very dark red or black, ocelli appearing as tiny beads of amber. Antenna five-jointed; in comparative length the order is as follows: First, sec- ond, fifth, third, and fourth, the fourth being the longest. In green specimens the distal end of third antennal seg- ment, and at least the distal half of fourth and fifth, is dark, of a red or brown color. Labrum dark red or brown, a dark line extending from the end of the labrum to dark tip of beak. Sides of pronotum nearly rectilinear. Three or five white points at base of scutellum along edge of pronotum. Black dot at each basal angle of scutellum. Distal end of tibia, and the tarsi, brownish. Small black dots along sides of abdomen at posterior tip of each seg- ment. In purplish specimens coloration not so apparent. When wings are folded, entire surface of body, except mem- branous portion of wings, roughened by numerous punc- tures, especially dense on dorsal surface. Osteolar canal or orifice short, rather broad, truncated at apex, and not ex- tending more than half way to lateral margin of metapleura. From center of base of head to tip of abdomen 10 males average mm., ranging from 11 to mm. Average width 'at shoulders mm., ranging from 7 to mm. Average length of 10 females mm., ranging from 12 to mm. Average width at shoulders mm., ranging Average length of head about 2 Fig 5.—Southern green plant- bug: Ventral view of tip of abdomen of female. Greatly enlarged. from to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhance
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