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STATE Mrsr.r.\i 



Professor Xeedham bred tin- Agraj i M and sent me the 

 larva and cases. The metainorpho>.<-s of A graj lea and many 

 Other European forms h;i\.- been d<-s. i -ih.-d recently ill an admira 

 ble way by Hi-rr A. ,1. Silfvenius of IIi-lsinr ( .i>. 



Ag^aylea multipunctata ('nil. 



.MrLachlan. Key. \ Suiopsis. p.riUti. describes ili- species as 

 follo\\ s : 



Antenna- blackish fuscous. llodv blackish fuscous; abdomen 



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ureenish in life; blackish in dr\ i-Nanipli's \viih jialc latci-al lines; 

 the ventral surface clothed \\ilh silkv yellowish hairs. Head and 

 pronotnin clothed \\iih greyish \c||o\v haii-s. Le^s snlileslaceous 

 \\ilh fuscous femora; dollied \\ilh pale hairs. Anterior win.^s 

 ordinarily blackish, \\iih numerous distinct .mdden-yello\\ mark 

 ings, mostly forming spots, but usually there is also a hui.u and 

 broad space near the apex of the costal margin, about two don 

 ijate spares on the inner margin, and t\\o or three apical spots 

 extending into the frii.-i-s \\hidi are otheruise dark (but these 

 markings are \rr\ variable; individuals oc. ur in \vliidi they are 

 entirely absent, the \\inus then beiny wholly blackisli. or in which 

 they invade the \\lmle \\in-. obli tei-a t inn the dark ground and 

 causing the insecl to appear pal.- cinereous). 1'osierior win-s 

 cinereous -rry, \\ith eoin-olorous. sliditly iridescent fringes. 



In the <$ there appears to be a bilohed shining \ellowish plato 

 under the margin of the last dorsal segment. Sujn-rior (interme- 

 diate?! appendages in the form of two contiguous yellowish 

 bauds, very strongly curved downwards; from between them 

 escapes the penis, \\hich is dark, straight", updireded. its apex 

 dilated and truncate. Inferior append-t.-'-s. viewed ventrally, 

 very distant, ujtciirved. yellowish, sulx-ylindrical, but they are 

 apparently connected with two upcurved contiguous median 

 processes, seen from the middle of the ventral margin, more slen- 

 der than the appendages and blackish at the tips; internally, on 

 either side of these, is a triangular piece. Lobe of the ante- 

 penultimate ventral segment long, flnth nl and (idjircxvftl <Iilnll 

 gradually to the ajtc.r, which is shallowly excised and narrowly 

 blackish; the colour otherwise testaceous; at the base of this lobe 

 is a subtriangular blunt tooth. 



In the $ the abdomen ends in a stout upcurved ovipositor, and 

 there is the usual small sharp tooth on the antepenultimate ven- 

 tral segment. 



Expanse 7^4-9 mm. 



