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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



ITS LIFE HISTORY. 



The eggs I have been unable to find ; it is probably possible that these 

 are laid under the epidermis of the leaf, which may account for my 

 inability to find any, even after a very careful examination of the 

 leaves with my pocket lens. In the interior of the galls, which measure 

 half an inch or more in length, I found the lice in various stages of 



Fig. 12. 



growth, generally in the midst of a watery secretion the color of milky 

 water, which almost always fills the galls. Below I give description of 

 different stages : 



PSVLLA MAGNOLIA, n. sp. 



Young Larva. — Length hardly .02 inch. Elongate, oval, flattened 

 and pale yellowish in color. Head smaller and less rounded before than 

 in previous species ; eyes situated well forward ; antennae short, conical ; 



