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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 



V. MASICERATID/E 



Vl. PHASIOPTERYGID^ 



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Microtype flattened — subovate eggs 

 in coiled subtubular slender to fat 

 uterus, incubated to full develop- 

 ment of the shortened subovate 

 maggot but not hatched therein, 

 deposited on foliage near hosts to 

 be swallowed by latter in feeding 

 (chorion varying from gray to yel- 

 low and black in colour and ex- 

 hibiting a great variety of minute 

 structure) — Ceromasiopise, Epi- 

 dexiiae, Phasmophagiae, Baumhaue- 

 riise, Ophirosturmiia?, Eusisyropiae 

 Ommasiceratiae, Dimasiceratiae, 

 Metopiopiae, Euceromasiiae, Euex- 

 oristiae, Eumasiceratiae, Masicer- 

 atise, Brachymasiceratiae, Sturmiiae 

 Otomasiceratiae, Chaetophorocera- 

 tiae, Gaediiae, Germariiae, Atactiae, 

 Triachoriae, Belvosiiae, Blepharipe- 

 ziae G.-U. s. 



Microtype flattened elongate pointed 

 or oval eggs, incubated and depos- 

 ited same as preceding but maggot 

 elongate, uterus very long and 

 slender (chorion black) — Cnepha- 

 lomyiiae, Phasiatactiae, Salmaciiae. 



Microtype slightly flattened, elong- 

 ate-subcylindrical eggs, incubated 

 and deposited same as preceding, 

 uterus very long and slender (chor- 

 ion smoky-yellowish) — Cylin- 

 dromasiceratiae. 



. Microtype slightly flattened ovate- 

 rounded eggs, growing in the upper 

 part of uterus to macrotype elon- 

 gate subcylindrical eggs which 

 hatch in lower part of uterus 



