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edge near base of upper margin, and appear to have no 

 nervures. The striking feature, however, is an innumerable 

 number of minute sharp bristles pointing in all directions on 

 the surface of each wing. The upper margin and tip of fore 

 wings and lower margin and tip of hind wings have long 

 bristles, proportionally more hair-like than the small surface 

 bristles. Expands about ^ in. 



Proctotrypid^:. 

 My mar (" Curt.") crinisacri, sp. nov. 

 I am "unable to ascertain whether the hymenopterous- 

 parasite of the ovum of Vanessa gonerilla has been pre- 

 viously described. It is extremely probable, however, that 

 this minute species has hitherto been unnamed, and in this- 

 belief I have named as above. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VIII. (in Part). 



Fig. I. Antennse ) 



Fig. II. Fore wing I x 200. 



Fig. III. Hind wing) 



Art. XIV. — On Lysiphragma howesii, sp. nov. 



By Ambrose Quail, F.E.S. 



Communicated by F. W. Hutton. 



[Read before the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 4th July, 1900.] 



Plate VIII. (in Part). 



Larva. (Fig. A.) 



Three larvae received from Mr. G. Howes, of Invercargill, 

 were found by him with others in rotten wood of Plagianthus 

 betulinvs, and were contained in rather tough cocoons. The 

 length was respectively fin., fin., and fin., and there was. 

 no apparent difference in structure, but in the smallest speci- 

 men the colour was very pale compared with the larger 

 specimens, especially in respect to the darker structures. My 

 description was made from one of the largest specimens. 



Colour: Head dark-brown. Thoracic dorsal plates brown , 

 that of the prothorax paler on anterior edge. Segmental oily 

 white. All tubercles are brown. Legs pale -brown, semi- 

 transparent, not glassy. Hairs pale-brown. Spiracles pale 

 yellowish-brown. 



Shape, dorsally : Head broad, smaller than prothorax r 



