PLATE XXX. 



Fig. 112. — Tachysphex prophiquus ^ , dragging the locust Mesto- 

 bregma kiowa ^ to her nest. Grant county, Kansas, August, 1911. 

 The wasp seizes the locust's antenna with her mandibles and holds the 

 body of her prey with her posterior pair of legs, using the four an- 

 terior ones in travehng. 



Fig. 113. — Egg of Tachijtes distinctus. The cephalic end is the more 

 enlarged one, toward the middle of the page. 



Fig. 114. — Front and anterior ventral view of a full-grown larva of 

 Tachytes distinctus. Rooks county, Kansas, August, 1912. 



Fig. 115. — Lateral view of a half-grown larva of Tachytes distinctus. 



Fig. 116. — Entrance to nest of Tachytes distinctus. Rooks county, 

 Kansas, August, 1912. 



Fig. 117. — Ventral aspect of young CEdipodinae, showing egg, E, of 

 Tachysphex tarsatus transversely arranged on prosternum, where it is 

 secured behind the left coxa. Rooks county, Kansas, August, 1912. 



Fig. 118. — Ventral aspect of head and thorax of young cricket (Gryl- 

 lus) , showing the egg, E. of Notogonia argentata, secured on inner side 

 and at the base of the left anterior coxa. Lawrence, Kansas, Septem- 

 ber, 1911. 



Fig. 119. — Ventral aspect of young hemipterous insect (Capsidae), 

 showing the egg, E, of Niteliopsis inerme transversely arranged behind 

 the fore legs and secured behind the right coxa. Ellis county, Kansas, 

 July, 1912. 



Fig. 120. — Ventral aspect of a young hemipterous insect {Atomos- 

 celis, fam. Capsidae) showing a young Plenondus apicalis larva feeding 

 on same. 



