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local, i.e. only liore and there 1 found a garden where the 

 asparagus was being* attacked, but where present the species 

 pi'oved fairly abundant, for as many as twenty specimens 

 wei'e taken from one small bush. The presence of old bags 

 showed that the species had occurred on the same bush for 

 several seasons. 



An unchecked normal increase may make this species first 

 a nuisance in the garden and ultimately a pest. 



The Egg. 



The esrsrs have not been found, and we have no data 

 relative to the duration of the egg-stage. The eggs, while 

 in the body of the gravid female, measure 0*4 by 0*45 mm. 

 They are deposited in the chrysalis shell of the female, mixed 

 with hairs, scales, and, it seemed, also a considerable quantity 

 of white silk. 



The number of eggs laid by one female has not been 

 determined, but, judging from the gravid female, must be 

 considerable, as in the case of A. junodi . 



Larva, First Instar. 



Length of larva 1*6 mm. Ground colour cream buff 

 {XXX)^j head tawny (XY) ; thoracic plates, dorsal plate on 

 8th abdominal segment and suranal plate natal brown (XL) ; 

 thoracic legs and hooks on prologs fuscous (XL VI). The 

 larva is somewhat lighter coloured than that of A. junodi, 

 and does not show such a pronounced up-bending of the 

 abdomen. 



Head. — Width of head-case 0*43 mm., median epicranial 

 cleft shallow. Frons large, reaching to half the total height 

 of head. Adfrontals not separated from the epicrania, clypeus 

 not separated from the frons. Head -capsule uniformly 

 coloured, the future pattern faintly indicated by a slightly 

 darker coloration. 



* These numhers refer to Ridgway's ' Color Standai-ds and Nomen- 

 clature.' edition 1912. 



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