Fig. 168. TETRADOXEMATIDAE AXD MERMITHIDAE 



A-F — Api ortonemn fntotiiofihagxim (A — Fertilized ese: B — Egg con- 

 t»ining ovic larva: C — Very young larval female; D — Older larval fe- 

 male; E — Larvnl male; F — Spermati^ed female). G & H^ — Tftrndonpiun 

 plirnnn ( G — Egg ; H — Egg-laying female with male* attached } . I — 

 AUomermiit mermifOphyUi, egg. J-M — Apamfrmiit dpratidatn (J — Xewly 

 deposited egg; K — Egg containing ovit- larva; L — Infective, preparasitic 



larva; M — Grasshopper nymph containing one fully grown para*<itic 

 female). N — Mermis suhnigrescens, females depositing eggs on vege- 

 tation. (All eggs. A. B. G. I, .7. & K, drawn to snme scale). .\-F, 

 after Keilin and Robinson. 19^3 (C-F, drawn from compressed speci- 

 mens) ; G & H. after Hungerford, 1919; I. after Crawley and Baylis. 

 1921: J, K & M. after Christie, 19^6; L, after Christie. 1929; N. after 

 Christie, 1937. 



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