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Length about "5111111., breadth about ■3mm. ; shape 

 nearly elHptical — perhaps sHghtly o\.il, the greatest 

 width being rather nearer the tin\- pedicel. Slightly 

 granulated. Colour \-ello\\ish-\vhite, but many became 

 dark ruddy brown. [Laid by a female caught about 

 September 15, 1897.] 



Nymph. 



Body the usual sepia colour of a very uniform tint ; 

 broad, somewhat flattened ; length, including anal 

 appendages, i6mm., greatest breadth 6mm. Head of 

 a somewhat triangular appearance, the base being 

 anterior and the apex (truncated) in the occipital region ; 

 width of head, 5mm. Antcniuc seven-jointed, basal two 

 swollen, distal five slender. Mask tapering backward and 

 reaching at the hinge about to the insertion of the mid- 

 legs ; narrow at the hinge ; s^^oon-shaped, covering the 

 face ; palpi broad where the\' approach one another in 

 the mid-line, and there toothed ; teeth reddish ; middle 

 lobe produced in a \'er\" obtuse angle. Eyes prominent, 

 conical, situated at fore corners of head ; very forward. 

 Top of head rather convex. Occiput fairl}- broad, slightly 

 hairy ; hind margin a little concave (nearly straight). 

 Protliorax collar-like, rather broad, margined behind 

 with a line of hairs ; hind border convex. Mcso-thoracic 

 spiracles dark, conspicuous. Legs very long and slender ; 

 first pair about 9mm. long, mid iimni., hind 145mm.; 

 mid- and fore-tibiie hair\', hind ones spiny rather than 

 hair\- ; femora ringed with two rather indistinct darker 

 bands Wing-eases nearly 5mm. long. Abdomen un- 

 spotted ; short, mid-dorsal recurxed spines on segments 



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