A iia.v. 1 6j 



taken on Eshcr Common, Jul)- iSth, 1897. The body 

 contained a large number of eggs]. (Fig. 4, Xo. 5.J 



Nymph. 



/H)dj' pale )'ello\vish-bro\vn, not hair}-, elongated, not 

 greath' constricted behind the thorax ; length, including 

 appendages, 54mm., sometimes rather less ; greatest 

 breadth lomm. Head flat, somewhat circular in outline, 

 cj'5mm. in transv^erse measurement, rather less longi- 

 tudinall}'. Antonur seven-jointed, basal two short, 

 swollen, the rest slender, the third long. Mask tapering 

 genth' backwards to the joint, and reaching be}-ond 

 the insertion of the mid-legs ; flat ; middle lobe pro- 

 duced in a \^er)' obtuse angle, and cleft in the centre ; 

 pali)i small, cut off sc]uare at end, fineh' toothed, ]:)oint 

 turned inwards, movable hook long, slender. Eyes 

 large, roughly pear-shaped, occupying the middle of the 

 lateral edge of head, rounded external!}-, with a pro- 

 longation backwards towards the mid-dorsal line. 

 Occiput rather broad, rectangular, with the hind corners 

 rounded off, rough. Protliorax in centre about as wide 

 as occiput, ridge along hind margin not prominent. 

 Mcso-thoracic spiracles uncovered, dark, conspicuous. 

 I^egs rather long, fairh' stout, more than one dark ring- 

 round femora; fore-legs 15mm. long, mid-legs 20mm., 

 hind-legs 26mm. Leg-base - processes short, blunt, 

 jjosterior one the broader, nearh' equal in length, 

 roughl)- enclosing a right angle. JJ'i//g-cases about 

 lOmm. long. Abdomen with a pale mid-dorsal line, 

 most clear at the base of the anterior segments, where 

 on each side is a fairl}- large dark spot ; on each 

 .segment, excei^t 9 arid 10, there are eight tin\- dark 



