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the insect has found a place to its mind, it enters the earth, exca- 

 vates a Httle cell, casts the larval skin, and is transformed into a 

 pupa, which has the legs and wings free from the body, though 



Fig. 7. — Agriotypus armatus. 

 A, Imago ; B, Pupa ; D, Larva ; E, Agriotypised case of ditto ; G, Section 

 of ditto, showing— z;', Fore operculum ; wi. Hind ditto of case ; s. Remains 

 of Silo larva ; a.g.. Pupa of Agriotypus ; e., Remains of cast larva skin of 

 ditto. From Klapalek. 



enclosed in special sheaths. In about three weeks, a heavy awk- 

 ward fly emerges, with black body and large coarse wings. The 

 female lays patches of dark brown eggs on leaves, stones, or 



