Body oblong, providiul wltli mauy very long stout In-istlcs ^liicli arr not 

 capitate. Head fused with the pronotum, provi<!('(l \vith al)out 20 xory long bristles 

 uhicli are almost as long as the 1st antcnnal 'oint. Fionlal tuborules lacking. 

 Eyes somewhat protuberant; ocular tubercles ])reseu% but not protuberant. Anten- 

 nae rather stout, imbricated, 5-"ointed; the ord .'oint almost as stout as, or slightly 

 more slender than, the front tibia, without liaivs; tlie 4th almost as long as the 2 

 Iwsal Joints taken together, furnisiicd witli about 2 very long bristles, the sonsorinni 

 subcircidar, rather small; tlio 5th provided witli 2 very long stout liristh^s; the 

 relative length of joints about as folloMs: 111-32, IV-24, V-95 (25+70). 

 Rostrum long and slender, reaching far beyond tlic Jiind coxae. Each of the Uisal 6 

 abdominal segments furnished with 6 very long stout bristles arranged in a trans- 

 verse row on the doi'sum. Some bristles on the abdomen with a few very short 

 branchlets on the apical portion. Cornicles very peculiar in shape, very short, 

 stout, tuberculate, almost t^ice as long as wide, distinctly tapering on the distal half, 

 with the apex pointed though not sharply so, not dilated at the base nor swolhm, 

 not imbricated nor reticulated, without hairs; almost as long as the bristle on tlio 

 abdomen, slightly longer tlian tlie hind tarsi, very slightly longer than the 4th 

 autennal joint, about 2.5 times as long as the tubercle on the 7th abdominal 

 segment. 



The 7th abdominal segment on the side provided with a distin<'t tubercle, 

 wir.ch !s much smaller than the cornicle, almost twice as long as wide, and provided 

 with a very long bristle arising from the apex; the 8th provided with a jtair of simi- 

 1 ir, 1 ut more slender tubercles on the middle of the dorsum. Caudal segment wider 

 il.nn long, mucli wider than the cornicle, very slightly protuberant at tiie middle of 

 the hind margin, with a pair of rather long bristles. Anal plate moderately 

 sinuated. Legs stout, furnished with many very long stout bristles; femora stouter 

 than the cornicle; tarsi imbricated; hind tarsi almost as long as the base of the last 

 antennal joint. 



Length of body-about 1.0 mm. Antenna about 0.8 mm. 



(The second instar) Head i>ale yellowish. Eyes dark brown. Antennae 

 pale yellowish, the last jont somewhat dusky. Thorax pale yellowisli, the dorsiun 

 slightly dusky, except at the middle of the meso and metathoraces. Abdomen 

 reddish brown, with a large black patch on the middle of the d> rsum. Cornicles 

 dusky, darker at the apex, Cauda pale yellow. Legs pale brownish, dusky on tlje 

 apices of tibiae, and tarsi. 



