PLATE XXVIII 



Lyctus planicollis: 



Fig. I. — Outline of the egg, showing strand attachment. 



Fig. 2. — Greatly enlarged view of end of egg, showing granular appearance. 



Fig. 3. — Larva within egg, ready to hatch. Drawn by Miss M. Carmody. 



Fig. 4. — Sketch of egg in pore of wood on radial section of green-ash {Fraxinus 

 lanceolata) ladder-rung stock, showing longitudinal striae; pore opened to show egg. 

 Drawn by C. T. Greene. 



