208 



[September, 



I^ecanopsis huilei'i, n. sp. 



Adult female (tig. 4, a) elongate-ovate, without stigmatic clefts or indenta- 

 tions; flattisli at iivst, afterwards somewhat convex dorsally. Colour light 

 testaceous, paler ou venter ; at first of a uniform tint, but older examples show 

 two fuscous longitudinal streaks extending the whole length of the insect. 

 Antennae rather small ; 5- to 7-jointed (fig. A,b, c, d, e) ; the joints irregular 

 in size and form, often showing deep constrictions suggesting the confluence 



Fig. 4. — Lecnnopsis butleri : a, adiilt female, opt. sect., X 14'4 ; b-e, various 

 forms of the antennae, X 104 ; /, abdominal extremity of young 

 larva, X 176 ; g, thoracic margin of larva, X 360 ; li, anal oper- 

 enlum of adult female, X 104 ; i, mid leg, X 64 ; j, foot, X 224. 



of two or more joints; the terminal joint with from 8 to 10 stout hairs to- 

 wards its apex. Legs moderately stout ; almost hairless (fig. 4, i) ; the tarsus 

 strongly curved, less than half the length of the tibia ; tarsal digitules slender, 

 minutely knobbed at extremity ; ungual digitules broadly dilated distally 

 (tig. 4,7) ; claw strongly falcate. The limbs of examples from Royston Heath 

 are rather smaller than those of the Camberley specimens. Spiracles large and 

 conspicuous, surrounded by a densely chitinous area and irregularly concentric 

 folds, and with a scattered trail of ceriferous pores extending towards the 

 margin of the insect. Some larger pores are disposed around the genital 



