February, '14] 



JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



Plate 4 



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Figs. 1-6. Photographs showing mode of oviposition in Mdanoplits ch'jferentmlis. 

 Note that in no case does the abdomen or cavity extend back of tegmina. These 

 insects were instantly killed in act of oviposition with prussic acid and lateral view 

 exposed for photograph. Photograph by P. W. Claassen. 



