'nil'', i,A!>v i:i:i:'i'i.i''s. 



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XV\. Scv.MMS Kut:-. 17!»4. (( if., " ;i i-iiImh- wiii'li). ") 



'i'liis <i'('ims coiupriscs ;i xcry l;ir,t;c iiuiiiImt of iiiiiiiilc. piilx'scciil 

 forms whicli oceui- mi fdliiiiic in s|)fiiig and tjUiniMcr and an' i'i;atlil\' 

 liikcn by beating-. IIoi-ii. in liis "Studies" in 1895. listed and de- 

 s('ril)ed 4'y species Vihum llic I'nilcd Sj;i1cs. ( 'jiscy. in liis licvisiiui 

 in 1S!)!I. incrcnscd this nnnihcr \n lis ;im(I Id'l tlii' uvnns. ;is Txiw - 

 ditch has well put il. " :\ wihlci'ncss. ' ' Thii-tccii species h;ive lieen 

 recouni/ed ;niinnu those eoMecti'd in Indinn.-i. wliile sevei-;il otliers 

 doulil h'ss iiceur. 



A c 



Fig. 193. Umilia misella: a, adult; b, larva; r, pupa; d, all i^tage.-^, tarvsp and ailults fofdiiiK on San .lose 



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scalp in calyx cup of pear. .\11 much enlarged, (.\fter Howard and Marl-itt.) 



As tile tei'iii " nietac(..\;il line" is used extensively in the l<ey, I 

 (piote from Dr. lloi-n's Revision of the genus as follows: "The 

 tirst ventral segmeid exhibits the charactei' of greatest value in tlie 

 division of s])ecies. Hehind the coxal eavity is a slightly elevated 

 line beginning at the inner edge of the eavity pa.ssing more or les-; 

 obli(iuely and curved toward the (ii'st suture, sometimes joining the 

 suture .-md continiums with it (P'ig. liU, Xo. 1 ) . or i-uiniing parallel 

 with the suture (Fig. 104. No. 2). oi- recurving to the front and 

 when entire ending near the front angle of the segment. (Fig. 

 1!)4. No. 4). In the pn^sent ess;iy this line is cfdled the 'metaeoxal 

 line.' " ("asey calls the lines '•jibdMininal lines." To see them 

 plaiidy the hind femora must be lifted up or ()ushed to one side and 



