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flattened. The six jointed-legs are brown and the eight pro-legs also 

 brown to almost black. Larval life seems \'ariable, for some were 

 mature four weeks after the first signs of tlie tunnels were noticed, 



d 





W 



Fig. 4. — the ai'i>i/f, i.kaf minku (Tjijonctia clcrckcUa). 



a, Tunnelled leaf; 6, cocoon on uiipei- surface of leaf; c, laiTa ; d, pupre, ilorsal anj 

 ventral views ; c, clialciil parasite ; /(•, two cocoons on leaf. 



olhera not until live weeks. The larv^a can be seen in its tunnel by 

 holding the leaf against the light. They fit in so closely that iliey 

 can scarcely move towards the end of their gTOwth. 



When mature they leave the leaf by eating their way out of the 



