Plate XXXVIII 



Larvae and Pupae of Mycetopliilidae, 

 Sciaridae, and Platyuridae 



Fi^-. 1. Myeoma hrevivittata, ventral aspect of head and thorax of 



pupa: A. antenna; P, palpus; 1, coxa, 2, femur, 3, tibia, 4, 



tarsus of foi'o le.ti'; ^'. coxa of mid Icii'; -ia, tarsus of mid leg; 



W, wing'. 

 Fig. 2. Sciara prolifiea, head of lai'va, ventral view: la, labium; a, an- 

 \ tenna ; mx, maxilla; mp, maxillary palpus; m. mandibles; 



Ih, labrum. 

 Fig. 3. Polylepta lepfocfasier, head of larva, ventral view : parts 



figured and lettering as for Figure 2. (After Schmitz.) 

 l-'ig. 4. Mycanui hreviviifaia, head of larva, ventral view^: parts figured 



and lettering as for Figure 2. 

 Fig. 5. Sciara prolifiea, ventral aspect of head and thorax of pupa: 



parts figured and lettering as for Figure 1. 

 Fig. 6. Sciara sp.'?, head of larva, dorsal view. 

 Fig. 7. Sciara prolifiea, pupa, lateral view. 

 Fig. 8. Ceroplatus sp.?, maxilla of larva. 

 Fig. 9. Sciara sp. ?. doi'sa! sdcrite of head of larva, and the hypophar- 



ynx. 

 Fig. 10. Ceroplafvs; sp.?, head of larva, dorsal view. 

 Fig. 11. The same, head of larva, ventral view: a, antenna ; Ih, laln-um ; 



ru, mandible; mx, maxilla; la, labium. 

 Fig. 12. The same, mandible of larva. 

 Fig. 13. The same, apical segment of larva, dorsal view, showing trachea- 



tion. 

 Fig. 14. Sciara sp.?, mandil)le of larva. 

 Fig. 15. Ceroplatus sp.?, head of larva, front view: parts figured and 



lettering — with the addition of o, eye — as for Figure 1. 

 Fig. 16. The same, pupa, latei'al view. 



