EXPLANATION OF PLATE 142. 

 Caritao oceUntiis. 



Fig. 1. Blanch of Trcwia nndlflnra witli bugs nn it, natural size. 



Fis^. 2. Female bug brooding over egg-mass, natural size. 



Fig. 3. Eggs, newly-laid (on left) and ready to liateh {on right), magnified. The 



natural sizes are shown by the smaller figures within the dotted circles. 

 Fig. 4. Parasite on eggs, magnified. 

 Fig. 5. Larva, first instar, magnified. 

 Fig. 6. Larva, second instar, magnified. 

 Fig. 7. Larva, third instar, magnified. 

 Fig. 8. Larva, fourth instar, m-agnified. 

 Fig. 9. Larva, fifth instar, magnified. 



(In figures 4 — 9 the natural sizes are shown in the smaller figures alongside each 

 of the magnified illustrations.) 



