1.'{.S îinllclin (le hl Socirlc lùìloniolduii/iir d'ìuiijf)ìc. 



The specimens l)eibre you \verc collecied ([iiile 

 recenlly (Novenil)cr 9th) IVoni Malarieh hy Mr. Aiuhes, 

 but they have been known to nie antl their orii^in 

 suspected for several years. 



This Steraspis egg is a huge one and so also is 

 the fully developped embryo which on hatching bores 

 straight into the twig or branch without leaving the 

 shelter of the jiroteclive under covering ol the ovum. 

 This is utilized as a receptacle for the lirst waste 

 material (trass) from the larval tunnel. 



The dying back of the large branches of lama- 

 risk trees is l)elieved to be caused by the larvae of 

 Slcrdspis .s(jU(iniiiios(i. 



A fact of interest and importance has l)een noted, 

 namely that many of the ova are destroyed by a 

 parasite. We have in the laboratoiy at the piescnt 

 time a Sl('rasj)is egg containing a number of small 

 white lar\ae which appear to l)e those of oiu' of the 

 small parasitic Hymenoptera. 



The occurence of (Irocidosciud plclxjaiKt Zr.i.i,. in Egypt 



S[)ecimens of this moth were Ijred from lar\ae 

 found feeding in the llower buds and seed ca|)sules of 

 hollyhocks, Althaea sj). in a garden at Sakka (ìaibia. 

 One moth was also bred from a larva found in the 

 same plant in Cairo 11)10. 



('.. pli'hrjdiid is known from all over the world 

 feeding in Althaea and Malva. It is to be hoped that 

 this insect will conline its attentions to the above 

 named plants and at no lime in the futuri' change 

 its feeding babils and attack the neaily iclaled cotlon 

 plant. 



