22 Bulletin dt; la Société Eiìtoìnoloyiquc d Egypte 



Larva : 



Elongate and üvale; a delicate pink in colour. 

 Legrs and antennae well developed. The antennae are 

 of six joints, the formula being 6,3,:>,L),/i,i , the sixth 

 joint is b\ far Ihe longest and is equal in length to the 

 fifth, fourth and third together. Mentum long, point- 

 ed and biarticulate; loop of the rostral filaments ex- 

 tending to midway behveen the insertion of the pos- 

 terior pair of legs and the anal orifice. No marginal 

 appendages i)ul occasionally a little cottony secretion 

 posteriorly. Anal lobes more prominent than in the 

 adult. 



Very delicate pink in colour with a decidedly 

 pink almost reddish cap at one end. Surface appa- 

 rently somewhat pitied or mottled with small cot- 

 tony filaments generally attached. 



Lenght .35 mm. — Breadth .2 mm. 



Ovisac of fcnuilc : 



Is white, elongated, being about twice as long as 

 it is broad, rounded at the two extremities and roughly 

 semicircular in cross section. The outer shell is of 

 matted fibres whilst, inside, numerous eggs are ar- 

 ranged in a loose network of fibres. 



Male : 



Pinkish, with eyes and ocelli black, Ihe lower 

 ocelli being slightly larger than the upper; wings 



