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  weeks; 
  i. 
  e., 
  egg 
  incubation 
  period 
  3-4 
  days; 
  larval 
  period 
  10 
  

   days; 
  pupal 
  period 
  8 
  days. 
  

  

  Egg: 
  Narrowly 
  ovoid, 
  non-stalked, 
  non-sculptured, 
  whitish- 
  

   opalescent, 
  .75x.30nnn. 
  

  

  Larva: 
  Naked 
  throughout 
  its 
  period, 
  upon 
  hatching, 
  uni- 
  

   colorously 
  pale-pink, 
  1.50 
  mm. 
  long. 
  The 
  adult 
  larva 
  is 
  elong- 
  

   ately 
  napiform 
  and 
  non-setose 
  (this 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  characteristic 
  

   form 
  of 
  those 
  Hemerobiids 
  and 
  Chrysopids 
  having 
  naked 
  larvae) 
  ; 
  

   dimensions, 
  7.50x1.50 
  mm. 
  Head: 
  small, 
  flattened 
  dorso- 
  

   ventrally, 
  translucent, 
  pale 
  reddish-brown; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  fili- 
  

   form, 
  about 
  4 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head; 
  palpi 
  long, 
  terminal 
  

   joint 
  long 
  and 
  moderately 
  thickened, 
  basal 
  joints 
  greyish-lutaceous 
  , 
  

   apical 
  blackish; 
  mandibles 
  short, 
  very 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   head, 
  and 
  much 
  less 
  curved 
  than 
  either 
  Chrysopa 
  or 
  Anomalo- 
  

   chrysa; 
  pale 
  reddish 
  basally, 
  darker 
  apically, 
  blackish 
  madianly. 
  

  

  Body: 
  Thoracic 
  and 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  brownish 
  -testaceous, 
  

   with 
  a 
  lateral 
  row 
  of 
  irregular 
  dark 
  areas, 
  forming 
  from 
  1st 
  

   thoracic 
  to 
  5th 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  

   chocolate-colored 
  bands, 
  with 
  purplish 
  shading 
  around 
  1st. 
  — 
  3rd 
  

   thoracic 
  areas; 
  1st 
  thoracic 
  segment 
  with 
  lateral 
  areas 
  pale; 
  ab- 
  

   dominal 
  segment 
  1-6 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  lateral 
  tubercle 
  and 
  pale 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  extending 
  to 
  segment 
  8. 
  Segments 
  8-9 
  reddish-brown. 
  

   Dorsal 
  vessel 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  blackish-brown. 
  Legs 
  moderately 
  

   long, 
  coxae 
  and 
  femora 
  blackish, 
  tibiae 
  light-brown; 
  claws 
  

   normal, 
  stalk 
  of 
  pedal 
  sucker 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  Chrysopa 
  

   or 
  Anomalochrysa 
  . 
  

  

  Pupa: 
  Blackish 
  and 
  distinctly 
  visible 
  through 
  the 
  mesh 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  cocoon. 
  

  

  The 
  cocoon 
  is 
  relatively 
  large 
  6x3 
  mm., 
  and 
  composed 
  of 
  

   loosely-spun 
  pale-yellow 
  silk, 
  the 
  pupa 
  lying 
  freely 
  within 
  its 
  

   spacious 
  receptacle. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  forests 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  

   group. 
  

  

  