EDW. JACOBSON, PLANIPENNIA FROM JAVA. 105 
pale yellow skin; the eyes are brown with a bronze shimmer, 
whereas the tips of the mandibles are of a dark colour. The 
length of the pupa is about 4 mm. In the cocoon there are 
always to be found one or two short cylindrical excrem:nts 
from the larva. 
On November 3" and 4° the imagines emerged; the total 
metamorphosis, after hatching, having taken about 28 days. 
The Hague, December 1911. 
