THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
No. 96.] OCTOBER, MDCCCLXXI. [Price 6d. 
Answers to Correspondents. 
BLIND INHABITANTS OF FIGS. 
Fig. 1. Apocrypta perplexa. Fig. 2. Apocrypta parodoxa. Fig. 3. Syco- 
erypta ceca. All the figures magnified; the line by the side of each shows 
the natural length. The anatomical details, also magnified, are given below 
the entire figures. 
The Blind Inhabitants of Figs.—The so-called caprifica- 
tion of figs has long been attributed to the punctures of a 
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