DAM^US TECTICOLA. 419 



rounded, rostral hairs sharply curved. Cephalothorax 

 suddenly enlarged behind the rostrum, very round in 

 outline, and arched. Pseudo-stigmata small. Pseudo- 

 stigmatic organs rather long, curved, setiform, often 

 covered with particles of extraneous matter which alter 

 their apparent shape. Interlamellar hairs fine, shorter 

 than the pseudo-stigmatic organs. 



Legs longish, but not long for the genus, very 

 slender, of nearly even thickness throughout ; the 

 joints, except the tarsi and anterior coxge, being very 

 slightly enlarged towards their distal extremities. 

 Each of the three central joints of each leg bears a 

 whorl of fine, curved, black hairs near its distal end. 

 The tarsi are furnished with fine straight hairs. The 

 tactile hairs of the first pair of legs are large. 



Abdomen oval. Progaster rounded, notogaster 

 smooth, without markings. It has a decided posterior 

 bifid point, from each division of which springs a long, 

 curved, setiform hair, directed backward and outward. 

 There are a pair of large, flexible, black hairs near the 

 centre of the progaster, and a line of about six similar 

 hairs along each side, some way within the periphery. 

 The cast skins of the earlier stages are carried on the 

 posterior half of the notogaster, and form a small, 

 shrunken, shield-shaped patch, which looks white, 

 rough, and granular, in consequence of wrinkling; 

 each of the cast skins has its line of black hairs, often 

 much twisted and broken. 



The Larva is almost colourless, but with a slight grey 

 shade ; it is semi-transparent, and a slight yellowish 

 shade is seen where the light passes through the body. 

 The posterior margin of the abdomen is blunter than 

 in the nymph, and of course the larva does not carry 

 any cast skins, but it is apt to collect white powder 

 and dirt on the notogaster. The hairs are black and 

 very long. 



The Egg is light yellow-brown, long in shape, and 

 small at the ends. It has a deutovium stage. I have 



