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obllque lanceolatus laevis glaber: Mala stipite vix 

 brevior, ejus apici introrsum oblique apposita, ob- 

 ovata conipressa coriacea, in niedio biarticulata, 

 articulo infero obconico, introrsum in lobulum 

 obtusura tenuiorem prominente, supero suborbi- 

 culari, basi transversali affine, eiliata, vittis dua- 

 bus albopellucidis, eum spatio aequali opaco alter- 

 nantibus, notato. — PalpimaxillaresmdHdL di\^^\o 

 longiores, filiformes pubescentes, articulis 5 sub- 

 aequalibus, 1 obconico teretiusculo, 2 obverse- 

 cuneiformi compresso, apice introrsum obliqiio, 

 breviore, 3 subcylindrico, basi angustiore, 4 et 5 

 cylindricis, basin versus parum attenuatis, aequa- 

 libus, his rufescentibus molliusculis, apicali trun- 

 cato. — Labium: Mentum lineare compressura 

 convexum laeve subpubescens, basi gibbum, apice 

 tridentatum, dentibus lateralibus subulatis tenuis- 

 simis, medio altiore ascendente lato emarginato: 

 Lingua mento dimidio brevior, recurva membra- 

 nacea lutescens firma, arcuatira striata, apice trun- 

 cato-retusa, laevis, lobis deorsum conniventibus, 

 brevissimis obtusis subciliatis. — Palpi labiales 

 lingua duplo longiores, pubescentes, quadriarti- 

 culati; articulo 1 obconico, basi subincurvo, apice 

 introrsum oblique-truncato, longiori, 2 brevis- 

 simo lato, fere obeordato, 3 vix longiore, at an- 

 gustiore, obconico,4 primum longitudine aequante, 

 oblongo angusto obtuso. 



2. Pimpla, quae praecipue larvas Bombycis 

 monachae destruit, cujusque larvam pupam et mu7 



