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puparium, completely filling the abdominal cavity, so that the external 
coating was a mere skin. This I carefully rolled back, and gradually 
detached, injuring it as little as possible, until by pressure I was able 
to completely disengage the puparium, and on comparing the markings 
of the specimen, thus clearly proved to be a female, with most of those 
sent me together with it on April 2nd on the Roebuck’s skin, there 
was no difference to be found. 
On examining this specimen from which I had removed the 
puparium under a one-inch object-glass, I found that it possessed 
abortive wings, or remains of the lowest portions of the wings from 
which all but a small quantity of the base (so small as to be almost 
invisible to the naked eye) had by some means been removed. Another 
of the specimens also appeared, from the dark colour and distended 
state of the abdomen, to contain a puparium. ‘These specimens and 
others of the same consignment which I examined had abortive wings 
or remains of wings, as above described. In all cases where I was 
able to get a good view there was membrane with longitudinal 
veinings. 
As I was desirous to be perfectly certain that the specimens (in- 
dependently of course of the one in which I found the puparium) were 
females of the L. cervi, I ventured to send samples to Prof. Jos. Mik, 
of Vienna, who was good enough to give me in reply much valuable 
information, from which I extract the following points :— 
‘All the specimens you send me are quite certainly females, and 
fully developed ripe females.”’ 
With regard to the black puparium which I forwarded, Prof. Mik 
observed :— 
‘¢ The puparium is interesting to me because I possess one which is 
reddish white, not chitinous (like a larva), but has at the hinder pole 
a chitinous black shining plate. My puparium is doubtless immature, 
and has probably been taken by the huntsman from whom I received 
it with specimens of the imagos out of the abdomen ofa female. I 
have also opened a female which you sent me, and found a light- 
coloured puparium with black plate in the abdomen. The black spot 
lies at that end which is directed towards the posterior portion in the 
abdomen of the imago. It has to be examined if it is after all the 
anal pole of the puparium”’ (J. M.); and here Prof. Mik suggested 
where to search for technical information. 
On re-reading the above on November 4th, it occurred to me that 
possibly the contents of the only puparium now remaining to me of 
the specimens sent me by Mr. Campbell early in the year might have 
developed sufficiently to show the position of the imago. ‘Two speci- 
mens had been sent me (either on February 9th or April 2nd—I think 
at the earlier date) which were then of a full black colour, hard, and 
