Plate V. — Stages ix Development of Lepidoderma Albohirtum 

 Waterhouse. X 5. 



1. Egg tube from beetle before emerging. 



2. Egg tulies from beetle shortly after emerging. 



3. Egg tubes from beetle a fortnight after emerging, when ready to oviposit. 



4. Newly laid egg. 



5. Egg taken from soil one week after laying. 



C. Egg taken from soil two weeks after laying; ready to hatch. 

 7. Newlv hatched grub. 



