Plate VI. — Egg Tukes from Lepidoderma albohirtum Waterhouse, xear 



THE END CF THEIR AeR]AL PERIOD, AFTER THEY HAD LAID SEVERAL SETS 



OP Eggs. X 6. 



.1. Part of an ovary from a beetle which had just laid a full set of 2S eggs, 

 4th January, 1921, showing the shrivelled condition of the egg tubes, 

 and a ripe egg which was left in one of the oviducts. 



2. Two egg tubes taken from a beetle 4th January, 1921, a few days after 



she had laid. Note that in one tube the eggs were starting to form 

 again, while the other tube was somewhat deformed. 



3. An egg tube taken from a beetle collected on the feeding-trees Stb 



February, 1921 — evidently a few days after she had laid. 



4. An egg tube taken from a beetle collected on a cane-leaf Sth February, 



1921 — evidently shortly after she had laid, when she wa;; ready to 

 return to the feeding-trees again. 



