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as characteristic. They were laid lengthwise along the 

 stem, and frequently firmly attached at one extremity, 



Attacked barley-stems; 1, puparia, in situ; 2, stem bent down. 



which adherence is caused by the larva lying so motion- 

 less at the spot at which it is feeding that the stem 

 slightly advances round the point of attachment. 



For the various works of authority which I consulted 

 on the subject I refer } r ou to my recently-published 

 pamphlet, which is in the hands of many members of our 

 Society, as the} 7 are too numerous to be quoted here. 



On the dissection of the puparia I found the larva 

 within still little changed, and was able to identify it as 

 a Cecidomvideous larva, and likewise as corresponding 

 with that of the C. destructor in the very peculiar form 

 of its anchor process, which, though roughly, is clearly 

 shown in Dr. Packard's paper on Hessian Fly (formed 

 in connection with Prof. Riley, Dr. Cyrus Thomas, and 

 other personal observers of the attack, published in the 

 ' Third Report of the United States Entomological 

 Commission, 1880';. I shall perhaps be excused in 



