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X. On some eggs of TIemiptera. By David Sharp, M.A., 

 M.B., F.R.S., &c. 



[Read May 11th, 1892.] 



Plates VIII. & IX. 



The remarkable examples of the eggs of insects I am 

 about to describe were procured by the late Mr. Neville 

 Goodman, of Cambridge, in the Valley of the Amazons. 

 Mr. Goodman made a journey to that locality in the 

 year 1879, being accompanied by his son Roger, and 

 remained there from Sept. 26th to the end of December ; 

 during which time he formed, with the assistance of his 

 son, an interesting collection of various orders of insects. 

 After the decease of Mr. Goodman, his son, Mr. Roger 

 Goodman, M.A., presented this collection to the Uni- 

 versity of Cambridge ; and, on taking possession of the 

 collection for preservation in the University Museum, 

 my attention was attracted by a small object of a some- 

 what unusual nature. 



The specimen had the appearance of a small wasp 

 attached by the wings to a mass on a leaf, and on the 

 wings of the wasp where it was attached were a number 

 of small insects crowded together indiscriminately. On 

 a closer examination it was seen that these small insects 

 consisted of a number of two species of Ichneumonidce, 

 and some minute creatures that appeared to be made of 

 legs and antennae ; these latter, on more careful com- 

 parison, were seen to be specimens of some species of 

 Hemiptera-Heteroptera, just hatched from the egg, and 

 with the abdomen quite shrivelled up. 



The glimpse I could obtain of the central mass was 

 very imperfect, but, as it seemed to be a cluster of insect 

 eggs of a very unusual nature, I felt desirous of making 

 further acquaintance with it ; and, foreseeing that in so 

 doing I should necessarily derange the natural position 

 of the various parts of the specimen, I before doing so 

 placed it in the hands of Mr. E. Wilson, who made of it 



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