514 Mr. C. L. Witliycombe's Notes oti 



joint has a number of transversely placed sclerites on the dorsal 

 side, giving a false impression of segmentation. At the distal end 

 of the second joint is a small process, placed externally. The third 

 joint of the antenna is approximately the same length as the first, 

 but is very slender and tapers to end in a long bristle. The jaws 

 are almost straight, long and tapering. They are curved slightly 

 upwards and outwards. Both mandibles and maxillae are serrate 

 internally near their extremities, the barbs being more numerous than 

 usual. The mandible is grooved vcntrally, and a sucking tube is 

 completed hj each maxilla being applied to the mandible. The 

 maxilla is blunt and sensory at its apex, basally it is swollen. Stipes 

 and cardo are clearly represented (Plate XXXVIII, fig. 5), and may be 

 seen in motion when the larva is feeding, since in this species there is 

 far more play between mandible and maxilla than I have noticed in 

 any other form. The labium is reduced, narrow and triangular, 

 clearly divided longitudinally into two. Each half bears a single 

 bristle and also a five-jointed palpus. These labial palpi are slender, 

 the terminal joint tapering. The middle joint is the shortest. 

 Regularly spaced over the head are a few stout, blackish setae. 



The prothorax has a large dorsal tergum, this not being divided 

 into two sclerites, as is more usual in Neuropterous larvae. Upon 

 it are three transverse rows of blackish setae. Anteriorly the 

 prothorax aj)pears whitish, but even here there is a small dorsal 

 sclerite. Ventro-laterally, in front of the coxae of the first pair of 

 legs, are two sclerites on each side. The hind portion of the pro- 

 thorax bears laterally a pair of projecting spiracles. The surrounds 

 of all spiracles are orange in colour. Meso- and metathorax have 

 each on the dorsum a pair of sclerites, these not meeting in the 

 middle line, as is the case in the prothorax. There are two transverse 

 rows of setae to each of these segments, the rows terminating in a 

 prominence on each side bearing two setae. 



The legs are well developed with distinct coxa, trochanter, femur, 

 tibia and tarsus wth two simple tarsal claws. Between the claws 

 is a tapering empodium, covered at the tip with fine hairs. 



The abdomen is wholly of leathery texture. There is one trans- 

 verse row of setae per segment, the anterior rov/ being only repre- 

 sented by a pair of setae, placed latero-dorsally. The first eight 

 abdominal segments bear spiracles, each being raised on an orange- 

 coloured prominence. Behind each spiracle is a larger prominence, 

 bearing a pair of sti'ong bristles. Vcntrally the abdomen is lighter 

 in colour in the middle line and setae are fewer and smaller. The 

 10th abdominal segment, or anal papilla, is naked and smooth, 

 with a pair of eversible processes armed with recurved, chitinous 

 hooks. 



