PLATE X. 



Fig. 1. Hebrus concinnus, ventral view of male abdomen. 



Fig. 2. Hehrus egg partially dissected from bit of moss. Egg shows 

 the red eye spots of embryo within. 



Fig. 3. Hebrus, ventral view of abdomen of female. (Drawings 1, 2, 

 3, made to same scale. Note the relatively large size of the egg. 



Fig. 4. Hebrus eggs in loose leaved moss, showing attempt to conceal 

 by fastening the tip of one leaf to the one above it, with some gelatinous 

 material. 



Fig. 5. Hebrus egg freshly laid, surrounded by the hyaline tissue of 

 a moss leaf. 



Fig. 6. Lamprocanthia crassicornis, egg in situ between the leaves of 

 moss. 



Fig. 7. Scvlda anthracina egg, same scale as figures 6 and 7. 



Fig. 8. Hebrus egg in situ between the leaf and stem of close grow- 

 ing moss. 



Fig. 9. Lamprocanthia crassicornis, ventral view of abdomen of male. 



Fig. 10. Clump of sedges showing eggs of L. crassicornis in situ. 



Fig. 11. L. crassicornis egg. Compare with figure 7. 



Fig. 12. L. crcbssicornis, ventral view of abdomen of female. 



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