﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  89 
  

  

  The 
  eggs 
  when 
  freshly 
  laid 
  are 
  whitish 
  turning 
  to 
  pale 
  and 
  bright 
  

   pink 
  prior 
  to 
  hatching 
  of 
  the 
  nymph. 
  

  

  Egg 
  six 
  days 
  after 
  oviposition. 
  — 
  The 
  eggs 
  lie 
  loose 
  on 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  pods 
  {Ahutilon 
  indicum). 
  Each 
  egg 
  is 
  1-05 
  mm. 
  to 
  1-14 
  mm. 
  long, 
  

   •30 
  to 
  '33 
  mm. 
  broad. 
  It 
  is 
  elongate 
  cylindrical, 
  tapering 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  

   colour 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  The 
  chorion 
  is 
  smooth 
  though 
  with 
  fine, 
  longitudinal 
  

   lines. 
  At 
  one 
  end 
  are 
  two 
  bright 
  spots 
  representing 
  the 
  eyes. 
  There 
  

   are 
  two 
  bright 
  pinkish 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  abdominal 
  region, 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  

   from 
  the 
  head-end. 
  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  when 
  the 
  chorion 
  of 
  the 
  egg- 
  

   shell 
  is 
  suffused 
  with 
  a 
  pinkish 
  colour 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  not 
  discernible. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  eleven 
  days 
  after 
  oviposition. 
  — 
  Each 
  egg 
  is 
  1-05 
  mm. 
  long 
  and 
  

   •30 
  to 
  -33 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  bright 
  pale 
  orange 
  in 
  colour, 
  the 
  chorion 
  being 
  

   striated 
  with 
  fine 
  longitudinal 
  lines. 
  These 
  are 
  visible 
  under 
  high 
  power 
  

   only. 
  Two 
  bright 
  red 
  spots 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  mark 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  

   the 
  nymph 
  within 
  ; 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  these 
  spots 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  

   tubercles 
  visible 
  only 
  under 
  high 
  power. 
  

  

  The 
  nymph 
  as 
  it 
  comes 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  egg 
  is 
  a 
  grotesque 
  little 
  creature 
  

   with 
  prominent 
  antennae 
  and 
  rostrum 
  which 
  extends 
  beyond 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men. 
  It 
  is 
  when 
  the 
  nymph 
  has 
  fed 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  rostrum 
  

   recedes 
  and 
  comes 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ventrally. 
  

  

  A 
  nymph 
  six 
  days 
  after 
  hatching. 
  — 
  Length 
  -54 
  mm. 
  long, 
  greatest 
  

   breadth 
  over 
  abdomen 
  -30 
  mm., 
  shiny, 
  slaty 
  brown, 
  eyes 
  bright 
  pinkish. 
  

   Head, 
  thorax 
  and 
  legs 
  concolorous, 
  shiny 
  brown. 
  Head 
  pointed 
  

   anteriorly. 
  Prothorax 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  following 
  two 
  seg- 
  

   ments, 
  legs 
  stramineous 
  yellow, 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  two 
  with 
  claws 
  sharp 
  and 
  

   curved. 
  Antennae 
  4-jointed 
  ; 
  first 
  shortest, 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  sub-equal, 
  

   fourth 
  the 
  longest 
  ; 
  joints 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  pale 
  stramineous, 
  fourth 
  dark 
  crimson. 
  

   Abdominal 
  segments 
  9 
  distinct, 
  basal 
  segments 
  dull 
  white, 
  second 
  and 
  

   third 
  transversely 
  suffused 
  with 
  bright 
  pink 
  ; 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  pale 
  

   stramineous 
  ; 
  sixth 
  to 
  ninth 
  transversely 
  sufTused 
  with 
  bright 
  pink 
  ; 
  anal 
  

   segment 
  small, 
  pointed 
  caudad, 
  dark 
  stramineous. 
  Ventrally 
  the 
  rostrum 
  

   reaches 
  the 
  penultimate 
  segment. 
  Under 
  high 
  power 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   appear 
  thinly 
  hairy 
  with 
  the 
  antennal 
  sensilla 
  concentrated 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joint. 
  Tip 
  of 
  rostrum 
  dark 
  fuscous. 
  The 
  anterior 
  femur 
  has 
  two 
  

   faint 
  spines, 
  one 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  A 
  nymph 
  moulting 
  to 
  emerge 
  as 
  an 
  adult. 
  — 
  The 
  exuvium 
  remains 
  

   attached 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  front, 
  the 
  vertex., 
  

   the 
  ocelli, 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  scutellum, 
  base 
  of 
  rostrum, 
  scape 
  of 
  antennae, 
  

   the 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  antennae, 
  femora 
  bright 
  red, 
  compound 
  eyes 
  black. 
  

   Second, 
  third 
  joints 
  of 
  antennae, 
  base 
  of 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  antenna, 
  tibiae 
  

   and 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  and 
  rostrum 
  white. 
  Tarsal 
  claws 
  and 
  pulvilli 
  black, 
  

  

  