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Plate 37. 



With the exception of figs. 1 and 4 all were first drawn in outline with the aid of 



an Abbe drawing apparatus. 



Fig. 1. An adult male viewed dorsally. x circa 5i. 



2. The apex of the ventral aspect of the abdomen in the adult male, x 10. 



3. The apex of the dorsal aspect of the abdomen in the adult male, x lfi. 



4. A fully grown male nymph. The unequally divided 10th tergite of the adult is seen showing 



through the nymphal cuticle, x 7. 



5. The apical three abdominal segments of a young male nymph seen from the dorsal aspect. 



X 1C. 



6. The apex of the abdomen of a young male nymph seen from the ventral aspect. The pair of 



small plates representing the 10th sternite are clearly visible. x 16. 



7. A newly hatched larva seen from the dorsal aspect, x circa 38. 



Plate 38. 

 With the exception of fig. 1 all were first drawn in outline with the aid of an Abbe drawing apparatus. 



Fig. 1. An adult female viewed dorsally. x circa 7^. 



2. The first six joints of the left antenna of the male. (From a preparation mounted in Canada 



balsam.) X 28. 



3. The first six joints of the left antenna of the female. (From a preparation mounted in Canada 



balsam.) X 28. 



4. The last four abdominal segments of the adult female seen from the ventral side, x 10. 



5. Left mandible of the male. (From a specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) x 28. 



6. Left mandible of the female. (From a specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) x 28. 



7. The 2nd maxilla? (labium) of the male seen from the ventral (external) surface. (From a 



specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) x 28. 



8. The labium and clvpeus of the male. The dotted line marks the division between the 



membranous ante-clypeus and the more strongly chitinised post-clypeus. (From a specimen 

 mounted in Canada balsam.) x 28. 



9. A portion of the surface of the operculum of the egg showing the sculpturing of the chitin. 



(From a specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) X 103. 



10. A portion of the general surface of the chorion of the egg showing the sculpturing of the chitiD. 



(From a specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) x 103. 



11. The right 1st maxilla of the male. (From a specimen mounted in Canada balsam.) x 28. 



12. A group of four eggs showing the fine silken threads that bind them together. The young 



larva has emerged from the egg on the left, and a portion of the egg membrane is seen 

 attached to the operculum. The two eggs in the middle of the group have not yet hatched. 

 The egg on the right shows the exit hole made by a minute egg-parasite of the family 

 Scelionidse and belonging to the genus Embidobia, Ashm., or a closely allied form, x 37. 



13. The clans of the right middle leg of the adult male. (From a specimen mounted in Canada 



balsam.) x 51. 



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