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FOKEST ENTOMOLOGY. 



the same way. The larvae are much the same as in the Cecids, 

 having the same peculiar reddish hue and curious 'breast-bone." 



The larvae live in excrescences on the stems of various Rubi, and 

 metamorphose in the galls. They appear in May. 



Imago. Brownish-black ; antennae of black, shorter than the 



Fig. 333. Asphondylia sarothamni. 



Fig. 334. Pupa 

 of Asphondylia 

 sarothamni. 



head, 22 -jointed. Palpi white; head white and brown. Thorax 

 deep black with a silvery white band around the edge in front, with 

 two pinkish or golden stripes partly along the top ; seen in certain 



lights, in others the centre of 



S the thorax is black ; scutellum 



t m tawny. Abdomen black, with 



m four silvery bands slightly 



S \ / broken in the middle. Ab- 



a^^^ \y domen and , : f genitalia covered 



_<^> BT^^nBP*^^^^ by white hairs. Legs also cov- 



^r ered by silvery hairs and scales. 



M^^^^^ Wings clear; costa thick and 



" M dark, in the middle a white 



;.. M spot ; root of costa also pale. 



P& $ resembles , only the 



antennas are 24-jointed. Ovi- 



Fig. 335. Gall on stem of bramble caused by n i > , -, 



Lasioptera rubi. positor yellowish-white ; long ; 



no lamellae. There are beau- 

 tiful scales on the venter of the abdomen as well as the legs. 

 After death the colours turn browner, and the white hairs less 

 silvery. 



