28 SIGXOEETIA LTJZULJE. 



long hair 011 the coxae, and there are several short ones 

 on the tibiae and tarsi ; digitules to claw dilated and 

 broadly rounded at the apex, those of the tarsi ordinary. 

 Rostrum (see fig. 3) placed opposite the insertion of 

 the anterior pair of legs ; mentum extremely short ; 

 loop of rostral filaments scarcely longer than the 

 mentum. 



Long, 2*50-4 mm. ; wide, '75-l'25 mm. 



The ovisac of the female (fig. 1) is composed of a 

 closely-felted white wax, more or less claviform, highly 

 convex above, narrowed and extended in front, where 

 the female closes it until after parturition, when she 

 drops out and leaves a nearly circular opening. 



Long, 4-6' 2 5 mm. 



Female at period of fecundation (fig. 2) very elon- 

 gate, sides parallel, ends equally rounded ; pale or dark 

 orange-yellow, with two broad subdorsal bands of rich 

 dark carmine, which under the microscope are seen to 

 be made up of small, more or less confluent spots, and 

 the bands are interrupted at the articulations of the 

 segments. Eyes black, situate on the margin at the 

 side considerably below the extremity. Antennas, anal 

 ring, rostrum, and legs, as in the adult. 



Long, 2*50 3*25 mm. ; wide, "751 mm. 



Male (fig. 8) coral-red or dull red, thoracic plates 

 dark" crimson ; eyes and ocelli black ; antennae, legs, 

 and stylus paler ; wings narrow, nearly as long again 

 as the body ; costal nerve and space reddish ; head 

 somewhat cordate, apex in front with several very 

 short hairs. Antennae (fig. 9) of ten joints, all 

 furnished with numerous fine short hairs, and the 

 apical joint has, in addition, three long clubbed hairs ; 

 the first joint is almost spherical ; the second, about 

 equal in length to the first, has the outer basal portions 

 highly chitinised and produced into angular spine-like 

 projections. Legs (fig. 10) rather slender, and thickly 

 set with fine hairs, and there is a long spine-like hair 

 extending from the inner projecting extremity of the 

 tibiae ; digitules to claw and tarsi ordinary. Each of the 



