THE LAKV.I^. 



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Iiad provided no antidote to their multiplica- 

 tion, the mischief done to our wheat crops 

 would be of the most alarming kind. 



The eggs are oblong, transparent, and yel- 

 lomsh, and give birth to larvae ; some of which 

 have at first little or no colour, while others 

 are straw-coloured, yellow, or orange, according 

 to their age. The author found them in abun- 



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Views of Larvas of Wheat-midge, magnified 10 diameters. 



dance during August, 1845. The natural size 

 of the larvae is accurately given in the drawing, 

 and also their appearance when magnified ten 



Larvae magnified 20 times. Dorsal and Ventral Views. 



