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of a winged ant, writes that the eggs are 

 supported to some extent by the setae, and 

 Mr. Eaton also states that he has captured 

 the females with the setae turned under. A 

 most careful observation of female sherry spin- 

 ners, flying only a few inches from my eyes, 

 showed that the setae are not always carried 

 in this manner, but that the egg sac may be 

 supported against the lobes by the segments 

 of the body alone, whilst the seta? remain out- 



FiG. IT. Hind wing of Ephemerella ignita. 

 Sherry spinner. 



stretched. Mr. Eaton has suggested that this 

 position may be assumed at a later stage, after 

 the eggs have been fully extruded. As I am 

 not familiar with the exact position Mr. Eaten 

 and Mr. Halford describe, I figure the position 

 I have myself observed. 



Ephemerella- ignita is almost unmistakable, 

 owing to the presence of three setae, distin- 

 guishing it from the olive-dun species, which 

 have but two. For further identification I give 

 a figure of the hind-wing. (Fig n.) 



