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MAliA/IM'] OF NATURAL IIISTUIIV 

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No. SO. FHBRUARY lOi:.. 



XI I. — The Early Sfar/en of Paltostoma scliiiicri, Jl'illislon 

 [I)ij>ft'r(t, lllcpliarocoridiej. Hy llucsii Scorr, .M..V. 

 ((y'aiitab.), F.L.S., F.IC.S., Curator in Kiitomol()<iy in the 

 University of Cambrid'jc. JHf/i a Descri/tliun of the 

 Female of the same Sjiecies, by C. G. Lamh, M.A., H.JSc, 

 Clare College, Cambridge. 



[Plates IX.-XL] 



I. Intkoduction. 



The rcniarkal)lc family of the " net-winged midges/' or 

 Bli'pharoccridie, is so far known to be re[)rescnted in tiic 

 Xiotroj)ic'al region by five species belonging to three genera, 

 which compose Bezzi's group Paltostominae {op. cit. lUl-'i). 

 These have been described respectively from iMexico, the 

 Antilles (St. Vincent), Colombia, and Hrazil. Hut, so far as 

 1 am aware, no species has ever been recorded from Trinidad 

 or from that part of the South American continent immedi- 

 ately adjacent. During a brief visit to Trinidad in I'JJ'J, I 

 endeavoured s|)ecially to obtain material of some representa- 

 tive of the Blepharocerid;c from that island. I should not 

 have succeeded in this quest in the short time at my disposal, 

 had it not been for the kind help of my friend, Mr. V. \\ . 

 Urich, (jovcrnmcnt Entomologist of the Colony. He had 

 observed Ble[)liarocerid larvie in certain places previous to 

 my visit, ami was able to conduct me directly to a spot 

 where \vc collected about forty larva; ami live l)upae, which 

 were preserved in 70 per cent, alcohol. Our search for the 



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