510 Extracts from the Miniite-Book of the Linncan Society. 



The examination of numerous specimens of the Asc. 

 ]\Iac/cai/onus has inckiced him to amend the specific 

 cliaracter and description as follows : — " A. alis vitreis 

 immaculatis ; oculis splendidissimè cupreo-nigris, lobis 

 subœqualibus : thorace fuscescente, flavido maculato : 

 dorso picto : lateribus cinereis. 



Dcscriptio. — Os pedesqne hirsuti, rufescentes: antenna: 

 nigricantes, capitulo subtùs pallido : thorax et faciès 

 cinereo-pilosissimi. Pterigostia nigra : stigmata atra : 

 (lort^tan ferrugineo-tlavum, maculis brunneis ornatum : 

 latcra nigro varia. Animal insectivorum? sœpè die qui- 

 escit in arbustis vetustis emortuis, cum antennis alisque 

 ramo applicatis, abdomineque in angulum (more ramuli) 

 extenso, sic hostes decipiens. Ova numéro 64 — 75 lan- 

 ceolato-elliptica, cinerascentia, apicibus puncto can- 

 dido, in extremitate ramulorum ponit imago ; série du- 

 plici alternatim agglutinans, et circulis multis repagii- 

 lorum ab hostibus defendens. Repagula elongata, pe- 

 dunculata, subdiaphana, rufescentia. Larva: caput sub- 

 cordatum, fuscum, genis barbatis, supernè scabrum. Os 

 nullum. Mandibuhe castanea% valida;, elongata?, interne 

 trispinosie. Oculi supra sex, infra unicus, in pedi/iicii/o 

 communi, crasso, posticc bisetoso, antice appendiculato. 

 Atitennulcc? quatuor setiformes : palpi duo filiformes. 

 Thorax parvulus, subovatus, supra utrinque spinulâ 

 brevi mobili, maculisque duabus nigris. Abdomen ovale, 

 complanatum, scabrum, iiavescens, livido irroratum, 

 maculis quatuor anterioribus, duabus analibus, lineaque 

 dorsali nigris : subtùs ferè concolor. Pectines utrinque 

 decem, atro ciliati, anticis duobus (alarum rudimentis?) 

 curvis. Pedes nigri spinulosi, duo anteriores thoracici. 

 Ungues parvi, omnes simplices. Trachece parva?, nigra*. 



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