JouRN. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 



Plate A 





Fig. 1. 



Fig. 3. 



Fig. 6 



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Pig. 



Description of Plate A : — 



1. — a = dorsal; b=side; c= ventral view of egg 

 of Salurnis tmrginellus, Guerin; d = transverse 

 section of egg in ovary ; e = underside of portion 

 of leaf in which three eggs are laid ; f= trans- 

 verse section of egg in leaf ; g = ventral view of 

 egg, taken out of a leaf. 



Pig. 2. — Nymph of Geitha distinct issima after fourth 

 moult ; view of end of abdomen above : ?i/= wax- 

 field ; w;p = wax-pit. 



Fig. 3. — a = looking on exterior of portion of cuticleof 

 wax-field of Neomelicharia furtiva, Melichar : 

 top = wax-pit ; b = section through the wax-field : 

 ?«(/ = wax -glands; «;p = wax - pits ; /t?/jD= hypo- 

 dermic cells ; cut = cuticle ; c = looking on 

 exterior of portion of cuticle of wax-field of 

 Geisha distinctissima ; d — looking on exterior of 

 portion of cuticle of wax-fields of Salurnis 

 margiiieUus ; e = one of the dorsal wax-pits of 

 Geisha distinctissima, showing wax-spicules 

 re-forming after being wiped off. 



Pig. 4. — Nymph of G. distinctissima with Dryinid 

 parasite under right wing-pad. 



Pig. 6. — Adult female of Salurnis marginellus. 

 (All the figures are much magnified.) 



