JouEN. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 



Plate A. 



The Ootheca op an Asilid 



{much enlarged). 



Fig. 1. — $ constructing ootheca, which is nearly finished. 



Fig. 2.— Transverse section of ootheca. C M = colleterial matter, forming outer covering. 



T = twig on which ootheca is built. 

 Fig. .3.— Side view of eggs, the outer covering having been mostly dissolved away with 



benzine. 

 Fig. 4. — Larva just hatched. 



