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that immediately behind the head, had two small yellow-brown 

 horny plates, one on each side of the dorsal vessel ; the protho- 

 racic segment and the penultimate segment were entirely covered 

 with undivided horny plates of a rather darker colour ; and the 

 small terminal segment had a darker brown lateral scale on each 

 side. The body of tliis larva was not smooth, like that of the 

 meal-worm, but clothed with short hairs or bristles, placed on the 

 dorsal horny plates, and with their points directed outwards, 

 the remaining portions of the segments being smooth or naked. 



My fig. 1 gives an exact view of this construction of the larva, 

 natui'al size. 



The head (fig. 2, magnified) is small in comparison with the 

 large prothoracic segment, and somewhat retracted within that 

 segment ; it is covered by a darker horny skin, and is of a trans- 

 verse oval form, with a short neck posteriorly, which fits into the 

 anterior opening of the prothoracic segment. On the most pro- 

 minent parts of the sides of the head are situated the eyes, 

 which are black ; in front of these are the short antennae, placed 

 on small prominences of the anterior lateral surface of the head. 

 The antennse consist of four joints : the first and broadest is soft, 

 white, and conical ; the second of the same length as the first, 

 but more slender, horny, and dark brown, like the succeeding 

 joints, and obconical ; the third is oval, and rather thicker than 

 the second ; the fourth, inserted on the inner edge of the third 



