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Larva. Length 3 mm, rather slender, pale yellowish; head small. 

 Antennae small, obconic; breastbone quadridentate, the inner teeth 

 divided and much smaller than the 

 outer, the heavily chitinized area extend- 

 ing to the anterior third of the slender, 

 irregular shaft, which dilates posteriorly 

 into a narrow crescentic process. An 

 irregular, slightly chitinized area sup- 

 ports the breastbone and a similar 

 smaller one occurs on the preceding seg- 

 ment; skin minutely and sparsely papil- 

 late. Terminal segment slender, bilobed. 



Exuviae. Length 3.5 mm, rather 

 stout, pale yellowish, the anterior horns 

 stout, broad, the internal curved margin 

 serrate; dorsum of the third or fourth 

 abdominal segment with a regular row 

 of rather heavy, chitinous spines at the ^ig- ^^ Asphondylia 

 distal third, the basal half sparsely monacha. Palpus of 

 ornamented with an irregular double row "^^le, enlarged (original) 

 of smaller spines. Terminal segment posteriorly with a row of 

 about 10 spines, the median four small, the others laterally and 

 ventrally successively larger, the basal half sparsely ornamented 

 with smaller scattering .spines. 



Male. Length 3 mm. Antennae as long as the body, sparsely 

 haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fourth with a length four 

 times its diameter. Palpi; the first segment short, stout, sub- 

 quadrate, .the second with a length over twice the first, swollen 



Fig. 19 Asphondylia monacha. Male genita- 

 lia, enlarged (original) 



basally, tapering distally. Mesonotum slaty brown, the submedian 

 lines lighter, thickly haired. Scutellum shining black, postscutellum 

 yellowish brown. Abdomen thickly haired, light reddish brown. 



