﻿EXPLANATION 
  OF 
  PLATE 
  VIII. 
  

  

  Elis 
  rufa, 
  Lep. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Egg 
  attached 
  to 
  young 
  larva 
  of 
  Rhizotrogns 
  pollens, 
  

   Arrow 
  (slightly 
  reduced). 
  

  

  2. 
  Larva 
  three 
  days 
  old. 
  

  

  3. 
  Full-grown 
  larva 
  in 
  cell, 
  with 
  empty 
  skin 
  of 
  larva 
  

   of 
  R. 
  pallens. 
  

  

  4. 
  Cocoon. 
  

  

  5. 
  Evacuated 
  cocoons 
  of 
  female 
  and 
  male 
  removed 
  

   from 
  their 
  silky 
  envelopes 
  (below). 
  

  

  6. 
  Males 
  and 
  females, 
  showing 
  variation 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  