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Blanchard (7). The larva of ihe allied species //. cnmttatiu, Fain-. 

 (— Zi»u»tnna»nii, Fahr.) has l.eni .Inscribed and figured by Candeze 

 ( 12) : as well as by Summers (13), and Dr. Horn (18). 



There is a rough figure of the larva of B. ferrugineus, published by 

 Ridley (30). 



Description of Larva. 



Stour, fusiform, largest at third or fourth abdominal segment, 

 and diminishing rapidly from sixth posteriorly; with slight ventral 



extremity. Head corneous, oval, mouth at lower part ; face 

 inclined "obliquely forwards, sidis uniformly rounded, vertex somewhat 

 (latter: median sagittal (epicranial) -utuiv distinct throughout, bordered 

 behind by a raised margin on either side, thence continued forwards as 

 a tine impressed line dividing at tipper third of face to form the lateral 

 branches of the Y suture, which branches (frontal sutures ; run to the in- 

 ferior lateral angles of the face ; on either side of the median suture a 

 longitudinal suture running lack from upper third oi each frontal suture 

 to become lost on occiput, bearing a setigerous pore at its anterior 

 extremity and another midway between frontal suture and neck. 



Surface of head above frontal sutures divided by fine furrows into 

 small hexagonal areas, their surface depressed and dull with a slightly 

 raised shining border; five to six bristle pits along either frontal suture 



Face transversely rugose, with four longitudinal impressions, of which 

 the middle are the deepest, and several bristle pits, one at anterior 





