SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



428 



iifescentic, convexity lateral; stigmal field with numerous larger and smaller wart- 

 like structures forming a zone near the margin. Cuticle of entire body finely wrinkled, 

 bearing short hairs. Capitulum very short, about 800 ^l from posterior dorsal margin 



Fig. 145.— Dorsal view of hexapod larva of Boopliilus amtralis, 



to anterior end of hypostome; base of capitulum hexagonal, enlarged on its dorsal 

 surface; inserted in emargination of scutum; lateral projections not very prominent. 

 Mandibles 860 jj- long, digit 120 yw. Internal apophysis conical (Neumann) , bidentate 



Fig. 146.— Ventral view of hexapod larva of same. 



(Fuller), with its base near the terminal extremity; external apophysis with three 

 successive teeth, one terminal, subventral, small; the second stronger; third large. 

 Hypostome rather spatulate, broad, a little longer than the palpi, provided on each 

 half with four rows of nine to ten nearly regular denticles which do not extend to the 



