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Psyche 
[March-June 
Fig. 6. Egg of Bothynostcthus distinctus attached in typical position 
between pro- and midlegs of Pyrrhalta sp. 
The whitish, elongate, curved egg, 1.5 X 0.4 mm, was attached 
by its cephalic end to the ventro-lateral portion of the thorax between 
a fore- and midleg (Fig. 6). The exact sternite, suture, or membrane 
to which it was attached could not be discerned. Although the caudal 
end of the egg extended slightly obliquely backward and was raised 
free above the opposite midleg, the position of the egg with respect 
to the long axis of the beetle’s body was almost transverse. Eggs 
were attached to the left or right sides of the prey in about equal 
numbers. The larva began feeding at the site of the egg attachment. 
One larva, 2-mm-long, was noted feeding between the beetle’s fore- 
and midcoxa, and another, 3-mm-long, was attached near the 
juncture of the pro- and mesosternum. 
