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101) Several subsequently came out. Lie in the shell of egg thus [[image]] - Green in the egg & when they first come out: shortly become much marked with black.

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June 5. [[underline]] Lucidota [[/underline]] atra bred from a pinkish white pupa found May 22 under bush, with a blackish larva skin near it.

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X Even the eurytomades on [[underline]] q. punctata [[/underline]] galls were full of those octopod? parasites that infest both its inguilines. 

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Found two of larva No. 66 (Hagen) under stones on rapids, one preserved in alcohol. The other swims with its 3 caudal appendages alone [[^ held at 45° with axis, guiding itself occasionally by  moving some of its legs]] (no lateral branchae) which it {[[^ thrashes]] vibrates up & down vigorously.  Kept alive & vigorous three days in cistern water changed twice a day. Other (Ephem. & Pert.) larvae mostly died, except one Perlad.

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June 8. [[underline]] Cec. orbitalis [[/underline]] from small s. podagrae galls [[symbol for female]] orbits normally white; 3 linear vittae on notum; scutel white hairs: pleura [[underline]] fulvous [[/underline]] sanguin: venter sanguineous with short appressed white pubesc. longer whiter & denser towards notum of abd: dorsum brown (7 segm), rest & ovip. [[underline]]sanguin. [[/underline]]fulvous.  Hind edge of abd. dors. segm. [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] cinerous hairs. Sutures same as dorsum & notum of thor. c.e. dark umber brown.

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June 9. No. 66 still alive. Crawls quite slowly [[image]] swims strongly

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June 10. Noticed in the opening behind the carapace, on taking the No. 66 out of water, filmy branchia vibrating strongly [& also pair of [[^ appendages]] [[ (image]) ]] behind attached to notum [[image]] origin on base of branchiae?  These last not seen on a second inspection.]

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June 11. Attacus Cecropia ([[symbol for female]] came out) holds its wings [[underline]] vertically [[/underline]] closed [[image]] [[strikethrough]] [[D?]][[/strikethrough]] Cerato-campadae. 

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Found [[strikethrough]] 5 or [[/strikethrough]] 6 more [[underline]] baetisca [[/underline]] larvae. The last ventral but 4 is twice is long as the others as in the [[underline]] imago, [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] In [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[^ but with an indication of a central obsolete suture]] under the tip of the carapace, attached to the basal ventrals on each side is large soft membranous branchia [[image]] The head articulates with the carapace by membrane, freely.  No [[underline]] dorsal [[/underline]] abdominals visible before the 5 external ones.  Dissected one, put one in alcohol. Four placed alive in jar. 

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Found many Nematus leaf galls [[^ [[underline]] s. pomum [[/underline]] ]] [[image]] on [[strikethrough]] : strobiloides [[/strikethrough]] [[^ s. cordata]] willow.  Contained a white tenthred larvae 1/10 or 1/8 inch long.

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June 12. The first c. q. pseudotincloriae opened contained a large white larva,  apparently alive, & cynipidous(?).
The fasciations, not vittation, of legs proves Batisca (?) larva Ephemerinous not Odonatous.

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