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[[underline]] Lebia ornata [[/underline]] sent me 1868 as preying on Dor. 10-lineata 

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Aug. 7. Cecid.? acericola: (see p. 108) Lots of imagos came out today. Saw in quinine bottle, where I had put leaves & (Say) 200 larvae, 5 or 6 different larvae distinctly [[underline]] spinning [[underline]] cocoons from their mouths, just like any other insect, moving heads in all directions as usual, also sifting bodies as usual. [[strikethrough]] Had [[/strikethrough]] Were making cocoons between leaves & glass; saw thro coddington lens. Make first many loose threads, 2 or 3 often spinning in company. ___ In fresh lot of infested leaves gathered today, found many empty cocoons; also many still tenanted. [[strikethrough]] In one a semipupa, legs &c obtected. [[/strikethrough]] Found 7 pupae, but no larvae in cocoons.
Pupa ^ [[insertion]] whitish with yellow stomach [[/insertion]] .07 long; front emarg. at ∠ of 110° [[strikethrough]] or 120°. [[/strikethrough]]
[[image]] Legs &c free as usual. Sides of abd. moderately hunched, especially towards anus. Anal joint (9th) emarginated small. Humeral thorus = 1/3 extreme diameter. [[strikethrough]] In "semipupa" front 1/3 = pupa (thorus & emarginated front); but rest larval & ∴ legs &c obtected still. [[/strikethrough]] Tips of affected ^ [[insertion]] leaves [[/insertion]] turn brown-black & die. Deforms trees much. Abd. [[male symbol]] (recent & immature) dull yellow: of mature [[male symbol]] brown (recent). Aug. 8 Examined 9 [[male symbol]] & 1 [[female symbol]] that when immature yesterday had [[underline]] yellow [[/underline]] abd. Also 2 more [[male symbol]] that came out after the [[strikethrough]] rest [[/strikethrough]] 1st [[female symbol]]. Has now [[underline]] brown [[/underline]] abd. And [[male symbol]] (recent) 12 & 2 jd. counted repeatedly 4 antennae

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Aug. 8 Opened plum bough bagged up Aug. 1. (p. 107x)
Only 2 (living & lively) Curc. [[strikethrough]] ) [[/strikethrough]] in it remaining. [[strikethrough]] ) [[/strikethrough]] Rest much have eaten out. Left 4 soundish plums on tree 1st. with 2 + 1? crescents; 2nd (counting from base) with 3 [[image]]; 3rd = 0; 4th with 1 [[image]]. Remainder badly rotten or cracked & either pulled off or shook off. Ought to be 12 of these, but they are 14 (2 others much have got mixed in.) Of these 14,5 have one or more [[image]]: rest [[underline]] may [[/underline]] have, but rotten cracked or eaten by curculio. Placed the whole 14 in jar E.

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Aug. 8  [[underline]] Cecid. acericola. [[/underline]] it takes larva over 24 to make cocoon. One commenced over 24 hours ago & not yet done. Had made it against glass, leaving glass uncovered, so had full view of his operations. They undoubtedly spin. Flossy fibres very distinct & motions as usual
  Description. ^ [[insertion]] from recent specms. [[/insertion]] [[male symbol]] ^ [[insertion]] dark [[/insertion]] Brown. ^ [[insertion]] [[underline]] Head [[/underline]] with [[/insertion]] antennae ^ [[insertion]] dark brown [[/insertion]] (12 + 2)) jd. ^ [[insertion]] Flas. [[/insertion]] Joints globular; pedicels 2/3 as long as ^ [[insertion]] glob. [[/insertion]] joints; whorls dusky, [[strikethrough]] nearly [[/strikethrough]] as long as 2 1/2 complete jts. with their pedicels. [ [[superscript]] 2 [[/superscript]] Scutel prominent & erect. ^ [[insertion]] From [[/insertion]] Beneath scutel to patch beneath wing dull rufous. [ [[superscript]] 1 [[/superscript]] Thorax brown black, almost glabrous [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[Hal?]] pale, knob dusky. [[strikethrough]] dorsal stria deeply indented especially in front [[/strikethrough]] Abd. [[strikethrough]] brown, [[/strikethrough]] slightly pubescent; ^ [[insertion]] jts. more hunched than usual [[/insertion]] venter sometimes slightly tinged with rufous. [[underline]] Legs [[/underline]] brown, pale beneath, [[insertion]] as are [[/insertion]] & ^ [[insertion]] also the hock [[/insertion]] towards base of fem. [[underline]] Wings [[/underline]] subhyaline, with

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