[163] Ibid. 123—. See above, Vol. I. p. [393.]
[164] Raii Hist. Ins. 265.
[165] Eggs of various shapes are given Plate [XX.] Fig. 3-23. See also Brunnich. Entomologia 4. N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. xvi. 245. Reaum. ii. t. iii. iv. xiv. xxvi. xxvii. &c.
[167] Plate [XX.] Fig. 23. Swamm. Bibl. Nat. t. iii. f. 7, 8. In a specimen I opened of this insect the bristles converged so as to form a kind of tail to the egg.
[168] Darwin Phytolog. 512.
[169] Geoffr. Ins. Par. i. 480. t. x. f. 1. b. c.
[170] See above, Vol. I. p. [261.]
[171] Reaum. iii. 386—. t. xxxii. f. 1. t. xxxiii. f. 5.
[172] I allude to Ophion luteum F. (Ichneumon L.) Vol. i. Ed. 3. p. 269, figured Plate[ XX.] Fig. 22; and the Hydrachnæ or Trombidia. See above, and De Geer vii. 145.