Fig. 1.—Young plant (reduced) of wheat from Balclutha. The dotted lines show where the young maggots are feeding, in the crown of the root. Fig. 2.—Larva, lateral and ventral view. Fig. 3.—Puparium or “flax-seed,” lateral and ventral view. Fig. 4.—Pupa, lateral and ventral view Fig. 5.—Vertical section through grain stalk, showing larva feeding, head down and inwards towards the stalk. Fig. 7.—Pupa within the puparium, head up and outwards towards the leaf-sheath. Fig. B.—Pupa protruding previous to fly emerging. Fig. 9.- Straws—the long one from Lovell’s Flat, the others from Masterton—natural size, showing congregation of puparia. Fig. 10.—Hessian fly, male. Fig. 11.-Hessian fly, female. Fig. 12.—Natural enemy. The lines near Figs. 11 and 12 show the natural size of the insects. Figs. 1 and 9 from nature; Figs. 2-8, after Enoch, greatly magnified; Figs. 10-12, after Packard.

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Fig. 1. —Young plant (reduced) of wheat from Balclutha. The dotted lines show where the young maggots are feeding, in the crown of the root. Fig. 2. —Larva, lateral and ventral view. Fig. 3.—Puparium or “flax-seed,” lateral and ventral view. Fig. 4.—Pupa, lateral and ventral view Fig. 5. — Vertical section through grain stalk, showing larva feeding, head down and inwards towards the stalk. Fig. 7.—Pupa within the puparium, head up and outwards towards the leaf-sheath. Fig. B.—Pupa protruding previous to fly emerging. Fig. 9.Straws—the long one from Lovell’s Flat, the others from Masterton—natural size, showing congregation of puparia. Fig. 10. —Hessian fly, male. Fig. 11.-Hessian fly, female. Fig. 12.—Natural enemy. The lines near Figs. 11 and 12 show the natural size of the insects. Figs. 1 and 9 from nature; Figs. 2-8, after Enoch, greatly magnified; Figs. 10-12, after Packard.