Galgupha (Gyrocnemis) fossata

(Figs. 7–12).

Eggs were deposited on the host plant inflorescences and laid singly (Fig. 7).

Description. Egg cylindrical with rounded ends, slightly wider at anterior pole, white; chorion shiny and translucent (Fig. 8). Chorion surface, under SM, with small protuberances (Fig. 8); under SEM, dense granulation evi- dent, interspaced with larger tubercles, usually with faint longitudinal carinae (Figs. 9–11). Length: 0.9 ± 0.04 (0.8– 1.0); width: 0.6 ± 0.07 (0.5–0.7) (n = 20). MP circularly arranged around anterior pole but slightly displaced posteriorly (Fig. 10); mean number of MP 7 ± 1.5 (4–10). Each MP white, short, almost indistinguishable from the chorionic sculpture under SM, stalked, oblong, capitate, with transverse constriction near middle; apical opening circular; under higher magnification, surface irregular but not spongy (Fig. 12).