NEUROPTERA 



We may conclude this sketch of the Hemerobiid groups by 

 remarking that fossil remains of specimens of most of them have 



FIG. 318. A, Larva of Coniopteryx tineiformis (%}. (After Curtis.) B, Head and pro- 

 thorax of larva of Coniopteryx sp. ; C, upper surface of head of larva of Coniopteryx 

 (after Low), much magnified. 



been detected in the Tertiary strata, and that in the Secondary 

 strata these groups are represented by only a small number of 

 fossils, which are referred specially to Hemerobiina, Nymphidina, 

 and Chrysopides. 



