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cylindrical larvae are called case-worms, differ from the 

 Nwroptera in features which ally them to the Lepidoptera. 

 The mandibles are obsolete, but well developed in the larva 



Fig. SSl.Mantispa interrupta Fig. 332. Fresh- Fig. 332a. Larva of the 



'Say; and side view of the same ly hatched larva of same, but older, before the 



without wings. Natural size. Mantispa styria- first moult. Enlarged. 



JEmerton del. ca. Enlarged. After Brauer. 



Fig. 333. Panorpa. 



Fig. 334. Case-woim; 

 a, its case. 



pupa; the maxillre are connate with the labium, while 

 the palpi of both pair are well developed. The general 

 proportions of the head and body and of the legs are much 

 .as in the Tineid moths. 



