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under which they live ; but it is probable that they 

 frequently come to the surface to breathe, like the 

 Dyticidai and others of our fresh-water Beetles. 



There is, however, besides these, the larva of 

 some two-winged fly, which is marine. I have 

 repeatedly taken it on our southern shores, quite 

 out of the influence of fresh water. It was pro- 

 bably this larva (which is white, and half-an-inch 

 in length) that Dr. Johnston described as an 

 Annelid, by the name of Ca?npontia eruciformis 

 (" Zool. Journ." iii. 325). That my specimens are 

 those of a Dipterous larva, I have the high autho- 

 rity of Mr. Francis Walker, who examined one. 



IXSECTA. 



Three pairs of jointed legs; one pair of antenna; 

 body divided into head, thorax, and abdomen; 

 breathing performed by two parallel air-pipes, 

 opening by numerous spiracles on each side ; un- 

 dergoing complex metamorphosis. 



Order COLEOPTERA. 



Two pairs of wings, the fore pair having the 

 form and office of stiff leathery sheaths for the 

 second; two pairs of jaws. 



Tribe I. Carabici. 



Lower jaws (maxillae) simply hooked at the tip, 

 not jointed at the base, two feelers (palpi) to each 

 maxilla; antennae thread-like; wing-sheaths cover- 

 ing the abdomen, which is covered above with a 

 thin skin. 



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