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appearance (Fig. 389). In those forms where the venation of the wings 

 has been reduced by the atrophy of veins, the brown bands persist 

 after the veins have faded out; hence it is easy to determine by these 

 bands the former position of veins that have been lost. A discussion 

 of the venation of the wings of the Embiidina is given in my "The 

 Wings of Insects." 



The antennae are fiHform and are composed of from sixteen to 

 thirty-two segments. The compound eyes consist of many ommatidia, 



Fig. 389. — Fore wing of Oligoloma saundersi: A, the wing; B, outline of the wing 

 showing the existing venation; C, outline of the wing showing the venation 

 restored. (After Wood-Mason.) 



which are of the eucone type. Ocelli are always wanting. The 

 mouth-parts are mandibulate; the maxillary palpi are five-jointed 

 and the labial palpi three-jointed. The abdomen is composed of ten 

 distinct segments and bears at its tig a pair of two-jointed cerci. 



Figure 387 represents the male of Embia sabulosa, with the wing 

 of one side removed; and Figure 388, the female of this species. 



The metamorphosis is of a type intermediate between gradual and 

 complete. This was shown by Melander ('02 b), who vStudied the 

 development of Embia texdna. The }^oung resemble the adults in 

 the form of the body, except that the body is cylindrical instead of 

 depressed; and the cuticula of the young is less densely chitinized 

 and pigmented than is that of the adult. In the case of the females 



