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■ vrest"£t.cr? irt the blovxi, tbe hiiiphvitios, 



■ ■ -- -vd\>? tissue of tiicsiiotode 



,. and wtiich wiss part of 

 >- One oft' - ^ices. 



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^ ...-.• ..u:%.~we are v- -"■--" ■-"'1' ^-^'^~^ the 

 ^ the \t1sct2Iar roots of certain, aquatic 

 :heir SUV ■" ■- .lir. The eggs are vie- 

 :re suitj. s ^row. and the \-oung 



uirv-vje cxsoi ~ "■-"' -'■■ ■ ~ ""-e surface again/' 



lUH-ar. 'iiV ■.:.■< - -:tevi in the United 



StatsX and Canaca. Irs jJL3-a IiT.-es a::av:l.:evi ;o die roots of a species 

 cf OrtT-c ijrow-ing: in rrsirshes or :r*.e edges of ponds» The winter is 

 njsssjd as hsilf-growti lani'a. 



/ Itk^L — This sL>fCKs 25 nsnarkable on account of its 

 '-.^ Ttv^ ttt rhe writer in the It^ves of pitcher plants 

 - - , ■ • frozen up in the ice cores- 



opened Iea\-es and hatch 

 The adult can be distin- 

 gujb^ed Trorn all otha: Culi- 

 cmiE- fotmd north of Sourfnan. 

 Florida by the preseice of a 

 toft of sets on the metonotum. 



FjLicrLT MTCETOPHILID^ 



The eggs ar: 



when water collects m them 



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2.ies are of 

 medium or 

 small sixe 

 and more ctr 

 less mos- 

 quito-like in 

 form. They 

 are most 

 easrLj recog-- 

 rEEsd by the 

 leigth of tiie 

 coxa* (Fij- 

 ra-Q'. Th~e 

 QcelLi are 



