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THE WINGS OF NEUROPTERA 



and finally, there is a section consisting simply of vein M3+4- Figure 195 

 represents in the fore wing a condition similar to that shown in Figure 194. 



Fig. 196.- — Base of a fore wing of Tomatares clavicornis. 



In the wings represented by Figure 195 the tracheation of the anal area was 

 obscured in both wings. 



Cubitus oj the fore wings. — In all of the myrmeleonids that I have 

 studied the cubital fork is very near the base of the wing and in many of 

 them vein Cu2 is greatly reduced. In the wing represented by Figure 193, 

 trachea Cu2 is quite prominent and extends nearly one-third of the length 



Fig. 197. — Base of a fore wing of Balaga micans. 



of the wing. I reared several pupae of this kind from larva; obtained at 

 Gulf port, Florida; but I do not know the adult of this species. The follow- 

 ing series of figures will serve to illustrate different stages in the reduction 

 of vein Cu2. 



