British Dragoiijlics. 



To obtain a general idea of the early life of a nymph, 

 it will be convenient to take a particular insect. If 

 attention is again directed to the Qg^g of Sympctniiii 

 striolatuni (Fig. 4), it will be seen that the nymph is 

 nearly formed, and almost ready to hatch out. The 

 batch of eggs to which this belonged was laid about Sep- 

 tember 15, 1896. On October 18, they were examined, 



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Fig. 6. — Newly-hatched NyjMph oe Svmpetrum striolatum. 



(X about 45 diameters.) 



after having been unnoticed for two or three da}-s, and 

 a considerable number had hatched. The little nx'mphs, 

 which were about imm. long, resembled tin\' spiders 

 swimming about in the water (Fig. 6). They were 

 extremely transparent, the head, thorax, and abdomen 

 being slightly tinged with }'ellowish-green, the rest 



