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always well developed (fig. 98), and by the absence 

 of a metamorphosis. The wings, when present, are 



Fig. 96. — Termes _flavij>es, Kol., North America, a. male, from above; 

 d. from side with wings removed ; e. hind-body of female from side, 

 magnified 8 times ; /. end of shin and foot, magnified 40 times ; /'. hinder 

 segments of male abdomen from beneath ; c. of female, magnified 24 

 times. From Marlatt, Bull. 4 (n.s.) Div. Ent. U.S. Dept. Agr. 



net-veined. A further sub-division of this group has 



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