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the water in which they live, and in this remain protected and 

 from it extend themselves to obtain food. The food is for the 

 most part apparently minute aquatic organisms, algse, etc. 

 Their presence might be considered a means of clearing water 

 of such matter did they not at times become so numerous as to 

 prove an element of danger. 



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Fig. 12. (Chironomus sp.) a, larva, dorsal view, h, side view, c, head and first seg- 

 ments of body, d, terminal segments of body showing appendages, e, upper surface 

 of head. /, lower surface of head. gr. side. ?i, dorsal, i, ventral view of pupa. (Orig- 

 inal, drawn by Miss King.) 



