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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 



others which have hairy wings without any cross-marking, and 

 the nervures branch off. Now, there are many amongst the first 

 kind which greatly resemble the OrtJioptcra. They unite, there- 



DIFFERENT INSECTS IN AN ANT-HILL. [TemiCS lltcifllgltm.) 



I. Workman. 2. Soldier. 3. Larva. 4. Nymph \vith small wings. 5. Nymph wilh 

 long wings. 6. Male. 7. Little female. 8. Large female. (All magnified.) 



fore, these two divisions of the insect world, and at the same time 

 are more or less separable from the characteristic Nc2iroptcra. 



The Nc7iroptera live in different manners. Some of them are 

 very industrious, are fond of society, and build large homes, whilst 



