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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 



chrysalis becomes transformed into the perfect insect in about 

 three weeks. The adults are of a dark grey colour, with yellow 

 spots, and they have large transparent wings, which are orna- 



THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DRAGON FLY ANT LION. {Palpares Uhdlllloidcs.) 



mented with little black marks. In the tropical regions of the 

 globe there are large ant lions, whose great wings are spotted 

 with brown and black, belonging to the genus Palpares. One of 

 these is also found in Provence, and is called the Dragon Fly Ant 



