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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 



construct a cell, in which metamorphosis takes place into the 

 nymph. 



The Tahaiiidcc, or Breeze Flies, are generally larger and more 



THE METAMORPHOSES OF Tabaiius boz'iiius. 



powerful than the rest of the Diptcra ; they have a large body, 

 with a depressed head, and their sucker or proboscis is very 

 different to that of the kinds just mentioned. They have a large 

 trunk, which is sometimes longer than the whole body, and their 



