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METHODS OF INSECT LIFE. 



Earwigs {Euplexoptcra) — tightly- folded winged — 

 have the under wings so very large, compared to the 



Fig. 30. — Earwig, with wings spread, magnified. (Euplexoptera.) 



small upper pair (or wing-case), that they need to be 

 very tightly folded to fit beneath them. 



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Fig. 31. — Cabbage Aphis: male and wingless female, nat. size and 

 magnified. (Homoptera.) 



*' CucKOO-SPiTS," Aphides, Scale, &c. {Homoptera) 

 — similar-winged — have the wings of the same nature 

 throughout each, or both, of the two pairs of wings, in 

 which they differ from the next order. 



Plant-bugs {Iletcroptcra, see Fig. 32) — dissimilar- 

 winged— have a part of the upper wing that is nearest 



