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CHAPTER VIII. 



SAWFLIES, ICHNEUMON-FLIES, WASPS, &c. 



(HYMENOPTEBA). 



Turnip Sawfly, Parasite Maggots ; Destruction 

 OF Birds ; &c. 



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Fig. 117. — Fox-coloured Pine Sawflies (Lophijrus rufus) : 1, male ; 

 2, female, after Prof. Westwood ; caterpillar, after Dr. Hartig ; all much 

 magnified. Nat. size given in descriptions. 



In the order which we have just been studying, there 

 is a great likeness throughout, both in the manner of 

 life and in the manner of transformation of all the 

 kinds; but in the order which we are now going to 

 study the habits of life of the different families vary 

 very much. 



