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known as "false caterpillars" from their great resemblance 

 to tliet rae caterpillars of Moths and Butterflies. Various 

 kinds of these " Sawfly " caterpillars are excessively injurious 

 to leafaae. 



8. STKEPSIPTERA (Kirby).— Bee Parasites. 



Bee Parasite {Stylops S2)ciicii), magnified, with lines showing nat. size. After 

 figure by J. 0. Westwood. 



These are named from the small " twisted " appendages 

 which they bear in the place of the fore wings ; the true wings 

 are large in proportion to the size of the insect, forming more 

 than a quarter of a circle, with the two straight edges placed 

 in front and against the body. They live in the larval state 

 as parasites in Wasps and Bees, and merely require to be 

 referred to here. 



9. LEPIDOPTEEA (Linnaeus). — Butterflies and Moths. 



Large White Cabbago Butterfly {Pieris hrassiae) : 1, female Butterfly; 2, eggs 

 3, caterpillar ; 4, chrysalis. 



