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of the insects ; in fact, Sir John Lubbock hints that they might 

 well be regarded not as insects at all, but rather as the surviving 



Fig 62. — Lepisma Saccharina (Mag. 



representatives of a group formed by the ancestors of the whole 

 multitude of insect types. 



Fig. 63.— OrchesellaRufescens (Mag.) 



The food of these creatures consists of decayed vegetable 

 matter. 



