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produced larvae which very much resemble those of moths. 

 They can, however, be at once distinguished from them by the 

 fact that they have more legs and ' pro-legs,' or false feet, 

 than the true caterpillars. No caterpillar has more than 

 sixteen of these members, whereas the larva of the Saw-fly 

 has from eighteen to twenty-two. One of these larvse, that 



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1 Hylotoma rosje. 2. Crcesus septentrionalis. 3. Atbalia spinarum. 4. Allantiis 



scrophiilai-ia. a. Croesus larva. b. Athalia larva. c. Allantns larva. d. Hj-lotoma, 



antenna. e. Croesus, antenna. /. Athalia, antenna. (f. Allantus, antenna. 



of Cimbex lutea, is shown on Plate IX. Fig. 3, and others are 

 seen on Woodcut XXIX. Fias. a b and c. 



Having thus rapidly, gone through the chief characteristics 

 of the Saw-flies, we will examine them somewhat more in 

 detail. 



The first insect on our list is Cimbex lutea, which is shown 

 on Plate IX. Fig. 1, of its natm-al size, and a more detailed 



