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great lakes it is a common sight to see the gas-posts and 

 adjoining buildings blackened by the myriads of Ephemera 

 which have been blown in from the lakes and have been at- 

 tracted by the lights. The following figure represents a 

 gas-post, in Cleveland, Ohio, as it appeared with Ephemera 

 clin<Hno; to it : 



Fig. 99. — Gas-Post, with Ephemera clinging to it. 



95. Another group of insects somewhat resembling the 

 Ephemera pass their larval state in the water. 



Some of their larvae are called caddis-worms, or case- 



