PUPIPARA. 



The three following families of parasites pass either 

 the whole or a part of the larval state within the body 

 of the parent, and are, therefore, grouped under the 

 head of the Pupipara. 



BRAULINID.^. 



The bee-lice (Fig. 219, enlarged) are well adapted 

 to live among the hairs of the bee by having flattened, 



Fig. 2ig. Fig. 220. 



wingless bodies. Like many other parasites, these in- 

 sects are blind. Fig. 220 is the larva, which becomes 

 a pupa covered by the puparium the day it is hatched. 



NYCTERIBID/E. 

 The bat- ticks (Fig. 221, much enlarged) resemble 

 minute spiders. The head is without a distinct neck, 



