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ENTOMOLOGY. 



verse veinlets are few and far apart compared with those 

 of the dragon- and may-flies, or the Orthoptera. Only 

 Eaphidia has an ovipositor, and there are no caudal stylets. 



Fig. 76.- Imago of Corydalis cornutus; male. Natural size. 



The Neuroptera have a complete metamorphosis, the pupa 

 being quite unlike the larva, and quiescent, being often pro- 

 tected by a cocoon. The shape of the larva is peculiar, the 

 body being broad, somewhat flattened, with large jaws, and 

 of rather a primitive form, compared with those of the 

 following orders. 



