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TABLE OF NEUROPTERA.* 



SECTION L BIOMORPHOTICA. 



Pupa active. 



Tarsi with three to five j oints, 



A. Larva and pupa aquatic. 



* Wings at rest erect. 



a. f. w. large; h. w. small ; Tarsi five-jointed. 

 Ex. Ephemera (Mayflies), Sfc. 



b. Wings equal, tapering to base; tarsi three- 

 jointed. 



Ex. Agrion, Caleptcryx, fyc. (small Dragonflies) . 

 ** Wings at rest extended horizontally. 



a. Wings nearly equal; h. w. broad at base; 



tarsi three-jointed. 



Ex. Libellula, ^Eshna, Anax, cj-c. (Dragon/lies). 

 *** Wings at rest, lying fiat on the back. 



a. Tarsi, three-jointed. 

 Ex. -Perla (Stonefly), Yellow Sally, Willow fly, fyc. 



B. Larva and pupa terrestrial. 



* Wings at rest, roof-like. 



a. f. w. larger than h. w. ; tarsi three-jointed. 

 Ex. Psocus (Booklouse, $fc.)\ 



* This table is borrowed, with some alterations, from a paper by Mr. 

 Newman in the Zoologist. Mr. Newman includes in the present Order 

 Phryganea, which, however, in accordance with Westwood's Classification, 

 is here represented as forming the next Order, Trichoptera. 

 t See page 127, note. 



