6G TRIBES OF THE 



One word only of the rulers : 



They have feelers short and jointed, 



Not unlike a lady's necklace ; 



Wings, that is at first, unfolded, 



All four quite alike in figure ; 



And their feet are all fourjointed. 

 Lastly, come the heavy Stoneflies, 



Known in Science as Perlina, 



Very like domestic crickets. 



But are riverloving insects ; 



Their head rather broad and flattened ; 



Their eyes small, and round, and distant ; 



Fore wings flat, and hind wings folded, 



Larger, broader than the fore wings. 



Larvse more than half aquatic. 

 Nimbly swimming in the water. 



Nimbly diving in the water, 

 Nimbly running on the bottom, 

 Hiding under little pebbles, 

 Often coming out, and creeping 

 On the bank and on the grasses. 

 Crawling up the trunks of willows, 

 Hiding in the cracks and crannies. 

 When the pupa is quite ready 

 To become a winged imago, 

 Then it grasps the bark of willows, 

 Or the rounded stems of rushes. 

 Or the pliant blades of grasses. 



