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lengthwise down the back, and the head and thorax 

 of the imago are freed from it (fig. 8 a), then the 

 legs clasp the empty cuticle, and the abdomen is 

 drawn out (fig, 8 ft, c). After a short rest, the newly- 

 emerged fly climbs yet higher up the water-weed, 



Fig. 8 a, b. Dragon-fly (Aeschna cyanea). Two stages in emergence 

 of fly from nymph-cuticle. From Latter's Natural History. 



and remains for some hours with the abdomen bent 

 concave dorsalwards (fig. 8 d ), to allow space for the 

 expansion and hardening of the wings. For some 



