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beetle Psephemts lecontei) and the larva of the netwinged 

 midge (Blepharocera) to be compared as to form of body, 

 adapted to clinging to rocks) : or, 3) in similar rapid waters, 

 the immature stages of mayflies of the genus Heptagenia 













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Fir,. 151. Photoqraoh of a fossil dragonfly in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. 



and of stoneflies of the genus Perla. 



A special phenomenon of parallelism, affecting more 

 superficial characters will be studied in chapter VI under 

 the name of mimicry. 



