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THE INSECT WOELD. 



(Fig. 405) have mandibles adapted for suction. They watch for 

 insects under heaps of stones, and spring upon their prey. 



first states of the Nemoptera* (Fig 407) are as yet little 



Fig. 403, Mynneleo libelluloides. 



known. They are insects with wings spotted with yellow and 

 black, the lower ones almost linear, and are met with in southern 

 countries, and but very rarely in the south of France. 



* From j'7/jUfl, a thread, and irrfpov, a wing. EJD. 



