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moult their external chitinous skin once again after they transform 

 from the nymphal form to that of the adult. It is chiefly these 

 callow and immature adults (known to the books as suh-imagoSy 

 and to British fishermen as dims) that fly to lights. Emerging 



Fig. 1357. 



Mayflies fallen beneath an electric-light post on Lake Erie. 

 H. S. Jennings.) 



(Photograph by Professor 



from a rent in the back of the old nymph skin, they spread their 

 newly expanded wings and rise feebly into the air, and if a light 

 be near, they swarm to it; otherwise they settle upon any conven- 

 ient tree or building, and sit stiffly (Fig. 1358) with uplifted wings 

 until ready for their final moulting. This may occur within a few 



