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and curved, the eighth thickened and armed with 

 forceps, the female has minute filaments at the tip. Lo- 

 cality, hedges in damp situations. 



8. Raphidiidte. Wings equal and of moderate size, de- 

 flexed when at rest; antenme slender and filiform; 

 head oval and flat ; mandibles powerful ; maxillse with 

 two lobes ; prothorax much elongated, forming a neck; 

 legs slender ; size small. Locality, woods. 



ORDER VII. TEICHOPTEEA, Kirly. 



Character 8. Wings four, membranous, the anterior pair hairy, 

 the hinder pair the largest ; mouth unfitted for mastication ; 

 mandibles rudimental ; prothorax very short ; antenna often much 

 longer than the body, slender arid setaceous ; palpi long and 

 slender ; colour brown or grey ; size small or moderate. 



This Order has one family Phryganida. 



ORDER VIII. HYMENOPTERA, Linnaw. 



Characters. Wings four, membranous, the posterior pair 

 smaller than the anterior ; mouth with horny jaws, lower lip 

 sheathed by the maxillse, which form a rostrum ; body armed 

 with a sting ; tarsi generally five-jointed ; legs generally long 

 and slender. 



