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NEUROPTERA. 



the bank, at the mouth of one of which the old cricket sits 

 and chirps cheerfully all the day long. 



FlG. 92 MOLE-CK1CKET, 



ORDER NEUROPTERA.* 



The insects belonging to the Neuropterous Order 

 possess four transparent wings, for the most part of 

 equal size. The nervures are numerous and con- 

 nected, so as to form a net- work pattern more or 

 less close. The mouth is armed with jaws, but the 

 body is not furnished with a sting. The larvae are 

 active, and always provided with six jointed legs, 

 each terminated by a pair of hooks. 



The Dragon Flies (LibelMd). The brilliant dragon 

 flies that career on flashing wing through the lanes and 

 over the ponds in the warmest weather of summer, give us 

 the highest idea of insect power, combined with elegance 

 of form. Their large round lustrous eyes, both furnished 

 with twelve thousand polished lenses, that command each 

 point on the whole sphere of sky or earth ; their bur- 



* z/eupoi/, neuron, nervure ,- -n-repov, pteron, a wing. 



