AQUATIC INSECTS 



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3 (2) The median vein but once forked; the branches of vein GUI all simple. 



Climacia. 



4 (i) Veins of the wing disc extending outward in straighter lines, forks 



fewer and less symmetrical; antennae cylindric serrate, or 

 pectinate Family SIALIDIDAE . . 5 



5 (6) Fourth segment of the tarsus bilobed; posterior branch of the radial 



sector forked. No ocelli. Sialis. 



FIG. 1390. Fore wings of two neuropterous insects, Sialis (above) and Climacia (below), k, humeral 

 cross-vein; st, stigma; designations of principal veins as in Fig 1386. 



6 (5) Fourth segment of the tarsus simple, cylindric; posterior branch of the 



radial sector simple. Three ocelli 7 



7 (8) Hind angles of the head rounded; the median vein two-branched; 



antennae with segments enlarged dis tally. . . Chauliodes. 



8 (7) Hind angles of the head bearing a sharp angulation or tooth; median 



vein three-branched; segments of the antennae cylindric. 



Corydalis. 



LARVAE 



1 (4) Mouth parts adapted for piercing and sucking, prolonged to half the 



length of the body; living on fresh-water sponges. ... 2 



2 (3) Setae on the dorsum of the thorax pedunculate (i.e., the setigerous 



tubercles elevated considerably above the level of the integ- 

 ument); the outer covering of the pupal case spun by the 

 larva is of a beautiful hexagonal mesh Climacia. 



3 (2) Thoracic setae sessile; the outer covering of the pupal case is close woven. 



Sifyra. 



4 (i) Mouth parts adapted for biting 5 



5 (6) The last abdominal segment produced in a long, median, laterally fringed 



tail-like process; a pair of lateral filaments on abdominal 

 segments 1-7 Sialis, 



