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An immersion of upwards of fourteen hours, how- 

 ever, caused insensibihty and apparent death. Both 

 majes and females enter the water. In the same pond 

 was found a second species of similar habits, referred 

 to a new genus, Prestwichia. 



" Whereas Polynema natans swims with its wings 

 and uses its legs apparently only for walking, the 



Fig. 78. — Polynema (Anaphes) natans, side-view of female, x 30. From Lubbock. 



present species (Prestwichia) when under water, holds 

 its wings motionless, and uses its legs as oars. 

 Though they are neither flattened nor provided with 

 any well-developed fringe of setse, still they seem to 

 serve their purpose pretty well, and the motion of 

 this species is more rapid than that of the former. 



