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NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. 



positing eggs, and are therefore termed " oviparous " (from 

 the Latin ovum, an egg, and parere, to produce). 



n g . 17. 



Fig. 16. 



A few kinds of insects bring forth their young alive, such 

 as the Flesh-fly (Fig. 22) and Plant-lice (Fig. 23), and are 



Fig. 23. 



therefore called " viviparous " (from the Latin vivus alive 

 and par ere, to produce). 



