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like tliL" cnnvcntioiial i cprcscntatioiis of tlu- "ark 

 of bulrushes" provick-d f( r the iiiiant M(!>cs. An 

 industrious luothcr will lav ^ouic Iwo or tiuee 

 hundred sueii eL^^L,^ in a -tason, so that we need 

 not wonder at the s^reat eohunns of nio^ciuitoes that 

 often appear in damp plaees in ^ununer. Xo. 2 

 shows the same ratt seen from al ()\e, and ex- 



NO. 2. IIIK Mii-tHllOS KCr.-KAl !, -I.IN IKii\| Al;«l\l:. 



cellentlv illustrates its admiiable bo:'t->h;!.pi'(l or 

 saucer-shaped eon^ti in.'tion. 



After about three da\-^' tnne. thi' e^^s be^in to 

 hatch, and the active little l:ir\-.e e^cajn-, wii^j^lin^, 

 into the watei. Xo. 3, wliuh i-> enlniLied fortv 

 diameters, exliibit^ the staL;e^ ot the hatching pro- 

 cess. A sort of lid or door at the lower end of tlic 



