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PLATE CCXX. 



P H R Y G A N E A R H O M B I C A, 



Spring Fly. 



Neuroptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Mouth furniflied with four palpi. Antennas longer than the 

 Thorax. Firft Wings lay horizontally on the body. Under Wingj 

 folded, and concealed beneath. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



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STNO NTMS. 



Wings greyiffi brown. Firft pair marked with rhombic whitilh 

 fpots. 



Phryganea Rhombica alis grifeis: macula laterali rhom^jica alba. 

 Linn. Syji. Nat.— Fab. Ent. Syji. T.^.p. 77. 13. 

 Roef. Inf. 2. Aqu. 2. tab. 16. 

 Schaff. Icon, tab, 99. fig. 5. 6. 



The Phryganea undergo their transformations in the water: in 

 the larva ftate they are taken by the fifhermen for bait ; and, in 

 fome parts of Holland, are found fo abundant, that they are ufed 

 as a cheap manure for the land. In the larva ftate, they gene- 



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