468 NEUROPTEROUS UTSECXS* 



GHx^PTER V, 



Order IV NeuroptefQus hiJeBs, 



J HIS order contains fix genera of Infects, all of which are 

 diOinguifhed by four naked wings, of a reticulated flruc- 

 ture, and by appendices fpringing from the extremity of 

 the abdo:nen, whicli is unarmed with a fling : Thefe ap- 

 pendices are characterillic of the male fes in this order 

 ©f animals. 



