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1. The slender larvse of soldier-flies {Euparhyphus 

 brevicornis). Each bears a pair of ventral hooks that 

 may serve for attachment. 



2. The greenish larvs of the cranefly {Dicrano- 

 myia simulans). 



3. The wart5^-backed larvae of the Parnid beetle 

 {Elmis quadrinotatns) . 



4. Larvse and pupse of a little black Anthomjdd fly 

 (LimnopJwra sp.?). 



Fig. 214. Insect larvs from a moss patch such as is shown in the 

 preceding figure. a, Psychoda; b, Ehiiis; c, d, e, Euparhyphus, c, 

 being lateral, d, dorsal and e, ventral views, c and e show the huge 

 ventral hooks on the penultimate segment ; / and g, cases of an un- 

 known caddis- worm, f, composed mainly of sand: g, mamly of moss. 



