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other fleas; others marched to and fro armed with spears and hauling 
cannon, while others still, as prisoners, dragged about chains and balls. 
Mosquitoes (Culicide).—The gnats and mosquitoes 
have long and slender mouth-parts, the sucker consisting 
‘Fic. 162.—Metamorphosis of mosquito. Eggs, larva, later stage on the 
raft, and adult. 
of six bristles (Fig. 161) folded together in a gutter-like 
case. Their legs are long, and body elongated and slen- 
der, antennz fringed (Fig. 163). The eggs (Fig. 162) are 
