THE DRAGON-FLY. l 307 
water; sometimes they fly against the surface, but I never 
saw what I could assert to be the projecting of the eggs 
from the body upon plants or into the water. The English 
entomologists assert that the female Agrion goes below 
the surface to a depth of several inches to deposit eggs 
upon the submerged stems of plants.” The Agrions, 
however, according to Lucaze Duthiers, a French anato- 
mist, make, with the ovipositor, a little notch in the plant 
upon which they lay their eggs. 
These eggs soon hatch, probably during the heat of 
summer. The larva is very active in its habits, being 
provided with six legs, attached Fig. 1. 
to the thorax, on the back of 
which are the little wing-pads, 
or rudimentary wings. The large s-------- 
head is provided with enormous 
eyes, while a pair of simple, mi- 
nute eyelets (ocelli) are placed 
near the origin of the small bris- 2------------- 
tle-like feelers, or antenne. Seen 
from beneath, instead of the for- p --..-- 
midable array of jaws and acces- 
sory organs commonly observed 
in most carnivorous larve, we 
see nothing but a broad, smooth ,,,| 
mask covering the lower part of ._. 
the face ; as if from sheer mod- 
esty our young Dragon-fly was Under side of head of Diplaz, with 
endeavoring to conceal a gape. ed. z, zh 2” sub- 
But wait a moment. Some un-` maxillæ, or second pair of jaws. 
wary insect comes within striking distance. The battery 
of jaws is unmasked, and opens upon the victim. This 
mask (Fig. 1) is peculiar to the young, or larva and pupa 
