Ephemera; NEUROPTERA; I53 



Genus IJ. Ephemera. 

 Linn. Syft. Nat. page 906. 



The mouth of the Ephemera has nei- 

 ther teeth nor palpi. 



The ftemmata are two in number, fi- 

 tuate above the eyes, and larger than they 

 are generally found to be in other in- 

 feds ? 



The wings are ere<5t, the hinder ones 

 much ftiorter than the others. 



The tail is furnifhed 'with appendices, 

 refembling hairs, or briftles. 



They are divided into two- feftions -, the 

 firft having two, the other three fetee, or 

 briftles, on the tail. 



Geoffroy afferts that the ftemmata are three 

 in number, which I have obferved them to be 

 in fome fpecies. 



SchsefFer adds to the Linnasan characters of 



the Ephemera, 



That 



