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INSECTS. NEUROPTERA So. Raphidla. 
80. RAPHIDIA. Mouth with a curved 
toothed horny mandible; thorax long, 
c^'lindrical: Jtemmata 3: dcflcdted; 
antenn(Z fdit'orm, as long as the thorax, 
the anterior part elongated and cylindri- 
cal 4, very fliort, filiform; tail of 
the female terminated by a large recurved 
briftle. 
Wings imipaculate. 
Inhabits Eurepe in woods, and preys on other Infefis. 
Degeer Inj. z. tab. z^.fg. 4. Schitff,. Icon. tab. 95. 7%* l> z* 
Wings with a brown marginal fpot. _ 
Inhabits England-, probably only a variety of the laft. 
Body black : hadUick with a tcftaceous fpot: kgs teltaccous : 
appendage of .the female as long as the body. 
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