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NEUROPTERA. 
There are two sub-families, Sialince with quadrangular prothorax and 
Raphidiince with elongate prothorax. 
Fig. 62.—COKYDALIS ASIATICA, 
[From Wood-Mason.) 
Of the former the larvae of the known species are aquatic, hatching 
from eggs laid near the water ; the larva has biting mouthparts, a con¬ 
spicuous head, long legs and the abdomen has a jointed gill-process on the 
side of each segment. They are probably predaceous and live for choice 
in mud. Only a small number of species are known. Corydalis , the 
very large Sialid, common in America, is recorded by Wood-Mason in 
India, Corydalis asiatica , W. M. (fig. 62), being found in the Naga Hills. 
(Proc. Zook Soc., 1884, p. 110.) Chauliodes subfasciatns Westw. is 
figured in Cabinet of Oriental Entomology ; C. maculipennis Gr. (Griffiths’ 
Animal Kingdom, pi. 72, fig. 1) is also 
known from India. Three other species of 
Chauliodes are described by MacLachlan, 
Weele and Walker, and 8 species of 
Neuromushj MacLachlan, Weele, Walker 
and Rambur, all from the Himalayas or 
Assam. 
Fig. 63 .— Chauliodes Of the Raphidiince , none are known in 
MACULIPENNIS. 
(After Cuvier.) India. 
