ISi NEUROPTERA. 
taining food. Their transient existence 
is spent in the air, and all that are not 
devoured by beetles and birds, fall to the 
ground, and die. 
Lucy, I suppose that the people 
wait till they fall, and then sweep 
them up in heaps, in order to remove 
them to their gardens. Are they ever 
seen in such abundance in this country ? 
Mother, No, I believe not : in the 
evenings, however, near river banks, con- 
siderable numbers may be observed. 
Now, my dear, we must part : we have 
had so long a conversation, that I fear 
you will hardly remember all I have told 
you. 
Lucy, Indeed, mamma, I can hardly 
forget what has entertained me so very 
much. 
