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the rest. They live in water, and breathe by means of branchious 
| sacs, arranged on the abdomen in soft and flexible tufts. They eat * 
| everything that is presented to them: leaves, and even insects, 
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Fig. 418.—Pupa of Phryganea Fig. 419.—Phryganea pilosa. 
pilosa, magnified. 
| gratings of silk, then break through the gratings and leave their 
prison. In this state (Fig. 418) they swim on the water until they 
meet with an object to which they can attach themselves, and so 
get out. Then they swell till they crack their skin over the back, 
when the perfect insect emerges. 
The Phryganea pilosa (Fig. 419) is of a yellowish grey, with 
| hairy wings, little adapted for flying. These insects do not eat, 
and never leave the neighbourhood of the water. During the day, 
they rest on flowers, on walls, or on the trunks of trees, their 
wings folded back, and their antenne together. In the evening 
they fly in dense swarms over streams and ponds. They are 
attracted by light, as are many nocturnal insects; and are some- 
times found in great numbers on the lamps on the quays in 
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