. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. y I LAND ANIMALS OF THE COAL PEUIOU. 387 mess ear, of a to or larid was riod Air- rnes, nted The '. D. ably r, a ver con- iferous date. The wing has been examined by Mr S. H. Scudder, of Boston, who has made such specimens his special study, and wlio refers it to the group of Ephemerina (day-flies, shad-flies) among the Neur- optera, and has named it Haplo
. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. y I LAND ANIMALS OF THE COAL PEUIOU. 387 mess ear, of a to or larid was riod Air- rnes, nted The '. D. ably r, a ver con- iferous date. The wing has been examined by Mr S. H. Scudder, of Boston, who has made such specimens his special study, and wlio refers it to the group of Ephemerina (day-flies, shad-flies) among the Neur- optera, and has named it Haplophlebium Barnesii. It must have been a very large insect—seven inches in expanse of wing—and therefore much exceeding any living species of its group. When we consider that the larvje of such creatures inhabit the water, and delight in muddy bottoms rich in vegetable matter, we can easily jUnderstand that the swamps and creeks of carboniferous Acadia, with its probably mild and equable climate, must have been especially favourable to such creatures, and we can imagine the larvae of these gigantic ephe- meras swarming in the deep black mud of the ponds in these swamps, and furnishing a great part of the food of the fishes inhabiting them, while the perfect insects emerging from the waters to enjoy tlieu" brief span of aerial life, would flit in millions over the quiet wat :r» and through the dense thickets of the coal swamps. Fig. 152.—Haplophlebium Barnesii, (n) Profile of base of wing. Mr Scudder describes the species as follows:— " This Is probably one of the Ephemerina, though it differs very muoli from any with which I am acquainted. The neuratlon is exceedingly simnle, and the intercostal spaces appear to be completely filled with minute reticulations without any cross-veins. The narrowness of the wing is very peculiar for an Ephemeron. The form of the wing and its reticulation remind me of the Odvnata, but the mode of venation is very di
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