. Entomology : with special reference to its biological and economic aspects. Palaoblattina donvillci, naturalsize.—After Brongniart. 386 ENTOMOLOGY of New Brunswick. The specimens, to be sure, are nothingbut broken wings, yet these few fragments, interpreted by , are rich in meaning. All are neuropteroid, but theycannot be classified satisfactorily with recent forms on account Fig. Platc[>l\cmcra antiqiia, natural size.—After Scudder. of being highly synthetic in structure. Thus Plateplicmeraantiqua (Fig. 295), though essentially a May fly of giganticproportions (spreading
. Entomology : with special reference to its biological and economic aspects. Palaoblattina donvillci, naturalsize.—After Brongniart. 386 ENTOMOLOGY of New Brunswick. The specimens, to be sure, are nothingbut broken wings, yet these few fragments, interpreted by , are rich in meaning. All are neuropteroid, but theycannot be classified satisfactorily with recent forms on account Fig. Platc[>l\cmcra antiqiia, natural size.—After Scudder. of being highly synthetic in structure. Thus Plateplicmeraantiqua (Fig. 295), though essentially a May fly of giganticproportions (spreading probably 135 mm.), has an odonatetype of reticulation; while Xeuoncura (Fig. 296) combinescharacters which are now distributed among Ephemeridje,Sialid?e, Rhaphidiidae, Coniopterygidse, and other families,besides being in many respects unicjue. These Devonian forms Fig. 296.
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