Directions for collecting and preserving insects . see Fig. 40). The legs andantenna are long and slender and the wings are folded roof-like overthe body Avhen the insect is at rest. They feed on lichens and dryvegetation. The Termitido? are represented in thiscountry by the White-ant (Termes flavipes),which is frequently so destructive to wood-work, books, etc. The term White-ant ap-plied to these insects is unfortunate, as instructure they are widely separated fromants and resemble them only in general ap-pearance and also in their social the ants they live in colonies and havea
Directions for collecting and preserving insects . see Fig. 40). The legs andantenna are long and slender and the wings are folded roof-like overthe body Avhen the insect is at rest. They feed on lichens and dryvegetation. The Termitido? are represented in thiscountry by the White-ant (Termes flavipes),which is frequently so destructive to wood-work, books, etc. The term White-ant ap-plied to these insects is unfortunate, as instructure they are widely separated fromants and resemble them only in general ap-pearance and also in their social the ants they live in colonies and havea number of distinct forms, as winged and wingless, males and females,and workers and soldiers. Suborder PLECOPTERA (-/ex-roc, plaited; -rs^v, wing). Closely alliedto the latter suborder is the suborder Plecoptera, which includes the single family Perlido? or Stone-flies. The larvae and pupte ofthese insects are aquatic, beingoften found under stones inwater, whence the name. Theadults are long, flattened FIG. 40.—Psocus ) i From. 111- FIG. 41. — A Stone-fly (Pteronarcys regalis).Comstock.) (From sects, with long autemue. The wings are ample and are some-what folded or plaited, fromwhich character the subordertakes its name. Suborder ODONATA (»>w>?,tooth). This includes the Drag-on-flies or Libellulida-*, the mostcommon and the best known ofthe Neuroptera. The larva and the active pupa or nymph are aquaticand are predaceous, as is also the adult. A common species is repre-sented at Fig. 33. The Suborder EPHEMEROPTERA(tyjj>e/o«v, a day-fly; ~Tsp<», wing) com-prises the May-flies, or Ephemerida? (see Fig. 42).These insects are very fragile and are often at-tracted in enormous numbers to electric have large front wings, while the hind wingsare small, rudimentary, or wanting. They are fur-nished with two or three very long, jointed, thread-like caudal appendages. The larval and nymphalstages are passed in the water and aquatic vegeta-ti
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