. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. 170 IXVEIiTEBllATE AXIIIALH. insert rcMues t:> tli(.' surfare, and wliiih eoiive^- air to tlie tiucheaj. Thougli active, the \>\\\kv ddes not eat ; and when the time cumes fur the cnmpleticin nf the nietanunpliosin it approaches the surface, above wliirh it raises its Imrk. 'I'lie skiu tlieii splits dorsally, an<l, Fig. 12^. (â¢(.niijioii i;i;;it ('â â(,.,â ). .\, A IVn- (iT l;jr e;.'gs udaflinl togeOicr tri ("nil a i-ift, ivliicli .in tin; walrr; I;, Tin- lanii, siisiiiaidta ill the water lirail il


. Text-book of zoology for junior students. Zoology. 170 IXVEIiTEBllATE AXIIIALH. insert rcMues t:> tli(.' surfare, and wliiih eoiive^- air to tlie tiucheaj. Thougli active, the \>\\\kv ddes not eat ; and when the time cumes fur the cnmpleticin nf the nietanunpliosin it approaches the surface, above wliirh it raises its Imrk. 'I'lie skiu tlieii splits dorsally, an<l, Fig. 12^. (â¢(.niijioii i;i;;it ('â â(,.,â ). .\, A IVn- (iT l;jr e;.'gs udaflinl togeOicr tri ("nil a i-ift, ivliicli .in tin; walrr; I;, Tin- lanii, siisiiiaidta ill the water lirail il()«-ii\\anl«, slimviiig the aiilenii;i' (.(). tin- terminal nsiiiratoiT tube (r), and tlie tins attadn-d In tin; I'xtiviiiily nf tlie Imdv (/); C. The pupa, with the two respiratory tubes atlaehrd t" flie tlmrax; 1), The adult insect, with the well- develn]ieil fr'uut \viiigs, 1ln> rndinicniary liiud wings nr "balauecrs" (h), the autemue (/i), and tin- laijlmseis ip). All the figures are greatly enlarged. forms a , in which tlie insect floats until its wings are fit for use. The Jti/iti'i-n constitute one of the largest orders of insects ; the and Fh'sh-tlies (Miixra)^ the (Inats and Mosijuitoes (Cdirnln-), llie (V.'ine-Hies (Tiimlii), the Fnrcst^tlics {Hij,p<jhosni\ and the (_{ad-Hies {Tiihaniihe) constituting good examples. DltDKIt \. IvKrlKol'TEliA. This well-known and most lieautifnl of all the orders of insects comprises the Biittertlies and Moths, tlie former lieing active by day (diiinij//), anil the latter mostly towards twilight (rri'pusculaf), or at night (iiurtunin/). In all the Li' the mouth of the adult insert is jinrely siK-torial, and is provided with a spiral trunk fitted fd iiiiliiliing the juices of flowers, and formed out of the elongated. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t


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