Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ndedwings. It is shown on a much reduced scale inthe illustration on page 79. It had long, narrowwings, and the hind-body was terminated by apair of very long and slender tails, such as wesee to-day in the may-fly. Only the adult winged 1 Mcganeura monyi. winged adult forms of these Insects havebeen found as fossils, which supports oursuggestion that more ancient forms withless firm structures decomposed before theycould become fossilized. The remains of Insects become morefrequent in the secondary epoch, and abun-dant in the
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ndedwings. It is shown on a much reduced scale inthe illustration on page 79. It had long, narrowwings, and the hind-body was terminated by apair of very long and slender tails, such as wesee to-day in the may-fly. Only the adult winged 1 Mcganeura monyi. winged adult forms of these Insects havebeen found as fossils, which supports oursuggestion that more ancient forms withless firm structures decomposed before theycould become fossilized. The remains of Insects become morefrequent in the secondary epoch, and abun-dant in the tertiary, or cainozoic, to Scudder, these remains indicateconditions of existence very similar to thosewe find around us in the present day. Someof the ants had already evolved to sucli anextent that certain of the females showedmodification into the worker caste, and asimilar state of affairs existed among thetermites in the separation of the soldiercaste. The grasshopper family had developedits musical apparatus, the green-fly produc-ed living ^.
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