hydropsychidæ love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A family of trichopterous insects, or caddis-flies, typified by the genus Hydropsyche, having the third joint of the maxillary palpi elongate and filiform, the antennæ setaceous, and the feet spurred. The larvæ are aquatic and predaceous, and inhabit stationary cases.

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