278. Himantopus Larva.
H. elongatus, medio cirratus. Long himantopus, cirrated in the middle.
The body is rather depressed and long; the hinder-parts acute, and generally curved, pellucid, and filled with granular molecules. Its motion resembles that of the himantopus ludio, [No. 275], but its figure, and the situation of its parts are different.
279. Himantopus Charon.
H. cymbæformis fulcata, in fovea ventrali cirrata. Boat-shaped furrowed himantopus, the hollow part of the belly cirrated.
An oval pellucid membrane, the fore-part hairy, furrowed longitudinally, each side bent up, so as to form an intermediate hollow place, or belly, filled with grey molecules; beneath the middle it has several bent diverging rows of hairs; no hairs on the hinder-part. It is found in sea water, but rarely.
280. Himantopus Corona.
H. semiorbiculata, depressa, in utraque pagina cirrata. Semiorbicular himantopus, flattened, both sides cirrated.
A membranaceous lamina, very thin, pellucid, crystalline, and semilunar; the edge of the base is thick set with molecular intestines; the fore-part furnished with short hairs, or a kind of mane; towards the hind-part are three equal curved hairs, or spines.