THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



CC. Head not prolonged into a trunk. 



D. Louse-like insects of small size ; body less than one-sixth 

 inch in length. 

 E. Antennae with not more than five segments. (Bird-lice.) 



p. I0 o MALLOPHAGA. 



EE. Antennae with many segments. (Book-lice.) p. 98. 



CORRODENTIA. 



DD. Insects of various forms, but not louse-like, and, except 

 in the case of some ants, with the body more than one-sixth 

 inch in length. 



E. Abdomen with short, conical, compressed, many-jointed 

 caudal appendages. (Cockroaches.} p. IO4...ORTHOPTERA. 

 EE. Abdomen without jointed caudal appendages. 



F. Legs fitted for jumping. (Wingless Locusts, Grasshop- 

 pers, and Crickets.} p. 104 ORTHOPTERA. 



FF. Legs fitted for running. 

 G. Abdomen broadly joined to thorax. 



H. Body linear. (U'atting-sttcks.) p. 104. 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 HH. Body white and somewhat ant-like in form. 



( Term fs. ) p. 95 ISOPTERA. 



HHH. Body neither linear nor ant-like in form. 



( H 'ing less Fire- fly et al. ) p. 494 Co LEOPTER A. 



GG. Base of abdomen strongly constricted. (Ants et al.} 



p. 599 HYMENOPTERA. 



BBB. Mouth-parts formed for sucking. 



C. Small abnormal insects in which the body is either scale-like 

 or gall-like in form, or grub-like and clothed with wax. The 

 waxy covering may be in the form of powder, of large tufts or 

 plates, of a continuous layer, or of a thin scale, beneath which 



the insect lives. (Coccidce.} p. 121 HEMIPTERA. 



CC. Body more or less covered with minute scales, or with 

 thick long hairs. Prothorax not free (i.e., closely united. with 

 the mesothorax). Mouth-parts usually consisting of a long 



" tongue " rolled beneath the head. p. 191 LEPIDOPTERA. 



CCC. Body naked, or with isolated or bristle-like hairs. 



D. Prothorax not well developed, inconspicuous or invisible 

 from above. Tarsi five-jointed. Mouth-parts developed 

 into an unjointed trunk; palpi present, p. 413.. . DIPTERA. 

 DD. Prothorax well developed. 



E. Body strongly compressed ; tarsi five-jointed. (Fleas} 



p. 490 SlPHONAPTERA. 



