The Classification of Butterflies 
6. Hemiptera. 
Suborders: 
Parasita (Lice). 
Sternorhyncha (Aphids, Mealy Bugs, etc.). 
Homoptera (Cicada, Tree-hoppers, etc.). 
Heieroptera (Ranatra, Belostoma, Water-spiders, Squash-bugs, Bedbugs, etc.) 
7. Coleoptera. 
Suborders: 
Cryptotetramera (Lady-birds, etc.). 
Cryptopentamera (Leaf-beetles, Longhorns, Weevils, etc.). 
Heteromera (Blister-beetles, Meal-beetles, etc.). 
Pentamera (Fire-flies, Skipjacks, June-bugs, Dung-beetles, Stag-beetles, 
Rove-beetles, Tiger-beetles, etc.). 
Metabola 
Undergoing for the most part a complete metamorphosis from egg, through 
larva and pupa, to imago. 
ORDERS 
8. Aphaniptera (Fleas). 
9. Diptera. 
Suborders: 
Ortborhapba{ Hessian Flies, Buffalo-gnats, Mosquitos, Crane-flies, Horse-flies). 
Cyclorhapha (Syrphus, Bot-flies, Tsetse, House-flies, etc.), 
to. Lepidoptera. 
Suborders: 
Rhopalocera (Butterflies). 
Heterocera (Moths). 
11. Hymenoptera. 
Suborders: 
Terebrantia (Saw-flies, Gall-wasps, Ichneumon-flies, etc.). 
Aculeata (Ants, Cuckoo-flies, Digger-wasps, True Wasps, Bees). 
It will be seen by glancing at the foregoing table that the 
butterflies and moths are‘'included as suborders in the tenth 
group of the list, to which is applied the name Lepidoptera. 
This word, like most other scientific words, is derived from the 
Greek, and is compounded of the noun \s*lg (, lepis ), which sig¬ 
nifies a scale, and the noun *r«p6v ( pteron ), which signifies a 
wing. The butterflies and moths together constitute the order of 
scale-winged insects. The appropriateness of this name will no 
doubt be at once recognized by every reader, who, having perhaps 
unintentionally rubbed off some of the minute scales which clothe 
the wings of a butterfly, has taken the trouble to examine them 
under a microscope, or who has attentively read what has been 
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