APTEROUS INSECTS; 



Th'B Linii^ati order Aptera^ ■cova^^insi^ all myck iiasecte ae are loea^ 

 Eute oi* wiogs la bot^ se^es. 



-OF THE TEEMES TEIBE. 



The preeerat tri%e is arranged by liniaaeus amoug ifhe Apteaxyiw 

 STnsects : but it migkt wish ecjua] propriety haye been inserted with tba 

 Neuroj>tera or Hymenoptera ; for the nmles of rcKsat ^i tke sipeciea, iv 

 a perfeot state, laave eitker two -oc* Ib^ar wdngs. 



Tffi; DEATH-WATCffl «^E«MES. 



In old wo<5d, decayed furnitare, raHsetams, &vA -neglecfted booki^ 

 Shese insects are almost always to be foiand ; aad both the nmle and 

 female, for the purpose of attracting each otkes", 'kave the power o(f 

 finakjag a ticking neise, not unlike that of a watch. 



Tbe Death-watok Termes seein to hasye very litile Alliaace to .tha 

 followiii^ ^iscies. 



THIS •WHITE AKTS. 



The afliji'Si-&la of t^is esitraordinary eommianity «re fcmnd i-n t1>« 



Ea^t indies, and in inany pari« 

 •of Aitrica and South Aiiterica, 

 •wl»ere it/eir dejpi'edatiuxis ar-fl 

 jgreatly dr>eadetl by the i?i3sabi- 

 tants. They are naturally di- 

 vi<iedanto three orders . 1. Th« 

 working insects, 2. The fighter-!, 

 or soliikre, which perform na 

 other labor than such as is ne- 

 cessary in defctioe of the nests^ 

 and 3. The winged or perfect 

 insects, which are maie and 

 female, and ca^saUle of multi- 

 plying the species, 

 or rather iUlle^ of tlasse An^(for they are often elev^ed 



WBTB tan. 



