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dj With twenty-four feet, 

 c, With thirty feet. 

 /, With many feet {n.owmS'A). 

 Land Insects (Terrestria). 

 With a roundish body — millepedes (Tereti 



seu subrotundi). 

 With a flat or compressed body- — centipedes 



(Piano seu compressa). 

 Water Insects (Aquatica). 

 With a round body (Corpore tereti). 

 With a flat body (Corpore piano). 

 With a double tail (Bicaudatum). 



II. Insects undergoing Transformations, 



1. Transformations instantaneous (Transmutatio 



instantanea): — 



a, Lace-winged flies (LibellcB seu Perl(B)f &c. 



b, Wild bugs (Cimices sylvestres). 



c, Locusts and mantes (Locustce). 



d, Field-crickets (Grylli campestres). 

 c, Hearth-crickets (Grylli domestici). 

 /, Mole-cricket (Gryllo talpa). 



g, Tree-hoppers (Cicadce). 

 h, Cock-roaches (Blaitce). 

 i, Crane-flies (Tipulce). 

 k, Water-scorpion (Scorpius aquaticus). 

 I, Water-flies (Miiscce aquaticcB). 

 m, May-flies ( Hemerobii). 

 n, Ear-wigs (Forjicula seu Auricularia). 



2. Transformations tiuofold (Metamorphosis du- 



plex): — 



a, With wing-cases — beetles (KjiXso^rrggat seu Va- 



gini ptnnia). 



b, Without wing cases {''Aviwr^ct). 



With mealy wings — butterflies and moths 



(Alis farinaceis). 

 With membranaceous wings — bees, flies 



(Alis membranaceis). 

 With two wings (A/^Teg«). 



