388 INSECT MISCELLANIES. 



With four wings (T8T«t7rT«§*). 



Gregarious (Gregaria). 



Making honey — bees, &c. (Mellijica). 



Not making honey (JVon mellijica). 



Solitary (Solitaria). 



Bee -formed (Jlpiformia). 



Wasp-formed ( Vespiformia). 



Butterfly-formed ( Papilionifoi'mia). 



With an ovipositor (SeticaudcB seu Tripilia), 



THE CIBARIAN. 



Fabricius, a Danish systematic writer of high cele- 

 brity, emulous of the fame of Linnoeus, conceived the 

 idea of classifying insects according to the structure 

 of their mouths, or their feeding organs {instrumenta 

 cibaria) . 



Fabricius^a Classification. I^f^/ 



p1 



A. 



1. With the lower jaws naked, free, and carrying 



palpi — beetles ( Eleutherata) . 



2. With the lower jaws covered by an obtuse shield 



or lobe — locusts, crickets, &c. (Ulonata). 



3. With the lower jaws jointed at the base, and join- 



ed with the hp — lace- wing flies, &c. (Synisiata). 



4. With the lower jaws horny, compressed, and often 



elongated — bees. Wasps, &:.c. (Piezata). 



5. With the lower jaws horny, toothed, and having 



two palpi — dragon-flies, «fcc. (Opontata). 



6. With the lower jaws horny, vaulted, and no palpi 



— centipedes, wood-lice, &c. (Mitosata). 

 B. 



7. With the lower jaws horny, and armed with a 



claw — spiders, &c. (Unogata). 

 C. 



8. With many jaws within the lip, the palpi mostly 



six (Polygonata). 



