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THE ECLECTIC, OR MODERN SYSTEM. 



M. Clairville appears to have first conceived 

 the idea of uniting the principles of several of the 

 preceding systems, an idea which has been followed 

 up by Latreille, Dr Leach, and Mr Stephens. 

 Clairville^ s Classification. 

 I. Winged Insects (PteropJiora) . 



1. With j aivs {Mandihulata): — 



a, With wing-cases (Elytroptera). 



b, With coriaceous wings (Deratoptera). 



c, With netted wings (Dictyoptera). 



d, With veined wings (Phleboptera). 



2. With suckers (Haustellata): — 



a, Wings with poisers (Halteriptera). 



b, Wings powdery (Lepidoptera). 



c, Wings partly opaque and partly translucent 



(Hemimeroptera). 



II. Wingless Insects {Aptera). 



1. With a sucker (Haustellata). 

 With a sharp sucker (Rophoptera). 



2. With jaws (Mandibulata). 



With legs formed for running (Pododunera). 

 Latreille'' s Classification.^ 

 1. Insects with more than Six Feet, and 

 WITHOUT Wings (Myriapoda). 



1. With many jaws — wood-lice (Chilognatha), 



2. With many feet — millepedes (Chilopoda). 

 If. Insects with Six Feet. 



Without wings : — 



a, With organs of motion like feet (Thysanura). 

 6, Mouth with a retractile sucker (Parasita). 

 c, External mouth with a jointed tube enclosing 

 a sucker (Suctoria). ^ 



With four wings: — 



A, Upper wings crustaceous or coriaceous, at 



least at the base. 

 a, With the under wings folded crosswise — bee- 



* R^gne Animal, Svo. Paris, 1829. 



