378 SYSTEM OF INSECTS. 
Def. Metamorphosis incomplete 3 . 
Legs inosculating, posterior coxae usually trans- 
verse. 
Elytra corneous, or coriaceous, without veins, 
united by a straight suture, so as mostly to 
cover the wings completely b . 
drag's longitudinally and transversely folded": 
neuration simple d . 
2. Strepsiptera e (Rhiphiptera Latr.) The cha- 
racters of this Order were first given in the Linncan 
Transactions, and it has been adopted by Latreille, who 
however, without sufficient reason, has changed the name 
originally imposed to Rhiphiptera f . Rossi, who was the 
first that discovered an insect of this Order, concluded 
that because it was parasitic it must be Hymcnoptcrons ; 
and it is certainly more nearly related to that Order than 
to the Diptera, amongst which M. Lamarck has arranged 
it, and with which it has no character in common, ex- 
cept having two wings. This is one of those Orders, 
consisting of few genera and species, which, from their 
connecting two circles, Mr. MacLeay has called oscu- 
lant, who places it between the Hymenoptcra and Coleo- 
ptera s. 
Def. Metamorphosis subincomplete h ? 
Pscudelytra twisted, attached to the anterior 
leg 5 . 
* Vol. I. p. G5. b In some genera, as Molorchus, 
&c, they do not completely cover the wings. Plate X. Fig. 1. 
Plate I. Fig. 4, 5. c In Buprcstis, MvlorcJms, &c, 
they are only longitudinally folded. ll Plate X. Fig. 4. 
e From s^t-tyis, a turning or (wisling, and -Ttn^ou. 
« Vol. III. p. 589. note . R Hor. Entomolo*. 371—. 
h Linn. Trans, xi. 96—. ' Ibid. i. ix.f. 1. d. 
