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d. With twenty- four feet. 



e. With thirty feet. 



/, With many feet (noXycra^a). 

 Land Insects (Terrestria). 

 With a roundish body — millepedes (Tereti 



seu subrotandi). 

 With a flat or compressed body — centipedes 



fPlcmo seu compressa). 

 Water Insects (Aquatica). 

 With a round body (Corpore tereti), \ 

 With a flat body (Corpore piano). 

 With a double tail (Bicandatum). 



II. Insects undergoing Transformations, 



1. Transformations instantaneous (Transmutatio 



instantanea) : — 

 a., Lace-winged tlies (LihellcE seu Perlc^), &c. 



b. Wild bugs (Cimices sylvestres). 



c. Locusts and mantes (Locustce). 



d. Field-crickets (Grylli campestres). 



e. Hearth-crickets (Grylli domestici). 

 /, Mole-cricket (Gryllo talpa). 



^, Tree-hoppers (Cicadas). 

 h. Cock-roaches (Blattce). 

 i. Crane-flies (Tiyidcp). 

 k. Water-scorpion (Scorpius aquaticus). 

 I, Water- flies (Muscce aquaticce). 

 on, May-flies (Hemerobii). 

 n. Ear-wigs (Forficida seu Auricularia). 



2. Transformations two-fold (Metamorphosis du- 



plex) :— 

 a, With wing-cases^ — beetles (KaXioTrn^K seu Va- 



gi?ii pemiia). 

 h. Without wing-cases ('AvsXyr^a). 



With mealy wings — butterflies and moths 



(Alis farinaceis). 

 With mera])ranaceous wings — bees, flies (Alis 



membranaceis) . 

 With two wings (A^^rrJ^a). 



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