THE ECLECTIC, OR MODERN SYSTEM. 391 

 THE ECLECTIC, OTl MODERN SYSTEM. 



M. Clairville appears to have first conceived the 

 idea of uniting the principles of several of the pre- 

 ceding- systenis, an idea which has been followed up 

 by Latreille, Dr. Leach, and Mr. Stephens. 



Clairville '5 Classijication, 



I. Winged Insects fPterophoraJ. 



1. IVith jaws (Mandibulata) : — 



a. With wing-cases (Elijtroptera), 



h. With coriaceous winos (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. WiniTs partly opaque and partly translucent 



(Hem imerojjtera) . 



II. Wingless Insects (Aptera). 

 \, With a sucker (Haustellata). 



With a sharp sucker (Rophoptera) . 

 2. With jaws (Mandibulata). 



With legs formed for running (Pododimera), 



Latreille's Classijication*. 



I. Insects with more than Six Feet, and 

 WITHOUT Wings (Mijriapoda) . 



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



2. With many feet — millepedes (Chilopoda). 



II. Insects with Six Feet. 

 Without wings : — 



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



b, 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- 

 * Regne Animal, 8vo. Paris, 1829. 



