ORDER NEUROPTERA. 3/ 



Tribe IV.— Corrodentia. 



Family 5. Psocidce or Book Mites. 

 ,, 6. Embiidae or Agile Mites. 



Tribe V. — Socialia. 

 • Family 7. TermitiDe or White Ants. 



Tribe VL — Physopoda (or Thrips). 



Family 8. Tubulifera. 

 ,, 9. Terebrantia. 



Tribe VII. — Mallophaga (or Bird-lice). 



Family 10. Philopteridae. 

 ,, II. Liotheidae. 



Tribe VIII. — Thysanura (or Bristle-tails). 



Family 12. Lepismid^. 

 ,, 13. Campodeidse. 

 „ 14. Japygidae. 



Tribe IX. — Collembola (or Spring-tails), 



Family 15. Smynthm-idae. 



,, 16. Papyriidae. 



,, 17. Degeeriadae. 



,, 18. Poduridae. 



„ 19. Amouridae. 



Sub-Order i. — Planipennia. 



The Planipennia contains the most typical forms of the Neurop- 

 tera. This sub-order is sub-divided into six families, four only of 

 which contain representatives in the British Isles. They are most 



Fig. 43. — Myrmeleon Formicarius. 



abundant in the tropical parts of the world, where also the most 

 handsome and curious forms occur. 



Family i, Myrnieleonticice. — The Ant Lions are the most familiar 

 and important members of this family. The common Ant Lion 



