﻿PARTS OF AN INSECT. 



5? 



seen on top of the head between the compound eyes, and 

 these are called simjyle eyes. 



A B C D E F G II I 



Fig. 5G. — Antenna of Various Kinds of Insects. 

 A, Fly. 2>, Dragon-fly. G^ Bug. 



//, Beetle. 



B. Bee. 



(7, Green Grasshopper. 



E. Moth. 



F, Butterfly. 



/, Beetle. 



In many insects, as in the dragon-flies for example, the 

 compound eyes are very prominent and cover the sides of the 

 head, enabling the insect to look backward as well as forward. 



Fig. ST.— Showing Compound and Simple Eye8. 

 A^ Head of Fly, natural size. 



B, Head of Fly enlarged eight times ; c, compound eye ; s, simple ej'ea. 

 r, Portion of the surface of a compound eye highly magnified. 



