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9. Cimex or Bug trite.-Have a snout 



the antennas longer than the thorax ; and the legs 



for running, and not for leaping " 



Bed-bug ' 



ORDER III. LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



These have four wings, covered with minute scales. 



10. Butterfly trite. Have the antennae thickest towards the 

 tip 



Large White Butterfly 



Nettle Tortoiseshell Butterfly 



11. Moth trite.-Have the antennae thickest towards the base 287 

 Silk-worm 287 | Clothes Moth ^ 



ORDER IV. NEUROPTEROUS INSECTS. 

 These have four wings, veined like net-work. Tail without sting. 



12. Dragon-fly trite.-Have the tail forked, the mouth with 

 many jaws, and the wings expanded 



Great Dragon-fly 



13. Ephemera trite.-Have the tail with two or three bristles, 

 the mouth without teeth, and the wings erect 



Common Ephemera, or May-fly 



U. Myrmeleon or Ant-eater trite. Have the tail forked, the 

 mouth with two teeth, and the wings deflected 



Ant-lion v 



ORDER V. HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



In these the tail is armed with a sting. 



15. Wasp trite.- Have a painful sting, and the upper wings 

 folded 



Hornet 290 | Common Wasp & 



16. Bee trite Have a painful sting, and a tongue bent under 

 their head J 



Hive Bee ibt 



17. Ant tribe. Have a blunt sting. The males and females 

 have wings, and the neuters are without 292 



Horse Emmet, or Great Hill-ant ib 



