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structure of the wings? Wliat niotli might seem to havo a 

 gTcatcr number? What is the structure of the mouth? How is 

 food obtained ? What is t))c number of these insects? Wliat 

 are their colours? Into what gioups are they divided? Are 

 ceHain butterflies limited to certain localities? What are the 

 hawk-moths? What other name is applied to them ? Name the 

 largest European species. Wliat are its dimensions ? Its habits ? 

 Why regarded with terror? How has the word "moth" been 

 used ? What size do some attain ? What proof can be given of 

 the minuteness of some caterpillare ? Why are some called 'sur- 

 veyors ?" What is said of the habits of the leaf-rollers and otlieiv ? 

 From what source is the supply of silk procured ? What is said 

 of its value in ancient Rome ? What of its abimdance in China ? 

 At what time were the eggs brought to Constantinople ? Uiider 

 what monarch introduced into his dominions ? 



OnoEU VII. HEMrpTERA. — P. lyO. — Is the mouth formed for 

 suction or mastication? What are the number and structure of 

 the wings? What insect of this order w.is in gicat repiite at 

 Athens? How is the cuckoo-spit produced ? On what do the 

 ^j»Ai<fe3 subsist ? What is the most remarkable circumstance in 

 their production ? To what family do the scale-insects belong ? 

 What is the appearance of the female? What is cochineal? 

 Where is it procured? How many insects may be in a ponn<l 

 weight? What other insects are mentioned as belonging to thip 

 order ? 



Okdek VITL DirTEKA. — P. 143. — How many wings have the 

 insects of this order ? Wliat is the mouth adapted for? How 

 many species are Jcnowii as natives of Ireland ? How maiiv 

 Em-opean species of the famil}- Muscidae? What is the use of ihc 

 flesh-tlics ? What is said of their powers of increase ? What of 

 annojauce fioni tlio house-llies ? Of sufferings from mustiaitoes * 

 Of initatiou from the gad-llies? Of tenor tiuisc-d by bot-tlics? 

 "W'^hat families are noted for their aerial dances? Wl.-at is .said of 

 alarm occiLsioncd by these flies ? What phenomenon was obsei ved 

 in 1842 ? Why do they thus congregate ? 



Onnnn IX. Aitera. — P. 148. — Into liow many orders i.s the 

 Linn.Tcan order Aptera now divided ? Give the scientitic name of 

 each order and its meaning. Give examples of the insects belong- 

 ing to each. 



Cla.ss V. Abaciixida. — P. 150. 



What animals arc included in the present class? What are 

 their characterLstic peculiarities? How many pair of legs have 

 they? What is said of the cjes ? What of the senses of hearing 

 and smell in the spiders? How is the poison of the spider con- 

 veyed ? Where is it lodged in the scoi-pion ? What is s;iid of tl <• 

 compound structure of the spider's thread? What of the two 

 kinds of thread composing the net of the garden spider? 'J'" 

 what use is one of these applied by the astronomer ? Is the spider 

 cruel ? What is gossamer ? What different modes of life are 

 observable among spiders? Wliat of their habitnlioiif ? What 

 of the affection of the female for hct voung ? 



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