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or scale- winged ; 4. 

 Neuroptera, or nerve- 

 winged ; 5. Hymenop- 

 tera, or membrane- 

 winged; 6. Diptera, 

 two- winged ; and, 7. 

 Aptera, or wing - 

 less: the Greek word 

 pteron, signifying " a 

 wing," furnishes the 

 termination to each 

 of these titles ; the 

 prefix is also derived 

 from the Greek, and 

 its import may be de- 

 rived from the trans- 



