CLASSIFICATION OF » SBi F8 



Order '■'■. Orthoptera 

 straight, nol oft< a used in lliirhi; bind « ' hen 



.ii real under the tirsl pair; metamorphosis incomplete; pup 

 optenus, Locusts Phaneroptera, A.chel 



Order 4. Platyptera. Bodj usuallv Battened; pronotum usually 

 large and Bquare; often wu x ! 5a or bird-lic< P 



Psoi us, \\ bite ants i 



Order 5. Odonata Prothorax Bmall; remainder of the th< 

 spherical; both ; of nearly the same size, uet-veined. 



Larva ;ui«l pupa aquatic; labium <>f the larva forming a large mask, 

 ion, Libellula. | 



.it ti. Plectoptera. — Mouth parN nearlj obsolete; wings net- 

 veined, hinder pair Bmall, sometimes wauting; abdomen ending in 

 three filaments. Larva? aquatic, with large jaws, and with gills on 

 the sides of the biud body. I Ephemera 



Order 7 Thysanoptera Mouth-parts forming a short conical 

 sucker; palpi present; wings narrow, nol veined, fringed; 

 bulbous at the end, without claws (Tbri] 



Ordei 8 Hemiptera Mouth-parts forming a sucking beak; pro- 

 thorax usually large; fore wings often thickened al pupa 

 activi I ;i \. Anna. Pentatoma, Cicada bis.) 



- 11. Metabola, or with a complete metamorphos 



• i '.' Neuroptera \\'in_ r - uet-veined; mouth-parts fi 

 adapted for Muni:, ligula large, rounded; pronotum large and 

 square Lai a aquatic. « orydalus, Chi M 



ler 10. Mecaptera. \\ ings somewhat nel veil 

 head lengthened into a beak-like projection. 

 (Panorpa, Bon i 



iii 11. Trichoptera —Wind's and body lik ol Hneid 



moths; mandibles obsolete in the imago. Larvae usually aqu 

 living in ca» - Phrygam 



Order L2. Coleoptera. Fore wings thick, ensheathing th( 

 pair, which arc alone used in bight; mouth-pa iptcd for 



biting; metamorphosis complete. (Doryphora, Prionus, Lucanus, 

 1 [arpalus, ( 'icindeli 



Order 18. Siphonaptera. -Wingless; mouth-parts adapted for suck 

 ing. Larva? maggot-like, bul with a well-d< i head 



uth-parts. I PuT i 



Order 14. Diptera Only two wings; mouth-parts adapted for 

 lapping and sucking; a complete metamorpbo: GSstrus, 



Byrphus, i ecidomyia, Tipula, Culex 



Order IS. Lepidoptera. Bod} and w 

 maxillse lengthened into a very long 

 with abdominal legs. (Tinea, Geometn Y 

 1 ' 



Order 16. Hynienoptera — Wings clear, with - month 



parts with a variety of functions, u . biting, liquids 



In the higher families the thorax consists of 1 

 abdominal segment of the larva being trai ihe thoi 



tin pupa and imago. Metamorphosis complete I ' ynips, 



Ichneumon, Sphex, Vespa, Aj - 



