DER PLATTPTEIiA. 





!ii!\ Perlidae Bodj i"ii. r and B 

 long and thnml likr; abdomen ending in two lonj 



J 9 V 



Fio. 5!.— A Perlld iNVmounO. o, pupa (nymph) an<l imapo. 



with Lransversi reins, and folded flat on the back. The larva- and 

 pupae active, living undi ims, the imagines frequent- 



ing damp. Bhady plac< - by w man; 



> i \\ man. 

 Family Psocidne. Small insects, with shorl cylindrical b 

 small prothorax, and a swollen clypi mbling 



Aphides; wings small, deflexed, with few / \ 



living on lichens, etc., and on the under side of 

 leaves. /'- Walker, i tecilius 1 



The book-louse, .!//•<■. 

 is wingless; il is sometimes called the "death- 



Kit*. 





watch or '• death-tick," from being erroneously su] 

 ticking noise like the Amobium beetle, li is 

 and is injurious to cabinet specimens of small u. deli- 



cate insi 



FamilyEmbidaB. — Body long, Bat, and narrow itb few 



veins. Embm stiri ' Westw., Egypt, none in the I 



Family Termitidse.— The white ants in - - j re- 



semble the cockroaches, but they arc smaller, with nan 



