110 MEMOIR OF ARISTOTLE. 



of what may be called his system, has been drawn 

 ^p from his works, especially the History of Ani- 

 mals : 



Coleoptera. 



Pedetica = Orthoj. tera sanatoria, I tr. 

 Astomata = Hemiptera, Latr. 

 Psychae = Lepidoptera. 



majora= Neuroptera, L. 



Pterota vel 

 Ptilota 



TVtrn nt Pm -I Orthoptera cursoria, Lat 

 letrapteraK Qpisthocentra = Hymen- 

 op tera. 

 f minora = Musca, TipiL- 



Diptera -j Emprotthocentra-Ct*fe^ 

 * Stomoxys,Tabanus,&c. 

 Pterota simul f Myrmex = Formica, L. 



et Aptera ( Pygolampis =Lampyris 9 L. 

 Aptera 



" It may be further stated, that Aristotle perceived 

 also the distinction between the Mandibulata and 

 Hausiellata of modern authors: for he observes, 

 that some insects having teeth are omnivorous; while 

 others, that have only a tongue, are supported by li* 

 quid food. He appears to have regarded the Hi/- 

 menoptera.) or some of them, as forming a third sub- 

 class ; since he clearly alludes to them, when he says 

 that many have teeth, not for feeding, but to help 

 them in fulfilling their instincts. 



" From the above statement it will appear, that 

 this great philosopher had no contemptible notion 

 though he has only distinguished three of them as 

 larger groups, by appropriate names of the majo- 

 rity of the order of insects at present admitted. His 

 Coleoptera, Psych <z, and Dipt era, are evidently 



