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Soe Beschouwing der Wonderin Gods in de Mius- 
—_—— en et of Nederlandsche Insecten. Amster- 
In three volumes, quarto. 
Planches enluminées, par Daubenton le jeune. Folio. 
This work contains of several very rare insects, 
y of the lepidopterous order. 
Ez ides A Cesaree Nature Curiosorum. 
Quarto. 
Erucarnm Ortus, Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamor- 
phosts, par Mariam Sibillam Merian. Amstelodami. 
cr iharh Eusebii Voet Descriptiones et. Icones Coleop- 
terorum. 
Lichtenstein Catal. Mus. Holthu 
x Bele amen d. Gesellschaft’ Ni orschender Freunde 
sellachaft -aage af ‘Hallischen Naturforschenden Ge- 
und Leipzig. Octavo. 
mee Commentaria Petropolitana. Quarto. 
CLASSIFICATION , 
By this term, we mean the distribution of insects in- 
to subclasses, orders, tribes, families, genera, and spe~- 
cies ; and we shall take our outline from the system pro- 
posed by Dr Leach, of which the following is a tabular 
view. 
Susciass I. AMETABOLIA. 
Insects undergoing no metamorphoses. 
Orver I. Tuysancra. Tail armed with sete. 
Orper IJ. Anopitvura. Tail without sete. 
Sunctass II. METABOLIA. 
Insects undergoing metamorphoses. 
Century I. Exryrnroprera. Insects with el 
Conors. I. Ovontostoma. Mouth with les. 
*M incomplete. 
Orpver III. Coteoprera. Wi transversely fold- 
ed ; elytra crustaceous, covering 
suture 
ie wings, with the 
t. 
** Metamorphosis nearly coarctate. 
Orper IV. Srrepsiprera. Wings longitudinally 
folded ; elytra coriaceous, not covering the wings. 
+e M hoses ie: 
Orper V. Dermartera. Wings longitudinally and 
transversely folded; elytra somewhat crustaceous, 
viated, with the suture straight. 
Onver VI. Orrnoprera. Wings longitudinally 
folded ; the internal margin of one hs hada covering the 
same part of the other ; pgs 
Orper VII. yrtoanblh yg wings Vings lotigitadinally 
folded twice or more ; el oe is aman nervous, one 
the other obliq 
Couors. II. rare sdhice out with an articulated 
suture. M 
Century II. Mubuworsen In Teese without wings 
or el ytra.. 
Onver X.. Aprera. Mouth with a tubular sucking 
rostrum. M incomplete. 
Cenrury IIL Gymnoprena. 
nsects with wings, but 
no elytra, 
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Hamb ar oder gesammlete Schriften 
aus der Naturforchung, &c. | 
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—- Maregraaf de Leibstatt Historia rene 
rriiler et Iter per Poseg. 
Nicalan Mabirt Spectr FlchomiBat, w@neis ore sem 
Paris. Folio. 
Neuer Schauplaz der Natur, 
Schmeidleins Taschenbuch fiir Insectenfreunde. 
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Conors. I. Giossosroma. Mouth with a spiral Auietabilias 1 
Orver XT. Leripoprera. Wings for ae 
naceous, with covered vaumiucae 
Conors. II. any ir oe Mouth with maxillee 
and lip. 
Nt ae shgroneeatenaee four, membra- = | 
Couors. III. Oponrostoma. Mouth with mandibles, 
maxille, and li rte was mre 
Orver XIII. Nevroprera. Four highly reticiila- 
ted wings, generally probes anus of the female | 
without a sting, or compound borer. Nees” 
Orver XIV. Hymenoprera. Four ‘venose win 
hinder ones smallest ; anus of the female with a 
or with a borer or oviduct. 
Conors. IV. SrpHonosroma. Mouth lah, eee 
for sucking. 
Orver XV. Diprera. Wings, and halteres or ba- 
lancers two. 
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Suscuass I. INSECTA AMETABOLIA. | 
Orver I. THYSANURA. a 
Tail furnished with sete, or filaments. Mouth with Taveanu- 
mandibles, palpi, labrum, and labium, 
The bodies of the animals which compose this order, 
are generally covered with scales or hair. Their mo- " 
tion is ee rapid, or performed by leaping. 
Treel. Leprsmipes. a 
Palpi very distinct and prominent, or exserted. An- 
tenn of a vast number of very short joints. 
Tail with exserted seta. | 
Famiry I.. Lepismida. 
Body d , and moving with a ron mo- 
tion. rarer lees nearly equal patie 
Genus I. Lerrsma. Linn Geer, Fabr. Latr. 
Seroura. Brown. dl 
Forsrerma. Geoff. Lamarck. 
Antermee inserted between the eyes. — 
pi slender, composed of five joints, the!laat of whi 
elongate, and very slender. Labial with their 
joints compressed, dilated, andround, “Eyes small and’ 
vemote. 
— 
1. Lepis- 
MA. 
ae 
Sp.1. Sacharina, Body covered with eo scales, Sucharina 
Lepisma sacharina. bien ‘Fabr. Latr. 
