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TRIBE I. SCOLIET*. 



Anterior segment of trunk laterally prolonged to the inser- 

 tion of the wings; antennae of females close-jointed; feet 

 thick, spinous ; thighs arcuated ; antennae straight, length ol 

 head and thorax in males, shorter and arcuated in females, in 

 the upper wings of some a radial cell. Scolia Mcincta, pi. 31, 

 f. 111. 



TRIBE II. SAPYGITBS. 



Feet in both sexes slender, slightly spinous or ciliated, in 

 some smooth ; antennae length of head and thorax. Sapvga 

 pritma. 



TRIBE III. POMPILII. 



Prothorax square, either transverse or longitudinal ; poste. 

 rior margin nearly straight ; abdomen somewhat ovoid, narrow 

 at its base ; inside of tv> o posterior legs with a pencil of hair. 

 Pompilui viaticus, pi. 33, f. 113. 



TRIBE IV. SPHEGIDES. 



Prothorax forming a jointed neck, narrowed in front; base 

 of abdomen produced into a long pencil ; three complete cubi- 

 tal cells. Podium nigripes, p!. 34, f. ill. 



TRIBE V. BBMBBCIDBS. 



Labinm quite apparent, or much produced. Bembex roitrata, 

 pi. 34, f. 115. 



TRIBE VI. LABRAT.B. 



Laorum quite concealed, or scarcely perceptible ; abdomen 

 conical, or couically ovoid ; mandibles deeply notched on the 

 lower side. Labra Ichneumon! formit. 



TRIBE VI I. NYSSONII. 



Mandibles without notch ; labrum concealed, or hardly per- 

 ceptible ; abdomen ovoid or conical. Nysson maculatui. 



TRIBE VIII. CRABRONITES. 



Labrum hid, or not protruding ; abdomen oval or elliptical, 

 increasing from the base to the extremity, elaviform; head 

 frequently very large. Crabro cribrarius, pi. 34, f. 118. 



FAMILY V. DIPLOPTERA. 



Wings longitudinally folded; antennae geniculate, clavate ; 

 eyes notched ; prothorax reaching insertion of upper wings ; 

 feet not fitted for collecting pollen. 



TRIBE I. VESPARI.X . 



Antennae twelve or thirteen-jointed, coniform, and pointed ; 

 labium sometimes divided into four plumose filaments, some- 

 times trilobed, with four glandular points. Synagris cornuta, 

 pi. 34, f. 119. 



TRIBE II. MASARIDES. 



Antennae eight or ten-jointed, button-shaped at tip ; labrum 

 with two filaments at its termination, retiring into a tube 

 formed by the base. Masarit apiformii, pi. 34, f. 120. 



FAMILY VI. MELLIFERA. 



Wings extended ; first joint of posterior tarsi large, com- 

 pressed, square, or triangular, provided with a tuft of hair 

 adapted for collecting pollen of flowers; jaws and lip long, 

 narrow, produced into a proboscis ; chin elongated, supported 

 on a pedicle ; labium mostly lanceolate or filiform, long and 

 hairy. 



TRIBE I. ANDRENBT.S. 



In some species the intermediate division of the labrum 

 widened into a heart-shape, and sometimes lanceolate, always 

 shorter than the chin, nearly straight, or simply folded up. 

 wards; jaws and lip forming a proboscis bent downwards. 

 Andrem pilipet, pi. 34, f. 121. 



TRIBE II. APIARIJS. 



Intermediate division of the labium filiform or setaceous, at 

 least the length of the sheath, bent downwards ; jaws and lip 

 lengthened into a proboscis, folded downwards in repose ; labial 

 palpi compressed, filamentary scaly. Apis centhuncularia, pi. 

 S3, f. 122. 



ORDER IX. LEPIDOPTERA. 



Four membranaceons wings, covered with a farina composed 

 of minute scales, and having a trunk spirally rolled up, inserted 

 at the mouth. 



FAMILY I. DIURNA. 



TRIBE I. PAPILIONIDES, 



Legs with a pair of spurs or spines; four wings perpendicu- 

 larly elevated in repose: antennae either claviforra or nearly 

 filiform, destitute of hooks, except in one genus, in which they 

 are plumose and setaceous in one of the sexes. Papilio Chil- 

 dreni, pi. 34, f. 123. 



TRIBE II. HESPERIDES. 



Two pair of spurs on the posterior legs ; lower wings nearly 

 horizontal in repose ; antennae terminated by a button or a 

 club, in some with a terminal hook ; in others filiform, with a 

 slender extremity bent and pointed. Hetperia malc<e, pi. 34, 

 f. 184. 



FAMILY II. CREPUSCULARI-B. 



With a stiff, horny bristle near the insertion of the lower 

 wings, at their margin, entering a groove below the upper ones, 

 keeping them horizontal in repose ; antenna* clavifurm elon- 

 gated, frequently pectinated or serrated. Caterpillars with 

 sixteen large feet 



TRIBE I. HESPERIA SPHINGES. 



Antennae simple, clavate, hooked at tip, and destitute of a 

 tult of scales. Castnia acroeoides, pi. 34, f. 125. 



TRIBK II. SFMINGIDES. 



f. 126. 



TRIBE III. ZYO&NIDES. 



Antennae, for the most part, devoid of tufted scales at their 

 points, fusiform, or ram's-horn-shaped ; labial palpi slender, 

 compressed, cylindrical, or conical, third joint very distinct 

 Zygana pulchella, pi. 34, f. (tie) 127.* 



FAMILY III. NOCTURNA. 

 Wings horizontal or inclined in repose ; antennae setaceous. 



TRIBE I. BOMBYCITES. 



Antennae of males pectinated or serrated ; trunk very short, 

 or nearly none ; body woolly and thick in the females ; wings 

 frequently extended, and when inclined, lower ones margin 

 the upper, or are turned up. Bombyx pavonia, pi. 34, f. 128- 



TRIBE II. NOCTCO-BOMBYCITES. 



Spiral trunk very short, or none ; some of the males have 

 antennae proceeding interiorly with a double row of bristles ; 

 females in some, and both sexes in others, with a series of short 

 rounded teeth. Cotsusmacmurtreifl. 34, f. 127. 



TRIBE III. TINEITBS. 



Upper wings long and contracted, lower ones broad and 

 plicated, resting horizontally on the body in some, on others 

 hanging nearly vertically on the sides, and raised upwards be- 

 hind ; body cylindrical, or elongated ; labial palpi, in some short, 

 nearly cylindrical, in others thrown backwards in the form of 

 horns ; antennae usually simple. Tinea tapizana, pi. 34, f. 129. 



TRIBE IV. NOCTUJELITES. 



Nocturnal with entire wings, horizontally extended, or form- 

 ng a triangle with the body ; tarsi and labial palpi bent, com- 

 ressed, clothed with scales, and terminating abruptly by a 



ing a triangle with the body ; tarsi and labial palpi bent, com- 

 pressed, clothed with scales, and terminating abruptly by a 

 joint more slender and shorter than the preceding. Noctua 



oculata, pi. 34, f. 130. 



! TRIBE V. TORTRICES. 



Wings in repose, slightly sloped, or horizontal ; body broad, 

 short, somewhat triangular. Herminia Sidonia, pi. 34, f. 131. 



TRIBE VI. PHAL^ENITES. 



Body frequently slender ; wings extended or in a flattened 

 slope; trunk very minute, or none; antennae pectinated in 

 many males, f/taltsna machaonaria, pi. 34, f. 132. 



TRIBE VII. CRAHBITES. 



Wings, either vertical or in a flattened slope, upper ones long 

 and narrow, under ones broad. Crambus retutalis, pi. 34, 

 f. 133. 



TRIBE VIII. PTEROPHORITES. 



Wings either in two, or all cleft; body slender, elongated; 

 feet long; antennae simple; trunk distinct; wings sometimes 

 remote from the body, in i.thers inclined and close. Orneodes 

 hexadactylut, pi. 34, f. 134. 



ORDER X. STREPSIPTERA. 



Wings two, naked and membranous, accompanied by two 

 balancers, longitudinally folded, forming nearly the quadrant 

 of a circle ; metamorphosis incomplete. 



This order consists but of two genera. Stylopi Childreni, 

 pi. 34, f. 135. 



ORDER XI DIPTERA. 



With two membranous extended wings, and a balancer under 

 each in most species ; six feet; provided with a sucker, com- 

 posed of a variable number of scaly, setaeform pieces, either 

 inclosed in the upper furrow of a sheath, or iuarticulated pro- 

 boscis, terminated by two lips, or cased in one or two plates. 



SECTION I. 



Head large or of medium size, distinct from the thorax; 

 tarsi al hooks simple, or unidentated ; sucker inclosed in a sheath. 



FAMILY I. NEMOCERA. 



Antennae with six joints at least, but usually with fourteen 

 to sixteen. 



TRIBE I. CDHCIDES. 



Palpi produced, and very hairy, particularly in the males ; 

 antennae filiform, length of head and thorax, fourteen plumose 

 joints in the males ; eyes lunate ; trunk cylindrical, lengthened, 

 and projecting, and tumid at the point, inclosing a sucker of 

 six pieces. Oulex pipient, pi. 34, f. 136. 



TRIBE II. TIITLARI.I. 



Rostrum sometimes very short, terminated by two large 

 labiform processes, sometimes in the form of asiphpn, directed 

 longitudinally under the body, sucker of two pieces: palpi 

 sligtitly crinated, usually beat, very short and elevated. Ti. 

 puta oleracea, pi. 34, f. 137. 



