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TABULAR SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS II., III., IV. 

 A. Insects with biting jaws. 



ORDER I. COLEOPTERA (jcoXeoe = koleos, a sheath ; -nrepov = 



pteron, a wing}. 

 Pupa inactive. 

 Fore-wings horny or leathery, covering the hind- 



wings. 

 Hind-wings with branching nerves, folded 



lengthwise and across. 

 Examples. Cockchafer, Devil's coachhorse, 



Ladybird, &c. 



ORDER II. EUPLEXOPTERA (ev = eu, well; TrXeicroc = plectos, 



folded). 



Pupa active, resembling larva and imago. 

 Fore-wings leathery, very small, not quite cover- 



ing the hind- wings. 

 Hind- wings large, with radiating nerves, folded 



lengthwise like a fan, then folded twice 



across. 

 Example. Earwig. 



ORDER III. ORTHOPTERA (o^dog = orthos, straight). 

 Pupa active, resembling larva and imago. 

 Fore-wings parchment-like. 

 Hind- wings large, with radiating veins, folding 

 . like a fan. 



Examples. Cockroaches, Grasshoppers. 



