INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



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Khomalea centurio (Drury.) 

 Tettix ornata (Say.) 



femorata Scudd (Md. 

 Tettigidea lateralis (Harr.) 



Rliomalea marci Serv. 

 Tetlix oxycephala Burm. 



Tettigidca polyniorpha (Burm ) (Ala.) 



FAMILY MANTID^. 



The insects of this family are raptatorial, and prey upon other insects. 

 The common South Carolina species is Ilcuitis Carolina Linn., commonly 

 known as the " Rear-horse." It is common all through the South, but 

 was originally described from Carolina. » 



ORDER NEUROPTERA. 



[Wiiigs four, membranous, net-veined, generally large and of nearly equal size; 

 Mouth-parts formed for biting : Metamorphosis complete or incomplete: Abdomen 

 of female with no sting or piercer.] 



This is a very heterogeneous Order, and none of its members are of 

 sufficient importance economically to merit special mention here Dr. 

 Hagen, in his synopsis (1S61), mentions eight hundred and twelve 

 North American, of which twenty-nine onh' are from Carolina, while 

 one hundred and four are from Georgia. This, however, cannot be 

 taken as an index to the true number of species in the State 



CLASS ARACHNOIDEA. 



[Body of two regions (cephalo-thorax and abdomen) : thorax with eight legs : ab- 

 domen with six spinarets: head without antenn* : No metamorphosis.] 



ORDER ARANEINA. SPIDERS. 



[Jaws used exclusively for biting; abdomen spherical, sac-shaped, not divided 

 into segments, and attached to the cephalo-thorax by a slender pedicel.] 



