108 CLASS VIII. ORDER X. 



CYNIPS, (gall-fly,) mouth with jaws, but with 

 out proboscis ; piercer or sting spiral, generally 

 concealed. 



GHRYSIS, (gold-wasp,) mouth with jaws, with* 

 out proboscis ; antennae filiform with the first joint 

 lengthened the other 11 short; abdomen arched 

 beneath, with a lateral scale on each side ; vent 

 dentated ; piercer subexsert ; wings flat ; body 

 gilded. 



FORMICA, (ant,) head large, with diffracted fili- 

 form antennae ; mouth with large jaws and 4 un- 

 equal feelers ; thorax narrowed behind and furn- 

 ished with an upright scale ; abdomen subglo- 

 bose ; neutrals apterous; neutrals and females 

 furnished with a concealed sting* 



MUTILLA, antennae filiform ; body downy ; 

 thorax retuse behind ; wings frequently wanting ; 

 sting concealed. 



SPHEX, (solitary- wasp,) mouth with jaws, with- 

 out tongue ; antennae of 10 joints ; wings flat, in- 

 cumbent, not plaited ; sting concealed. 



VESPA, (wasp, hornet,) mouth with jaws, with- 

 out proboscis ; upper wings plaited ; sting con- 

 cealed ; eyes lunated ; body smooth. 



APIS, (bee,) mouth furnished with jaws and an 

 inflected proboscis with 2 bivalve sheaths ; wings 

 flat, or without plaits ; sting concealed in the fe- 

 male and neutral bees. 



ORDER 10. LEP1DOPTERA. 



Having four membranaceous wings, generally 

 large, covered with small scales. The scales ap- 

 pear like dust ? when brushed off under the naked 

 eye. 



PAPILIO, (butterfly,) antennae thickening to- 



