388 INSECT MISCELLANIES. 



With four winS (Tirx^rri^cc). 



Gr egario u s (Gregaria) . 



Making honey bees, &c. (Mellifaa). 



Not making honey (Non mellifica). 



Solitary (Solitaria). 



Bee-formed (Apiformia). 



Wasp-formed (Vespiformia) . 



Butterfly-formed (Papilioniformia) . 



With an ovipositor (Setwaudce seu Tripilia). 



THE CIBARIAN, MAXILLARY, OR MOUTH SYSTEM. 



FABRICIUS, a Danish systematic writer of high cele- 

 brity, emulous of the fame of Linnaeus, conceived the 

 idea of classifying insects according to the structure 

 of their mouths, or their feeding organs (Instru- 

 menta cibaria). 



Fabricius's Classification. 



A. 



1. With the lower jaws naked, free, and carrying 



palpi beetles (Eleutherata) . 



2. With the lower jaws covered by an obtuse shield 



or lobe locusts, crickets, &c. (Ulonata). 



3. With the lower jaws jointed at the base, and joined 



with the lip lace-wing flies, &c. (Synistata). 



4. With the lower jaws horny, compressed, and often 



elongated bees, wasps, &c. (Piezata.) 



5. With the lower jaws horny, toothed, and having two 



palpi dragon-flies, &c. (Opontata). 



6. With the lower jaws horny, vaulted, and no palpi 



centipedes, wood-lice, &c. (Mitosata). 

 B. 



7. With the lower jaws horny, and armed with a 



claw spiders, &c. (Unogata). 

 C. 



8. With many jaws within the lip, the palpi mostly 



six (Polygonyta), 



