108 CLASS VIII. ORDER X. 
Cynips, (gall-fly,) mouth with jaws, but with- 
out proboscis ; piercer or sting spiral, generally 
concealed. 
Curysis, (gold-wasp,) mouth with jaws, with- 
out proboscis; antenne 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 antenne ; 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. 
Motitua, antenne filiform ; body downy 3; 
thorax retuse behind ; wings frequently wanting ; 
sting concealed. 
Spuex, (solitary-wasp,) mouth with jaws, with- 
out tongue ; antennz of 10 joints; wings flat, in- 
cumbent, not plaited ; sting concealed. 
Vespa, (wasp, hornet,) mouth with jaws, with- 
out proboscis ; upper wings plaited ; “biagle con- 
cealed ; eyes junated ; body smooth. 
Aris, (bee,) mouth furnished with j 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. LEPIDOPTERA. | 
Having four membranaceous wings, generally 
large, covered with small scales. The scales ap- 
pear like dust, when brushed off under the naked 
eye. 
Papiio, (butterfly,) antenne thickening to- 
