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(Gyrinidce) — Short- Winged Beetles (Staphylinidce)—Paussidce — Pselaphidce — Burymg- 

 Beetles (Silphidas) — Hairy-Winged Beetles (Trichopterygidce)—Histerid(e — Nitidulidce — 

 Dermestidce — Hydrophilidce — Stag- Beetles (Lucanicke) — Passalidce — Tribe Lamelli- 

 comia — Buprestidce — Click- Beetles (Elateridce) — Lycidce — Glow- Beetles (Lampyridce) 

 — Telephoridce — Cleridce — Ptinidce — Section Heteromera — Tenebrionidce — Ehipidophoridce 

 — Meloidce — Stylopidos — Section Tetramera — Weevils (Curculionidce) — Scolytidce — 

 Brenthidm — Anthribidce — Longicorn Beetles (Cerambycido:) — Bruchidm — Chrysomelidce — 

 Section Trimera — Lady-Birds (Coccinella), . . . . . .123 



CHAPTER V. — Jointed Animals, — continued ; Insects, — concluded. Orders N-europtera, 



Orthoptera, Rhynchota, etc. 



Characters of Neuroptera— Caddis-Flies (Suborder Trichoptera) — Phryganeidce, etc. — Flat- 

 Winged Group (Suborder Planipennia) — Scorpion-Flies (Panorpidce) — Snake-Flies and 

 Adder-Flies (Sialidce) — Mantis-Flies (Mantis-pidce) — Nemopteridce — Ant-Lions (Myr- 

 meleontidce) — Lace-Wing Flies (Hemorobiidce and Chrysopidce) — Order Orthoptera — 

 Dragon-Flies (Odonata) — Libellulidce — JEschnidce — Agrionidcc- — May-Flies (Ephemeridce) 

 —Stone-Flies (Perlidce) — Termites, or White-Ants (Termitidce) — Book-Lice (Psocidce) — 

 — Bird-Lice (Mallophaga) — True Orthoptera — Crickets {Gryllida) — Long-Horned 

 Grasshoppers (Locustidce) — Locust Tribe (Acridiidce) — Stick- and Leaf-Insects (Phas- 

 midce) — Praying Insects (Mantidoz) — Cockroaches (Blattidce) — Earwigs (Forjiculidce) — 

 Order Rhynchota — Land-Bugs (Geocorisa) — Water-Bugs ( Hydrocorisa) — Cicadas 

 (Cicadidce) — Lantern-Flies (Fulgoridcc) — Frog-Hoppers (Gercopida?) — Leaf-Flies (Psyl- 

 lidce)— Plant- Lice (Aphida) — Scale-Insects (Coccidcc) — True Lice (Pediculina) — Order 

 Thysanoptera — Order Thysanuru, , . , , . . .159 



CHAPTER VI. — Jointed Animals, — continued. Centipedes, Millipedes, Scorpions, 

 and Spiders,— Classes Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Arachnida, etc. 



Characters of Centipedes — Subclass Anartiostigma — Subclass Artiostigma — Orders Litho- 

 biomorpha, Scolopendromorpha, and Geophilomorpha — The Millipedes (Class Diplopoda) 

 — Their Subclasses and Orders — Scorpions, Spiders, Ticks, etc. (Class Arachnids) — 

 Their Characteristics — The Scorpions (Order Scorpiones) — The Whip-Scorpion and their 

 Allies (Order Pedipalpa) — Order Palpigradi — The True, or Web-Spiders (Order 

 Aranece) — Segmented Group (Suborder Mesothelai) — Typical Group (Suborder Opistho- 

 thclce) — The various Tribes and Families of the same — The False Spiders (Order Soli- 

 fugce) — The False Scorpions (Order Pseudoscorpiones) — The Harvest-Spiders (Order 

 Opiliones) — Suborder Laniatores — Suborder Palpatores — Group Ricinulei — The 

 Mites and Ticks (Order Acari) — Aberrant Types, ..... 204 



CHAPTER VII. — The Jointed Animals, — concluded. The Sea-Spiders, King-Crabs, 

 Crustaceans, etc., — Classes Pantopoda, Gigantostraca, Crustacea, etc. 



Characters of Sea-Spiders — The King-Crabs (Class Gigantostraca) — Existing Forms (Order 

 Xiphosura) — Order Merostomata — Order Trilobita — Crabs, Lobsters, Crayfish, etc. 

 (Class Crustacea) — Characteristics of the Class — Typical Crustaceans (Subclass Malaco- 

 straca) — Order Decapoda — Short-Tailed Group (Suborder Brachyura) — Long-Tailed 

 Group (Suborder Macrura) — Cleft-Footed Group (Order Schizopoda) — The Mantis- 

 Shrimps (Order Stomatopoda) — Sessile-Eyed Series (Edriophthalmata) — Order Isopoda 

 — Order Amphipoda — Subclass Entomostraca — The Barnacles (Order Cirripedia) — 

 Bivalved Group (Order Ostracoda) — Oar- Footed Group (Order Copepoda) — Order 

 Cladocera — Leaf-Footed Group (Order Phyllopoda) — ('hiss Prototracheata, . . 248 



Note. — This Section is the first hall' of the Sixth Volume ; the Index to the complete Volume 

 is in Section XII. 



