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Stirps Necrophaga ; or Burying Beetles. — Section VHI- 



LOGNATEOMORPEA.— Stirps Lamellicornes: 



Cockehaffer — Melolontkidae 377 



Stag Beetle — Lucanidae 37S 



Watchman Beetle — Geotrupidae. — Scarabaeus — 



Scarabeidae. 379 



Chrysophora — Butelidae. — Hercules Beetle — Bynas- 



tidae 380 



Section PBIOCERATA. — Stirps Macrosterni: Chryso- 



chroa — BupresUdae. — Spring Beetles — Elateridae 



first exaoijile: the Firefly | 380 



Stirps Aprostbrni: Glow- Worm— Lampyridae. -Dermestes — 

 Dermeslidae. — Soldiers and Sailors— Telephoridae. 



— Ptilinus and Heath Watch— Ptinidae 381 



■Section EETEROMERA: Cardinal Beetle— Pyrochroidae — 

 Ripiphorus — Mordellidae.— Blister Flies — Gantha- 



ridae 382 



Section ATRACHELIA: Meal Worm— TenebrionUae 3S3 



Section PSEUVOTETBAMEBA.— Stirps Rhynchofora : 

 Weevils — Bruchidae, Attelabidae, Curculionidae, Sco- 



li/tidae 383 



Section LONGIGOBNES: Xenocerus— Prionidae. — Musk 



Beetle — Gerambycidae. 385 



Section PEYTOPEAGA: Tortoise Beetles— Gassididae.— 

 Chrysomela, and Bloody-Nose Beetle — Chry^niie- 



lidae 380 



Section PSEUDOTBIMEBA: Ladybirds -Coccinellidae 386 



Order DERMAPTERA; or EARWIGS 387 



Order ORTHOPTERA, comprising Grasshoppers, Locusts, 

 Crickets, etc. — Section GURSORIA: Cockroaches 



—Blattidae 388 



Section SALTATORIA: Crickets— Achetidae, and Gryllidae 389 



Locusts — Locustidae 390 



Section AMBULATORIA: Walking Sticks and Spectres— 



Phasmidae 391 



Section RAPTOBIA: Praying Insects— Mantidae 392 



Order THYSANOPTERA; or FRINGE- WINGED IN- 

 SECTS— Order NEUROPTERA, comprising 

 Termites, Dragon-Flies, etc.— Section BIOMOB- 



PSOTICA: Termites— Termitidae 393 



Dragon-Flies — Libellulidae' 394 



Section SUBNECBOMOBPEOTICA: Lace-Wing Flies— 



Hemerobiidae. — Ant-Lion — Myrmeleonidae 395 



Order TRICHOPTERA; or CADDIS-FLIES— Order 

 Hymenoptera; or Flies and Bees. — Section 

 TEBEBBANTIA. — Sub-Section Phytiphaga — 

 Trihe Serrifera: Saw-Flies — Tenthredinidae, 



Groceridae 397 



Sub-Section Eutomophaga; or Insect-Eaters. — Tribe Spi- 

 culifera: Gall Insects — Cyrdpidae. — Ichneu- 

 mons — Ichneumonidae. . 399 



Tribe Turulifera.— Section AGULEATA,— Sub- Section— In- 

 sectivora: Cuckoo Flies — Grabronidae. — Sand 

 and Wood Wasps — Bembecidae, Sphegidae, Sco- 



liidae 400 



Large-Headed Mutilla — Mutillidae 401 



Sub-Section Dipi.opterygii: Solitary Wasps — Eumenidae, 



Veepidae 401 



Sub-Section Mellifera: Honey Bees— Apidae 402 



Order STREPSIPTERA, comprising Insects parasitic on 



Bees, Wasps, etc 404 



Order LEPIDOPTERA, comprising Butterflies and Moths 404 

 Section RHOPALOCERA: 406 



Papihonidae 406 



Eeliconiidae 409 



Butterflies. <J Danaidae, NymphaKdae 411 



Erycinidae 414 



Lycaenidae, Hesperidae 415 



Section HETEROGERA: ' 416 



* ( Sphingidae 416 



Moths. J Anthroceridae, Aegeriidae 419 



/ Vraniidae, Eepialidae 420 



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( Bombycidae (sab-Worm) 421 



! Arctiidae 422 



J Lithosiidae, Noctuidae 424 



Motbs - \ Geometridae 425 



I Tortricidae, Tineidae 426 



[ Alucitidae 427 



Order HOMOPTERA, comprising the Cicadas, Froghop- 

 pers, Plant-Lice, Cochineal Bug, etc. — Section 



T RIMER A: Cicadae 427 



Lantern-Flies— Fulgoridae 428 



Hoppers — Cercopidae 429 



Section MONOMEBA: Cochineal Insect — Coccidae 420 



Section RIMER A: Grape Phylloxera -Aphidae 430 



Order HETEROPTERA, comprising Water - Beetles, 

 Whirligigs, Skippers, Bed-Bugs. — Section HY- 



DROGORISA 430 



Back-Swimmers — Notonectidae. — Water Scorpion — 



A'epidae 431 



Section AUBOCOBISA : Wheel-Bug— Beduviidae.—J)si\s.- 



der — Mictidae 431 



Order APHANIPTERA: Fleas— Pulioidae ... 432 



Order DIPTERA; or TWO-WINGED INSECTS— Section 

 GEPEALOTA. — Stirps Nejiocera: Gnat— Guli- 



cidae. — Crane-Flies — Tipididae 433 



Army- Worm —Mycetophilidae 434 



Section BBAGEOCEBA.— Stirps Notacantha: Gad-Fly, 



Isetse, etc. — Tabanidae 434 



Stirps Athertcera: Common and Bot-Flies — Muscidae, 



OeslHdae 435 



Stirps Pupipara: Forest-, or Horse-Flies — Erppoboscidae. — 



iAce—Aptera 437 



CLASS CRUSTACEA. 438 



Section PODOPETEALMATA; or STALKER-EYED 

 GBUSTAGEANS.— Order DECAPODA ; TEN- 

 LEGGED CRUSTACEANS. — Sub- Order 

 Brachyura; or Short-Tailed Crustaceans. . . . 438 



Trilte Oxyrhychita: 439 



( Macropodiadae (<-'r,iimienciiiE ^ th l ' l e -Steno- 



Spider J rhynclms j 439 



Crabs. 1 Maidae 441 



[ Parthenopidae 442 



Tribe Cyclometopita: 443 



Swimming <, Canceridae 443 



Crabs. I Portunidae 445 



Tribe Catometopita: Land Crabs — Thelphusidae, Gecar- 



cinidae 448 



Marine CrabS— PlYmOtfieridfle commencing with Pea Crabi, 



Miictiridae 449 



Swift-Footed Crabs— Oci/podidae 449 



Angular Crab -Gonoplacidae. — Painted and Float- 

 ing Crab — Grapsidae 451 



Tribe Oxystomata: Crested and Armed Crab — Calappidae. 452 

 Urania-Crab, Leucosia, and Nut-Crabs — Leucosiidae 453 



Mask and Polished Crab— Corystidae 454 



Woolly Crab — Dorippidae. — Scallop Crab — Caphyr- 



idae 455 



Sub-Order Anomoura; or Anomoural Crustaceans: 455 



Hairy Crab — Dromiadue. — Bearded, Porcupine, and 



Noduled Crab — Eomolidae 456 



Frog Crab — Raninidae. — Extraordinary Forms of 



Crabs —Eippidae 457 



Hermit Crabs — Paguridae 458 



Porcelain-Crabs — Porcellanidae 461 



Sub-Order Macrocra; or Long-Tailed Crustaceans: 462 

 Common Lobster — Galatheidae. — Flat Lobsters — 



Scyllaridae. — Spiny Lobster — Palinuridae 463 



Burrowing Crabs — Thalassinidae 464 



Fresh-Water Cray-Fish, and Salt-Water Lobster — 



Astacidae 465 



True Shrimps — Cra.ngonid.ae 466 



Varieties of Shrimps — Alpheidae. — Prawns — Palae- 



monidae 467 



Sword-Shrimp — Penaidae 469 



Order STOMAPODA: or MOUTH-FOOTED CRUSTA- 

 CEANS: 469 

 Opossum-Shrimps — Mysidae, Phyllosomidae, Erich- 



thidae ' 470 



Mantis-Shrimp— SjtiiHidae 471 



