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VOCABULARY. 
Bal’an cer (Lat. 62, two, and /anx, 
dish), one of the poisers of a 
* dipterous insect. 
Cole op’te ra (Gr. 4oleos, sheath, 
and pteron, wing), beetles. 
Dip’te ra(Gr. di, two, and fferon), 
two-winged insects. 
El’y tron, pl. e/ytra (Gr. elytron, 
a shield), a thickened fore-wing 
of an insect. 
Ge'nus, pl. genera (Lat. genus, a 
race), a group of animals or 
plants commonly made up of 
two or more species. 
Hal'ter, pl. Aalteres (Gr. halteres, 
jumping weights), a balancer of 
one of the diptera. 
Hem ip’te ra (Gr. emz, half, and 
pteron), an order of insects in- 
cluding the true bugs. 
Hy men op'tera (Gr. hymen, a 
membrane, and féeron), an order 
of insects including bees and 
wasps. 
In sec’ta (Lat. prefix 2, and seco, 
to cut), a class of Arthropoda 
including all true insects. 
Lep idop'te ra (Gr. Zepis, a scale, 
and fteron), an order of inse 
including butterflies and mot. 
Neur op’tera (Gr. mewron, ner 
and fPteron), the name of an 
order of insects. 
Or'der (Lat. ordo, order), one 
of the divisions into which 
classes of plants or animals are 
arranged. 
Or thop’te ra (Gr. orthos, straight, 
and pteron), an order of insects 
including grasshoppers. 
Pseudo neurop’tera (Gr. pseu- 
dos, false, and meuroptera), the 
name of an order of insects dif- 
fering from neuroptera in hav- 
ing incomplete metamorphosis. 
Spe’cies (Lat. species, outward ap- 
pearance), a subdivision of a 
genus. 
Thy sa nu'ra (Gr. thysanos, fringe, 
and oura, tail), the name of an 
order of small insects. 
Wing’let, a small winglike fold 
behind the anterior wing in the 
Diptera. 
