66 STUDIES OF ANIMAL LIFE. 



Sug-gestive Questions. 



1. With which pair of wings does a coleopter fly? 



2. Why cannot a coleopter fold its wings like a fan ? 



3. Why does not the orthopter fold its wings as a 



coleopter does ? 



4. Which is better fitted for rapid flight, the coleopter 



or the neuropter ? 



5. Why does the neuropter have larger eyes than the 



coleopter ? 



6. Which is the steadier flyer, the lepidopter or the 



hymenopter ? Why ? 



7. What orders of insects have wings that cross on the 



back? 



8. Are there any traces of a second pair of wings on 



the dipter ? 



9. How can a house-fly walk up a window pane and 



not slip ? 

 10. Etc.i 



Gommou Representatives of the Foregoing Orders. 



1 . Coleoptera — beetles. 



2. Orthoptera — grasshoppers, etc. 



3. Neuroptera — dragon-flies, etc. 



4. Hymenoptera — bees, etc. 



5. Lepidoptera — butterflies and moths. 



6. Homoptera — cicadas, tree-hoppers, etc. 



7. Heteroptera — true bugs. 



8. Diptera — flies, etc. 



1 Invent other questions similar to the above that will apply especially 

 to the insects you have at hand to study. It is often more of an accom- 

 plishment to ask the right question than to answer it and you should 

 keep in practice. 



