THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



Following is a series of exhibits concerned with the life 

 histories of insects, their relation to vegetation, their ene- 

 mies and the means used by man to combat the injurious 

 species. 



In other sections of the hall are exhibits of silkworms, 

 honey bees, seventeen-year cicada, mound-building ants, a 

 group of monarch butterflies as they are found during their 

 migratory period in early autumn, and a revolving case 

 showing the iridescence of opaque insects. 



The general study collection 15 is not on exhibition but 

 may be seen on the Fifth Floor by visitors desiring to make 

 a more extended study of insect life. 



Lepidoptera— Butterflies and moths. Insects with four wings, 

 covered with overlapping scales. Mouth parts for sucking. 



Hemiptera — All true bugs, plant lice, seventeen-year locusts. 

 Insects having four wings. Mouth parts formed for sucking. 



Neuroptera— Ant lion, dobson and others. Insects having 

 four membranous wings with numerous veins. Mouth parts 

 formed for biting. 



Odonata Dragon-flies and others. Insects with four mem- 

 branous wings finely netted with veins. Mouth parts for biting. 



Orthoptera- Grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, walking sticks 

 and others. Insects usually with four wings, the outer pair 

 being straight and not used actively for flying, the inner pair or 

 flying wings folded like the plaits of a fan. Mouth parts formed 

 for biting. 



Thysanura— Spring tails, bristle tails and others. Insects 

 without wings, which undergo no metamorphosis. In some cases 

 there are, in addition to the six legs belonging to all insects, 

 rudimentary legs on the abdomen. The Thysanura form a kind 

 of connecting link between the other insects and the myriapods. 



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