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oet-veined) and which are almost alike. 



VI. Hemiptera,, includes plant-lice, 

 leaf-hoppers, bed-bugs, stink-bugs,chinch- 

 bugs, squash-bugs, and all true bugs. 

 Bugs have an incomplete metamorphosis, 

 that is, the change is incomplete. One 

 could tell at a glance that a young bug 

 (called a nymph) just nut of the egg was 

 a bug, it looks like the adult. The 

 mouth parts are fitted for piercing and 

 sucking. Moth pairs of wings may be 

 alike or the first pair may be partly 

 leathery or horny, something like beetles, 

 for which some of them are often mis- 

 taken. 



the collector is— shall I collect in all or- 

 ders op take up only one a1 a tone? U 

 Collecting is done in all, it will of .1 

 sity not bo thorough in any one. Where 

 so many are dealt with, confusion will 

 arise, and the collector's knowledge of 

 entomology will consistmerely of a "tum- 

 ble'' of facts. Then there are different 

 methods of mounting in almost every 

 order. If each is dabbled in, it is very 

 likely the collector will never be expert in 

 any. Tt is far more advisable to take up 

 one order at a time, becoming tolerably 

 familiarwith the different forms and their 

 habits, becoming an adapt in mounting 



Fig. ///. Parte of n net. 



VII. Orthoptem, includes grasshop- 

 pers, locusts, crickets, cockroaches and 

 earwigs. The metamorphosis is incom- 

 plete (young called nymphs) and the 

 mouth parts are fitted for biting. The 

 first pair of wings are thicker than the 

 second and like parchment. The second 

 pair is thin and membranous, and when 

 at rest, folded a number of times, length- 

 wise, along the back. 



What to Collect. 



The question which first comes up to 



them, and by thorough and systematic 

 collecting to bring together ;i valuable 

 collection, one to be proud of. 



For number of species (there are prob- 

 ably over ten thousand in the U. S.,) in- 

 teresting forms, and diversity of habits, 

 undoubtedly no order equals Ooleoptera. 

 There are probably morecollectorsin this 

 order than any other. Lepidoptera are 

 also interesting to collect and they make 

 a fine show when well mounted, but they 

 are very difficult to mount and a really 



