INSECTS 
Insects are very numerous. Their body is formed of three 
distinct parts. The head, the thorax (1) and the abdomen (2) . 
They are divided by some authors into nine orders, by 
others into eleven and more ; but the principal orders are 
eight, as follow. 
1 — Coleoptera, or Insects known vulgarly as May 
Bug's, Horn beetles, Mites beetles, etc. 
2 — Lepidoptera, or Butterflies, Moths. 
3 — Orthoptera, or Tits, Ear Wigs, Grass hopers. 
4 — Hemiptera, or Bugs. 
5 — Neuroptera, or Dragon flies. 
6 — Hymenoptera, or Wasps, Drones, Bees, Ants, etc. 
7 — Diptera, or Flies, Gadflies, Mosquitos, etc, 
8 — Parasita, or Lice, etc. 
(1) Thorax is the part which represent the middle of the animal; 
it between the head and the abdomen. 
(2) Abdomen is the belly. 
