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Stirps Necrophaga; or Burying Beetles . — Section CHI- 
LOGNA T HO MO RP HA— Stirps L amellicornes: 
Cockchaffer — Melolonthidae 377 
Stag Beetle — Lucanidae 378 
Watchman Beetle — Geotrupidae. — Scarabaeus — 
Scarabeidae. 379 
Ch ry soph ora — Rutelidae . — Hercules Beetle — Dyaas- 
tidae 380 
lection PRIOGERATA. — Stirps Macrosterni : Chryso- 
chroa — Buprestidae. — ■ Spring Beetles — Elateridcie 
(first example: the Firefly) 380 
Stirps Aprosterni: Glow-W orm -Lampyridae. — Dermestes — 
Dermestidae . — Soldiers and Sailors — Telephondcie. 
— Ptilinus and Death Watch — Ptinidae 381 
Section HETEROMERA: Cardinal Beetle — Pyrochroidae.— 
Ripiphorus — Mordellidae . — Blister Flies — Cantha- 
ridae 382 
Section ATRAGHELIA: M eal W or i n — Tenebrionidae 383 
Section P SEUDOTETR AMER A.— Stirps Rhynchopora : 
Weevils — Bruchidae, Attelabidae , Gurculionidae, Sco- 
lytidae 383 
Section LONGIC'ORNES: Xenocerus — Prionidae. — Musk 
Beetle — Cercmibycidae 385 
Section PIIYTOPHAGA: Tortoise Beetles — Cassididae — 
Chrysomela, and Bloody-Nose Beetle — Ghrysome- 
lidae 386 
Section PSEUDO PRIMER A : Ladybirds — Gocdnellidae 386 
Order DERMAPTER.A; or EARWIGS 387 
Order ORTHOPTERA, comprising Grasshoppers, Locusts, 
Crickets, etc . — Section GURSORIA: Cockroaches 
— Blattidae 388 
Section SALT ATORIA: Crickets — Achetidae, and Gryllidae 389 
Locusts — Locustidae 390 
Section AMBULATORIA: Walking Sticks and Spectres — 
Phasmidae 391 
Section RAP'l'ORIA: Praying Insects — Maniidae 392 
Order THYSANOPTERA; or FRINGE-WINGED IN- 
SECTS.— Order NEUROPTERA, comprising 
Termites, Dragon-Flies, etc . — Section BIOMOR- 
PHOTIGA: Termites — Ten'mitidae 393 
Dragon-Flies — Libellulidae 394 
Section SUBNEGRO MORPHO TIG A: Lace-Wing Flies— 
Hemerobiidae. — Ant-Lion — Myrmeleonidcie 395 
Order TRIG HOPT ERA; or CADDIS-FLIES— Order 
Hymenoptera; or Flies and Bees. — Section 
TEREBRANTIA. — Sub-Section Phytiphaga. — 
Tribe Skrrifera: Saw-Flies — Tenthredinidae, 
Uroceridcie 397 
Sub-Section Eutomophaga ; or Insect-Eaters.— Tribe Spi- 
cultfera: Gall Insects — Cynipidae. — Ichneu- 
mons — Ichneumonidae 399 
Tribe Tubulifera. — Section AGULEA TA. — Sub - Section — I n - 
Sectivora: Cuckoo Flies — Grabronidae. — Sand 
and Wood Wasps — Bembecidae, Sphegidae, Sco- 
liidae 400 
Large-Headed Mutilla — Mutillidae 401 
Sub-Section Diplopterygti: Solitary Wasps — Eumenidae, 
Yespidae 401 
Sub- Section Mellifera: Honey Bees — Apidae 402 
Order STREPSIPTERA, comprising Insects parasitic on 
Bees, Wasps, etc 404 
Order LEPIDOPTERA, comprising Butterflies and Moths 404 
Section RHOP ALOGERA: 406 
' Papilionidae 406 
Heliconiidae 409 
Butterflies, Danaidae, Nymphalidae 411 
Erycinidae 414 
^ Lycaenidcie, Hesperidae 415 
Section HETEROCERA: 410 
S Sphingidae 416 
Anthroceridae, Aegeriidae 419 
Uraniidae, Hepicdidae 420 
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" Bombycidae (Silk-Worm) 421 
Arctiidae 422 
\ Lithosiidae, Noctuidae 424 
Moths. Geometridcie 425 
Tortricidae, Tineidae 426 
Alucitidae 427 
Order HOMOPTERA, comprising the Cicadas, Froghop- 
pers, Plant-Lice, Cochineal Bug, etc . — Section 
T RIMER A: Gicadae 427 
Lantern-Flies — Fulgoridae 42S 
Hoppers — Gercopidae 429 
Section MONOMERA: Cochineal Insect — Goccidae 429 
Section DIMER A: Grape Phylloxera — Apjhidae 430 
Order HETEROPTERA, comprising Water - Beetles, 
Whirligigs, Skippers, Bed-Bugs. — Section HY- 
DROGORISA 430 
Back-Swimmers — Notonectidcie . — W ater Scorpion — 
Nepidae 431 
Section AUROGORISA : Wheel-Bug — Reduviidae. — Dala- 
der — Mictidae 431 
Order APHANIPTERA: Fleas — Pulieidae 432 
Ordei ’ DIPTERA; or TWO-WINGED INSECTS . — Section 
GEPHALO T A. — Stirps Nemocera: Gnat — Culi- 
cidcie. — Crane-Flies — Tipulidae 433 
Army- W orm — Mycelopliitidae 434 
Section BRACHOGERA. — Stirps Notacantha: Gad-Fly, 
Isetse, etc. — Tabanidae 434 
Stirps Atiiericera: Common and Bot-Flies — Muscidae , 
Oestridae 435 
Stirps Pupipara: Forest-, or Horse-Flies — Hippoboscidcie . — 
Lice — Aptera 437 
CLASS CRUSTACEA. 438 
Section PODOPHTHALMATA; or STALKED-EYED 
CRUSTACEANS.— Order DECAPODA; TEN- 
LEGGED CRUSTACEANS. — Sub - Order 
Brachyura; or Short-Tailed Crustaceans 438 
Tribe Oxyrhychita: 439 
( Ma.Cropodia.dCie (commencing with the -Steno- 
Spider j rhynchus) 439 
Crabs. ; Maidae 441 
, y Parthenopidae 442 
Tribe Cyclometopita: 443 
Swimming < Canceridae. 443 
Crabs. \ Portunidae 445 
Tribe Catometopita: Land Crabs — Thelphusidae, Gecar- 
cinidae 448 
Marine Crabs — Pinnotheridae (commencing with Pea Crab), 
Myctiridae 449 
Swift-Footed Ci’abs — Ocypodidcie 449 
Angular Crab — Gonoplacidae . — Painted and Float- 
ing Crab — Grapsidae 451 
Tribe Oxystomata: Crested and Armed Crab — Ccdappidae. . 452 
Urania-Crab, Leucosia, and Nut-Crabs — Leucosiidae 453 
Mask and Polished Crab — Gorystidae. 454 
Woolly Crab — Dorippidcie . — Scallop Crab — Gaphyr- 
idae 455 
Sub-Order Anomoura; or Anomoural Crustaceans: 455 
Hairy Crab — Dromiadae. — Bearded, Porcupine, and 
Noduled Crab — Homolidae 456 
Frog Crab — Raninidae . — Extraordinary Forms of 
Crabs — Hippidae 457 
Hermit Crabs — Paguridae 458 
Porcelain-Crabs — Porcellanidae 461 
Sub-Order Macroura; or Long-Tailed Crustaceans: 462 
Common Lobster — Galcitheidae . — Flat Lobsters — 
Scyllaridae . — Spiny Lobster — Palinuridae 463 
Burrowing Crabs — Thalassinidae 464 
Fresh-Water Cray-Fish, and Salt-Water Lobster — 
Asta.cidae 465 
True Shrimps — Crangonidae 466 
Varieties of Shrimps — Alpheidae. — Prawns — Palae- 
monidae 467 
Sword-Shrimp — Penaidae 469 
Order STOMAPODA; or MOUTH-FOOTED CRUSTA- 
CEANS: 469 
Opossum-Shrimps — Mysidae, Phyllosomidae, Erich- 
thidae 470 
Mantis-Shrimp — Squillidae 471 
