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MEMOIR OF ARISTOTLE. 
of what may be called his system, has been drawn 
up from his works, especially the History of Ani- 
mals : 
Pterota vel 
I Ptilota 
Coleoptera. 
Pedetica = Orthoptera sanatoria,! tr. 
Astomata = Uemiptera, Latr. 
Psychse = Lepidoplera. 
pmajora = Neuroptera, L. 
Orthoptera cursor ia, Lat. 
Opisthocentra= Hymen. 
optera. 
( minora = Afusca, Tipit- 
Tetraptera* 
V 
Diptera 
Pterota simul f Myrmex 
et Aptera 
. Aptera 
J la, &c. 
j Emprosthocentra- Culcx, 
* Stomoxps, Tabanus, &c. 
— Formica, L. 
1 Pygolampis — Lumpy ris, L. 
“ It may be further stated, that Aristotle perceived 
also the distinction between the Mandibulata and 
Hauslellata of modem authors: for he observes, 
that some insects having teeth are omnivorous ; while 
others, that have only a tongue, are supported by li- 
quid food. He appears to have regarded the Hy- 
menoptera, or some of them, as forming a third sub- 
class ; since he clearly alludes to them, when he says 
that many have teeth, not for feeding, but to help 
them in fulfilling their instincts. 
“ From the above statement it will appear, that 
this great philosopher had no contemptible notion — 
though he has only distinguished three of them as 
larger groups, by appropriate names — of the majo- 
rity of the order of insects at present admitted. His 
Coleoptera, Psyches, and Diptera, are evidently 
