SOME INSECTS CLASSIFIED . 
67 
VOCABULARY. 
Bal'an cer (Lat. bi, two, and lanx, 
dish), one of the poisers of a 
dipterous insect. 
Col e op'te ra (Gr. koleos, sheath, 
and pteron , wing), beetles. 
Dip'te ra (Gr. di, two, and pterori), 
two-winged insects. 
El'y tron, pi. elytra (Gr. elytron, 
a shield), a thickened fore-wing 
of an insect. 
Ge'nus, pi. genera (Lat. genus , a 
race), a group of animals or 
plants commonly made up of 
two or more species. 
Hal'ter, pi. halteres (Gr. halteres, 
jumping weights), a balancer of 
one of the diptera. 
Hem ip'te ra (Gr. henti , half, and 
pteron), an order of insects in¬ 
cluding the true bugs. 
Hymen op'te ra (Gr. hymen , a 
membrane, and pteron), an order 
of insects including bees and 
wasps. 
In sec'ta (Lat. prefix in, and seco, 
to cut), a class of Arthropoda 
including all true insects. 
Lep i dop'te ra (Gr. lepis , a scale, 
and pteron ), an order of insects 
including butterflies and moths. 
Neur op'te ra (Gr. neuron , nerve, 
and pteron ), the name of an 
order of insects. 
Or'der (Lat. ordo , order), one 
of the divisions into which 
classes of plants or animals are 
arranged. 
Or thop'te ra (Gr. orthos, straight, 
and pteron), an order of insects 
including grasshoppers. 
Pseudo neur op'te ra (Gr. pseu- 
dos, false, and neuroptera), the 
name of an order of insects dif¬ 
fering from neuroptera in hav¬ 
ing incomplete metamorphosis. 
Spe'cies (Lat. species, outward ap¬ 
pearance), a subdivision of a 
genus. 
Thy sanu'ra (Gr. thysanos, fringe, 
and oura, tail), the name of an 
order of small insects. 
Wing'let, a small winglike fold 
behind the anterior wing in the 
Diptera. 
