FOOD AND HABITAT* 
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( H.OL ARCTIC*) 
Himalaya West. 
Baluchistan. 
Afghanistan. 
(Scheme of In¬ 
dian Region.) 
(Indo-Chinese.) 
Assamia. 
Himalaya, East. 
Burmah Hills. 
Indus Plain. 
Desert India. 
Central India, West, 
Gangetic Plain, West. 
-Centml India, East- 
West Coast. 
Western Ghauts. 
South India Hills./ 
Coromandel Coast. 
Eastern Ghauts. 
Ceylon. 
Sub-Himalaya, East. 
Sub-Assamia. 
Gangetic Plain, East. 
Sundarbans. 
Burmah Plains." 
Malayia. 
(Singhalese.) 
(Malayan.) 
Food and Habitat. 
Insects live in a great diversity of ways, but it is possible to roughly 
classify these into groups ; this classification is of considerable value to 
the student in placing his insect; for instance, a tree-boring insect will 
be a member of'one of a small number of families, and it will often assist 
in placing an insect to look up the families which have a particular habit 
i,e t> it is useful to classify insects according to food and habitat, as well 
as by structure and genealogy. For this purpose we tabulate below 
the principal families that live in distinct ways, using food and habitat 
together as the basis of our classification. 
c 
I.—LAND INSECTS. <J A. Herbivorous. 
L Live in Fruits. 
2. ,, on Seeds. 
3. „ ■ L Flowers. 
4. Leaf and Stem 
Miners 
5. Leaf and Stem 
Suckers. 
\ 6. Leaf and Stem 
Eaters. 
7. Gall Makers. 
8. Tree Borers. 
9. Stem Borers. 
10. Boot Eaters. 
11. Root Borers. 
12. Root Suckers. 
