CLASSIFICATION, 
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tera. With regard to this, the following tables show the terms used by 
other authors :— 
Orders. 
Sub-orders. 
Families. 
Smith’s 
orders. 
Wood worth’s 
orders. 
'Mallophaga. 
( 
Embiidge.* 
Mallophaga.* 
1 
Pseudoneuroptera 
Termitidas 
Isoptera 
> Corrodentia. 
( 
Psocidae ... 
Corrodentia.* 
\ 
j 
i 
( Perlidas 
Plecoptera.* 
Neuroptera 
> 
Amphibiotica .. 
Odonata 
Odonata. 
Odonata. 
*1 
[ Epheneridae . 
Ephemerida ... 
Ephemerida. 
1 
| Sialidge 
Platyptera* 
Planipennia 
: Panorpidge ... 
Mecoptera.* 
i 
f Hemerobiidse 
Neuroptera.* 
* Neuroptera. 
.Trichoptera 
Phryganeidas 
Trichoptera.* 
We believe the most logical and workable system of insect classi¬ 
fication to be the following :— 
1. Aptera. 
2. Forficulld/r. 
3. BLATTIDiE. 
4. Orthoptera (5 families). 
5. TERMITIDiE. 
6. Mallophaga. 
7. Pseudoneuroptera. (Embiidae, Psocidee). 
8. Neuroptera Amphibiotica. 
9. Neuroptera Planipennia. 
10. Trichoptera. 
11. Hymenoptera ? Phytophaga. (Sessiliventres). 
12. „ Parasitica. 
13. „ Tubulifera. 
14. „ Aculeata. 
15. COLEOPTERA. 
16. Lepidoptera. 
17. Diptera, Orthorhapha. 
18. „ Cyclorhapha. 
19. Siphonaptera. 
20. Rbynchota, Heteroptera, 
