NEW ZEALAND NATURE-STUDY BOOK 
(1) The honey-bee (Apis mellifica). 
Sub-kingdom ... Arthropoda 
Sub-branch Tracheata 
Class ay 43 ... Insecta 
Order ... ey: rp .. Hymenoptera 
Family yes re ... Apidee 
Genus ... ie E3 <3) SA'pIS 
Species 34. Be .... Apis mellifica 
(2) The rabbit (Lepus cunicula). 
Sub-kingdom ... as ... Wertebrata 
Class... Pr ai ... Mammalia 
Order ... is ses ... Rodentia 
Family Bt ae ... Leporidae 
Genus ... ee mi ... Lepus 
Species oe J ... Lepus cunicula 
The table on p. 94 gives only a few of the divisions of the 
animal kingdom ; for a more complete account the student 
will have to consult some work on Natural History, eg., Cas- 
sell’s Concise Natural History (Wright). It is not intended 
that these divisions are to be taught to children ; indeed, 
such a procedure could only have the effect of confusing 
the child. They may, however, prove helpful to teachers, 
by enabling them to distinguish more clearly the special 
place in the animal world occupied by the life-form under 
review. 
NotTE.—It may be worth while to repeat here what has already 
been said, that the classification of the Animal Kingdom given at 
the beginning of this chapter is for the guidance of teachers 
only, and should be drawn on very gradually, as the courses 
of lessons progress. To require children, especially young children, 
to appreciate the difference between sub-kingdoms, classes, and 
orders, or to discuss the considerations which enter into the 
placing of, say a sponge amongst the ccelenterates, would be to 
make demands on youthful intelligence which could result only 
