The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ra,Parasita, Suctoria,Coleoptera, Orthop-tera, Hemipiera,Neuroptera, Hyrne-jwptera, Lepidoptera,Rhipiptera, and Dip-tera. (c) By exclu-sion of Myriapoda,the six-footed ar-ticulated animals;hexapod arthropods,or Hexapoda. Inthis, the current useof the word, the In-secta constitute thelargest class of theArthropoda. Theyhave the head, tho-rax, and abdomendistinct or distin-guishable from oneanother; 3 pairs oflegs in the adult, allsituated upon thethorax; a pair of
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . ra,Parasita, Suctoria,Coleoptera, Orthop-tera, Hemipiera,Neuroptera, Hyrne-jwptera, Lepidoptera,Rhipiptera, and Dip-tera. (c) By exclu-sion of Myriapoda,the six-footed ar-ticulated animals;hexapod arthropods,or Hexapoda. Inthis, the current useof the word, the In-secta constitute thelargest class of theArthropoda. Theyhave the head, tho-rax, and abdomendistinct or distin-guishable from oneanother; 3 pairs oflegs in the adult, allsituated upon thethorax; a pair of an-tennie; tracheal res-piration ; and dis-tinct sexes. The so-mites or segments ofthe body number notmore than 20, 11 be-ing assumed as thetypical immber. Thehead, apparently asingle segment, ispresumed to consistof several coalescedsomites: besides theantenna;, it bears apair of eyes, simpleor oftener com-pound, and the usu-ally complicatedmouth-parts. Thethorax is composedof three definablesegments, the pro-thorax, mesothorax,and metathorax, thelast two of whichusually bear each apair of wings, eitherfitted for flight, The insectarium at the Zoological Gardens. W. A, Forbes. !rtnes(-riz). Same as insectarium. We hope that the time is near when the need of an In-sectart/ for entomological work will be as fully appreciatedas is the necessity for a propagating house for the horti-culturist or a con8er\atory for the botanist. J. H. Comsiock, Amer. Nat., Dec, 1888, p. 1129. insectationt (in-sek-tashon), H. [< L. insecta-tio{n-)y a pursuing, puisuit, < inscctari, pursue,follow upon, freq. of irisequif follow upon: seeinsequenU^ Persecution; calnmniation; back-biting. My soule stirred by mine owne conscience (without /n-sectation, or reproche laieng to any other mans). insecurity in PotamogafMce); the carpal and metacarpal bones welldeveloped and dilfercntiated ; the feet unguiculate andnearly always five-toed; and the body furry or order is divisible into two
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