Insects : their life-histories and habits . ?_ c3 -^ s — -1-. ft. O .- — 7- % K2 b H THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS 61 can live under water for many weeks it has at times causedsome trouble by getting into cisterns. At least onespecies (Anurida maritimia) frequents salt water, being-found abundantly upon the surface of rock pools on theshores of the English Channel. Others are characteristicof Alpine regions, where they disport themselves on thesurface of the snow or ice, and are known as snow-fleas or snow-worms. Order II.—Dermaptera. This is the order of the earwigs. These insects wereformerl
Insects : their life-histories and habits . ?_ c3 -^ s — -1-. ft. O .- — 7- % K2 b H THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS 61 can live under water for many weeks it has at times causedsome trouble by getting into cisterns. At least onespecies (Anurida maritimia) frequents salt water, being-found abundantly upon the surface of rock pools on theshores of the English Channel. Others are characteristicof Alpine regions, where they disport themselves on thesurface of the snow or ice, and are known as snow-fleas or snow-worms. Order II.—Dermaptera. This is the order of the earwigs. These insects wereformerly placed with the Orthoptera, but owing tocertain peculiarities of structure they are now usuallytreated as a distinct group. The fore-wings arerepresented by oblong plates, which serve as covers forthe hind-wings. The latter are unique structures, con-sisting of a firm basal piece, whence radiate numerousnervures which support a delicate membrane. By a fan-like radial closing, and two transverse folds, each hind-wing can be packed away beneath the corr
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