. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 429 ap]iear and fly abroad in the succeeding spring ; spiders arc also thought to live a consi-derable time. 2231. The arrangement of insectR, according to the Linntean system, is divided into sevenorders. The natural orders and families into which they have been divided by subsequentnaturalists are very numerous ; and therefore, w-^e shall notice only the artificial orders ofLinnaeus, viz. 1. Coleoptera; 2. Hemiptera ; 3. Lepidoptera; 4. Neuroptera j 5. Hyme-noptera; 6. Diptera ; and 7. Aptera. The leading characters of these orders, and t
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 429 ap]iear and fly abroad in the succeeding spring ; spiders arc also thought to live a consi-derable time. 2231. The arrangement of insectR, according to the Linntean system, is divided into sevenorders. The natural orders and families into which they have been divided by subsequentnaturalists are very numerous ; and therefore, w-^e shall notice only the artificial orders ofLinnaeus, viz. 1. Coleoptera; 2. Hemiptera ; 3. Lepidoptera; 4. Neuroptera j 5. Hyme-noptera; 6. Diptera ; and 7. Aptera. The leading characters of these orders, and thenames of the genera belonging to tlicm which are most noxious to plants in a state ofculture, will be of some use in enabling the gardener to use a correct nomenclature, aswell as to enlighten him generally on the intricate and little understood subject of insects. 2232. The coleoptera have a hollow horny case, under which the wings are folded whennot in use. The principal genera are — 1. Scarabajus (beetles) ; 2. Lucanus (st
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