Outlines of entomology . , for Linnteus, Cram, for Cramer, Fabr. for Fabricius, etc. Besides their scientific names, many insects have common orpopular names. For instance, in this country we have the Red Ad-miral butterfly, the Devils riding horse, the May beetle or Junebug, the Chinch bug, the Weevil, and many others. Some ofthese names are known and correctly applied everywhere; others arevery local, and in other sections of the country people would notknow to what insect they pertained. Another advantage in the use of the scientific name is that it isperfectly intelligible to educated peop
Outlines of entomology . , for Linnteus, Cram, for Cramer, Fabr. for Fabricius, etc. Besides their scientific names, many insects have common orpopular names. For instance, in this country we have the Red Ad-miral butterfly, the Devils riding horse, the May beetle or Junebug, the Chinch bug, the Weevil, and many others. Some ofthese names are known and correctly applied everywhere; others arevery local, and in other sections of the country people would notknow to what insect they pertained. Another advantage in the use of the scientific name is that it isperfectly intelligible to educated people in all countries, and, whengiven in accordance with established rules, there is seldom any question 26 OUTLINES OF ENTOMOLOGY. as to the species designated. Whenever, therefore, exactness is re-quired, the scientific name should accompany the popular one, and iathese cases it is enclosed in parenthesis. For example : The beetle^ fCassida aurichalcea, Fabr). CHAPTER I. [Fi^. 9.]. 8ald-faced Hornet (Vespa maculata),after Biley. This Order includes the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Ichneumon tiles andother four-winged parasites. Gall flies. Saw flies, and a few Wood are not by any means the largest or most conspicuous of insects,but they occupy the highest rank on account of their perfection of formand the remarkable intelligence which many of them display. The threeleading groups have from time immemorial attracted the attention ofman by their interesting social relations, their industry, their mechani-cal skill, and their tender care for their young—in these respects dis-playing a wonderful analogy to the traits and enterprises of the humanrace. Another reason for giving this Order precedence is that amongits members we find the most complete metamorphosis—the larv8&being far more helpless and dependent on the personal care or themost painstaking prevision of the mature insects than is the case ofthe young of other Orders. In thi
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