. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 483 a Scorpion.) corpion. ;ly i)aiiiful, and with ig of the large black 'd UBod to represent the ier animals breaths;— iq Hiring the aid o( a but some arc eonsi- ;stingiiisihed with the the common cheese- ;c. Class IX. INSECTA.—(Lat. Insecure, to cut into.) Sub-class I. INSKCTA MANDIIiULATA.—(Lat. mandave, to chow.) Order I. . COLEOPTERA.—(Gt. KoAtrfs, a sheath ; -mlpov, a wiug.) Family I. Ciciudelldic. (Lat. a Glowwor,:i.) Campostria (Lat. of the Jidda), the Tiger-beetle. The bod
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. NATURAL HISTORY. 483 a Scorpion.) corpion. ;ly i)aiiiful, and with ig of the large black 'd UBod to represent the ier animals breaths;— iq Hiring the aid o( a but some arc eonsi- ;stingiiisihed with the the common cheese- ;c. Class IX. INSECTA.—(Lat. Insecure, to cut into.) Sub-class I. INSKCTA MANDIIiULATA.—(Lat. mandave, to chow.) Order I. . COLEOPTERA.—(Gt. KoAtrfs, a sheath ; -mlpov, a wiug.) Family I. Ciciudelldic. (Lat. a Glowwor,:i.) Campostria (Lat. of the Jidda), the Tiger-beetle. The body of an insect is divided or cut into three parts, called the head, the thorax, and the abdomen. The body is defended by a homy integument, divided into rings and con- nected by a softer membrane. The legs are six in number. Many insects possess wings, and in all the rudiments of those orgsms are perceptible. The eyes are compound, that is, a number of eyes are massed together at each side of tl>e head ; and so numerous are they, that in the compound eyes of the ant are 50 lenses, in the house-fly, 8,000, in the butterfly, 17,000, and in the hawk-moth, 20,000. The insects pass through three tninsformatious before they attain their perfect form. The first state is called the larva* because the future insect is masked under that form; the second is called the jnipa,^ on account of the shape often a,ssumed ; and the third is called the imayo,X as being the image of the perfect creatiu-e. Insects breathe by means of air-tubes, called tracheae, which penetrate to every part of the body, even to the extremities of the limbs, antenna; and wings. The air gains access to the tubes by means of small I * From Lat. Larra, a mask. t From Lat. tmago, an image or cfllgy. .t From Lat. Pupa, a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perf
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