Part I. Introduction, Aptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, and a Portion of

Hymenoptera (Sessiliventres and Parasitica)

By DAVID SHARP, M.A. (Cantab.), M.B. (Edinb.), F.R.S.

London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1895

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"Creavit in cœlo Angelos, in terra vermiculos: non superior in illis, non inferior in istis. Sicut enim nulla manus Angelum, ita nulla posset creare vermiculum."—SAINT AUGUSTINE, Liber soliloquiorum animae ad Deum, Caput IX.

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SCHEME OF THE CLASSIFICATION ADOPTED IN THIS BOOK ix

PERIPATUS