PICTURED KEY TO THE PRIN. Alll wings obvious and membranous, but sometimes covered with scales or hairs —-—— Wings not covered with scales, usually clear; mouth parts not a coiled tube. Wings covered with minute scales; mouth parts acoiled tube LEPIDOPTERA, p. 218 i of wings | . Wings not narrowed and fringed: Wings long, narrow, fringed length usually over 5 mm. with hairs; length 5 mm. or less THYSANOPTI p- 110 Abdomen with 2 or 3 long fila- * ments; hind sings small EPHEMEROPTERA, p. 6 Wings hairy, opaque: palps long: antennae at long os body or longer Fron wings not, or but slightly, longer jan hind wings, and with same ot less TRICHOPTERA, p. 210 area than hind wings I Abdomen with short filaments or none; hind wings larger Front wings clearly longer and with greater area than hind wings Wings transparent or translucent, not hairy; palps short or absent; antennae shorter than body Tarsi 2- or 3-segmented; not, |! ¥ wasplike or beslike ‘ Tarsi S-segmented: = wasplike Mouth parts sucking, beok rises or beelike =HYMENO! RA, ps3 312 at rear of head; small to large HOMOPTERA, p. 128CIPAL ORDERS OF INSECTS Wings absent, or front wings thickened and concealing membranous hind wings {see back endpaper) I ee Antennae very short and bristlelike; eyeslarge ODONATA, p. 68 Head prolonged ventrally to form beak- like structure MECOPTERA, p. 208 Head not prolonged ventrally Hind wings broader than front wings; corei present PLECOPTERA, p. 92 Antennae not short and bristlelike, eyes moderate to small Hind wings litle if any broader 1an front wings; cerci absent Mothlike: wings hairy and opaque: antennas as lang as body or longer TRICHOPTERA, p. 210 ings not hairy, usually clear; antennae gener- olly shorter than body Wings with few cross veins; tarsi 4-segmented; length to 8 mm. ISOPTERA, p. 88 Wings with numerous ross veins; | tarsi 5-segmented; length to 75 mm. NEUROPTERA, p. 140 ™ Mouth parts chewing, beck absent length 7 mm. or fess PSOCOPTERA, p. 102PICTURED KEY TO THE PRINCIPAL Wings entirely absent eR OR a4 Narrow-waisted, antlike 12 Not narrow-waisted or antlike Body rarely flattened laterally: usually do not jump Parasites of birds or mammals; body nearly always flattened dorsoventrally Never parasitic; body usvally not flattened Body flattened laterally: small jumping insects SIPHONAPTERA, 4 ere Abdomen with stylelike appen- P. dages or threadlike tails THYSANURA, p. 60 | wi ‘Abdomen with neither styles nor tails Head as wide as or wider than thorax MALLOPHAGA, p. 106 I I Abdomen lacking a jumping mechanism ‘Abdomen usually with 2 Abdomen without tubes: short tubes; small, plump, usualy not plop ond Head narrower than thorax soft-bodied HOMOPTERA, — soft-bodie ANOPLURA, p. 108 I? 128 Lacking pi Distinctly pig- ——— mom atich; manned ay soft-bodied hard-bodied : aye ‘Antennae long, hairlike; Antennae short, beadiike; Abdomen with aforked teltike jump- tarsi 2-or 3segmented tarsi 4-segmented i ing mechanism COLLEMBOLA, p. 62 PSOCOPTERA, p. 102 ISOPTERA, p. 88 PD I a B Waa)