[1209] Vol. III. p. [611]—. [604]—.
[1211] From θριξ, τριχος, hair. Mr. MacLeay, thinking it indisputable that the Perlidæ should be included in this Order, suggests the propriety of changing its name, both as inapplicable, and as being preoccupied by a Dipterous genus. As I do not think the Perlidæ belong to the Order, and as the great body of the Trichoptera are distinguished by hairy upper wings, I cannot think the name improper: but to apply a name to a Genus which terminates like the denominations of Orders, I think leads to mistakes, and should not be tolerated.—K.
[1212] Hor. Entomolog. 430—.
[1214] The location of the legs together, their long coxæ, and their calcaria, are analogous also to those of the Lepidoptera.
[1215] Reaum. vi. Mem. x. t. xxxii. f. 13. t. xxxiv. f. 1-6. De Geer vi. 169—. t. x. f. 7, 8.
[1216] N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. 286.
[1217] De Geer ii. 511—. He however observes, that they often attack other insects: but the form of their mandibulæ, like that of the caterpillars of Lepidoptera, which also on some occasions become carnivorous (Vol. I. p. [386]), is fitted for a vegetable diet. De Geer, Ibid. 505.
[1218] This is evident from De Geer's account. Ibid. 516. t. xii. f. 14. t. xv. f. 4.