Five tribes constitute this order: the Panorpates (scorpion flies), the Myrmileoniens, the Hemerobins, the Termitines and the Perlides.

It is useless to add that the insects which now interest us, and whose dwelling we occupy, perhaps unduly, are the Termitines." At this moment Dick Sand listened very attentively to Cousin Benedict.
Had the meeting with these termites excited in him the thought that he was perhaps on the African continent, without knowing by what chance he had arrived there?
The young novice was very anxious to find out.
The savant, mounted on his favorite hobby, continued to ride it beautifully.
"Now these termitines," said he, "are characterized by four joints on the instep, horned jaws, and remarkable strength.

We have the _mantispe_ species, the _raphidie_, and the termite species.

The last is often known under the term of white ants, in which we count the deadly termite, the yellow corslet termite, the termite that shuns the light, the biter, the destroyer--" "And those that constructed this ant-hill ?" asked Dick Sand.
"They are the martial ants," replied Cousin Benedict, who pronounced this word as if it had been the Macedonians, or some other ancient people brave in war.

"Yes, the warlike ants, and of all sizes.
Between Hercules and a dwarf the difference would be less than between the largest of these insects and the smallest.