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Suborder Cinura

There will be no necessity for generalizations regarding this suborder, aside from the mention of the characters by which it is separated from the Collembola. In this country it is represented by species belonging to three distinct families, which may be separated as follows:

Mouth-parts buried in the head. . . . . I

Mouth-parts not buried. . . . . Family Lepismatidae

I--Anal end of the body with a pair of forceps. . . . . Family Japygidae

Anal end of body with long antenna-like processes. . . . . Family Campodeidae