CONTENTS.

[Authors Quoted]9
[COLEOPTERA—BEETLES.]
[Coccinellidæ—Lady-birds]17
[Chrysomelidæ—Gold-beetles]23
[Carabidæ]23
[Pausidæ]23
[Dermestidæ—Leather-beetles]24
[Lucanidæ—Stag-beetles]24
[Scarabæidæ—Dung-beetles]27
[Dynastidæ—Hercules-beetles, etc.]45
[Melolonthidæ—Cock-chafers]47
[Cetoniidæ—Rose-chafers]49
[Buprestidæ—Burn-cows]50
[Elateridæ—Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc.]51
[Lampyridæ—Glow-worms]55
[Ptinidæ—Death-watch, etc.]58
[Bostrichidæ—Typographer-beetle, etc.]61
[Cantharidæ—Blister-flies]62
[Tenebrionidæ—Meal-worms]65
[Blapsidæ—Church-yard-beetle, etc.]65
[Curculionidæ—Weevils]68
[Cerambycidæ—Musk-beetles]72
[Galerucidæ—Turnip-fly, etc.]74
[EUPLEXOPTERA.]
[Forficulidæ—Ear-wigs]76
[ORTHOPTERA.]
[Blattidæ—Cockroaches]78
[Mantidæ—Soothsayers, etc.]82
[Achetidæ—Crickets]92
[Gryllidæ—Grasshoppers]98
[Locustidæ—Locusts]101
[NEUROPTERA.]
[Termitidæ—White-ants]132
[Ephemeridæ—Day-flies]138
[Libellulidæ—Dragon-flies]138
[Myrmeleonidæ—Ant-lions]141
[HYMENOPTERA.]
[Uroceridæ—Sirex]142
[Cynipidæ—Gall-flies]143
[Formicidæ—Ants]146
[Vespidæ—Wasps, Hornets]170
[Apidæ—Bees]174
[LEPIDOPTERA.]
[Papilionidæ—Butterflies]216
[Sphingidæ—Hawk-moths]232
[Bombicidæ—Silkworm-moths]234
[Arctiidæ—Woolly-bear-moths]242
[Psychidæ—Wood-carrying-moth, etc.]245
[Noctuidæ—Antler-moth, Cut-worm, etc.]246
[Geometridæ—Span-worms]248
[Tineidæ—Clothes’-moths, Bee-moths, etc.]248
[HOMOPTERA.]
[Cicadidæ—Harvest-flies]250
[Fulgoridæ—Lantern-flies]255
[Aphidæ—Plant-lice]257
[Coccidæ—Shield-lice]259
[HETEROPTERA.]
[Cimicidæ—Bed-bugs]265
[Notonectidæ—Water-boatmen]275
[DIPTERA.]
[Culicidæ—Gnats]278
[Tipulidæ—Crane-flies]286
[Muscidæ—Flies]287
[Œstridæ—Bot-flies]302
[APHANIPTERA.]
[Pulicidæ—Fleas]305
[ANOPLEURA.]
[Pediculidæ—Lice]316
[ARACHNIDÆ.]
[Acaridæ—Mites]321
[Phalangidæ—Daddy-Long-legs]321
[Pedipalpi—Scorpions]321
[Araneidæ—True-spiders]332
[Miscellaneous]363
[Index]373