| PART I |
| STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE LEPIDOPTERA |
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | GENERAL CHARACTERS | [1] |
| II. | THE EGG | [16] |
| III. | THE LARVA | [22] |
| IV. | THE PUPA OR CHRYSALIS | [44] |
| V. | CLASSIFICATION OF THE LEPIDOPTERA | [55] |
| PART II |
| WORK AT HOME AND IN THE FIELD |
| VI. | CATCHING BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS | [63] |
| VII. | COLLECTING OVA, LARVÆ, AND PUPÆ | [98] |
| VIII. | REARING LEPIDOPTERA | [112] |
| IX. | SETTING AND PRESERVING | [122] |
| X. | PRESERVING OVA, LARVÆ AND PUPÆ | [130] |
| XI. | THE CABINET—ARRANGEMENT OF SPECIMENS | [134] |
| PART III |
| BRITISH BUTTERFLIES |
| XII. | THE SWALLOW-TAIL AND THE 'WHITES' | [139] |
| XIII. | THE FRITILLARIES, VANESSAS, AND THE PURPLE EMPEROR | [154] |
| XIV. | THE BROWNS AND HEATHS | [173] |
| XV. | THE HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS AND BLUES | [183] |
| XVI. | THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY AND THE SKIPPERS | [196] |
| PART IV |
| COMMON BRITISH MOTHS |
| XVII. | SPHINGES | [203] |
| XVIII. | BOMBYCES | [217] |
| XIX. | THE NOCTUÆ | [239] |
| XX. | GEOMETRÆ | [268] |
| XXI. | THE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA | [290] |
| APPENDICES |
| I. | COMPLETE CLASSIFIED LIST OF BRITISH MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA | [309] |
| II. | THE LEPIDOPTERIST'S CALENDAR | [326] |
| References To Coloured Plates | [347] |
| Index | [351] |