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- BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, AND BEETLES. By W. F. Kirby.
- CRUSTACEANS AND SPIDERS. By F. A. A. Skuse.
- ANTS, BEES, DRAGON FLIES, EARWIGS, ETC. By W. H. Bath.
- REPTILES. By Catherine Hopley.
- MAMMALIA. By F. A. A. Skuse.[Shortly.
- POND-LIFE. By E. A. Butler, F.Z.S.
- SILKWORMS. By E. A. Butler, F.Z.S.
- MOSSES. By Jas. E. Bagnall, A.L.S.
- SEAWEEDS, SHELLS, AND FOSSILS. By Peter Gray and B. B. Woodward.
- COINS AND TOKENS (English). By Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A.
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
Transcriber's Notes:
- The 2 pages of advertisements preceding the title page have been moved to the end of this book.
- The half-title page has been removed.
- Obvious printing mistakes have been corrected.
- Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and accents remain as in the original unless noted below.
- Introduction, "Linnean" changed to "Linnæan" ("By the Linnæan system").
- Page 10, "Hawk flies" changed to "Hawk Flies."
- Page 15, "Section 3" changed to "Section 2."
- Page 39, "fulfed" changed to "fullfed".
- Page 43, "PSEUDONEUROPTERA" changed to "PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA."
- Page 52, "reins" changed to "veins."
- Page 55, illustration caption: "Fig. 8" changed to "Fig. 68."
- Page 95, "Family 1" changed to "Family 12."
- Page 103, "Fig. 145" changed to "Fig. 146."
- Page 106, "Piophila-casei" changed to "Piophila casei."
- Page 107, "Tribe VI" changed to "Tribe IV."