AMERICAN INSECTS 



BY VERNON L. KELLOGG 



PROFESSOR IN LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY 



WITH 812 figures and n colored plates; 647 pp. 

 {American Nature Series, Group /); $5.00 net 

 (postage 34 cents). Students' edition, $4.00. A 

 comprehensive account of the natural history of the in- 

 sects of America, written simply yet seriously, so as to 

 be acceptable to the general reading public as well as to 

 professional students of nature. Allot" the insect orders 

 represented in our country are treated in this single 

 volume, which, despite its comprehensiveness and its 

 profusion of illustrations, is so compactly made as to be 

 in no way unwieldy. The book may be used for con- 

 tinuous reading by those wishing to inform themselves 

 concerning the kinds and habits of American insects in 

 general, or as a reference manual for authoritative in- 

 formation on classification, specific remedies for certain 

 pests, special discussions of structural, physiological, or 

 ecological phases of insect biology, etc. 



" Certain to be widely useful . . . readable and profusely illus- 

 trated. It gives a great amount of information about the insects 

 of this country, in such a manner that it is available to any intel- 

 ligent person . . . other works are necessary for particular pur- 

 poses ; but if I were asked to name a single work for a beginner, 

 who at the same time meant business, I should not hesitate to 

 recommend this new product of Stanford University." T. D. A. 

 Cocker ell in 7^ie Dial. 



" Nothing needed to make this a complete guide to the study of 

 our American insects has been omitted." J/. A. Bigelow in the 

 Independent. 



"Professor Kellogg's volume will be welcomed as one of the 

 best general text-books on the subject covered." C. L. Marlatt 

 in Science. 



"The work is scientifically conceived and carefully executed 

 in every part ; but it is free from all unnecessary technicalities 

 and so fresh in its spirit and so informal in its tone that one 

 scarcely remembers in reading it the scientific attainments of its 

 eminent author. It is a storehouse of biological information 

 drawn from authoritative sources and vivified by contributions 

 from the author's own rich experience as an observer and an in- 

 vestigator. . . . The style is vivacious, flowing, correct, as pel- 

 lucid as a mountain brook, and free from all those affectations of 

 sprightliness or sentiment which seem likely to become conven- 

 tional in the literature of nature study." S. A. Forbes in School 

 Science. 



" An excellent work, and we can heartily recommend it to all 

 who are interested in the classification and natural history of in- 

 sects. It is written in an agreeable and attractive style and can 

 be referred to anywhere by the ordinary reader without fear of 

 being disheartened by purely technical language . . . the greater 



