CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION . . i 



PART I. 

 LESSONS IN INSECT LIFE. 



CHAPTER 



I. THE PARTS OF AN INSECT Q 



II. THE BEGINNING OF A COLLECTION AND A STUDY OF THE 



METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS 22 



III. THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS AND THEIR NEAR RELA- 

 TIVES 51 



IV. POND LIFE . . . . . . 87 



V. BROOK LIFE . . . 144 



VI. ORCHARD LIFE 166 



VII. FOREST LIFE . 186 



VIII. ROADSIDE LIFE 221 



PART II. 



THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS. 



I. THE COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS 284 



II. THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS 2Q4 



III. ON LABELING SPECIMENS AND TAKING NOTES . . -315 

 IV. THE BREEDING OF INSECTS 326 



V. MISCELLANEOUS LISTS 336 



