CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BY WAY OF AN INTRODUCTION, .... 5 



II. THE PLAGUE OF FLIES, 16 



III. THE WAY OF THE MOSQUITO, 36 



IV. THE WICKED FLEA, . . ... 54 

 V. OF TRUE BUGS IN GENERAL, . 73 



VI. WE NEVER SPEAK THEIR NAMES, .... 88 



VII. THE ARISTOCRAT OF THE KITCHEN 103 



VIII. FOES OF CLOTHES AND CARPETS, . . . .120 



IX. SPIDERS, 135 



X. THE MEMBRANE-WINGED INSECTS, WASPS AND SUCH, 154 



XI. ANTS, 171 



XII. THE BUSY BEE, . . . 189 



XIII. THE LAST WORD, 210 



INDEX, 219 



