CONTENTS. 



Page, 



INTRODUCTORY 3 



MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND PRESERVING INSECTS 5 



CHARACTERISTICS OF INSECTS , 5 



SCOPE AND IMPORTANCE OF ENTOMOLOGY 6 



CLASSIFICATION OF HEXAPODS 8 



Order Hymenoptera 12 



Order Coleoptera 14 



Order Lepidoptera 16 



Order Hemiptera 17 



Suborder Thysanoptera 18 



Order Diptera 19 



Suborder Aphaniptera 20 



Order Orthoptera 21 



Suborder Dermaptera 22 



Order Neuroptera 22 



Suborder Trichoptera 23 



Suborder Mecoptera 23 



Suborder Neuroptera 23 



Suborder Platyptera 24 



Suborder Plecoptera 25 



Suborder Odonata 25 



Suborder Ephemeroptera 25 



Suborder Thysarmra 26 



COLLECTING 26 



General considerations 26 



Collecting apparatus 29 



The sweeping net 29 



The water net 31 



Water clip-net 32 



The umbrella 32 



The beating cloth 33 



The umbrella net 34 



The sieve 35 



The chisel 36 



The trowel 36 



The collecting tweezers 36 



The brush 37 



The fumigator 38 



The haversack 38 



The lens and microscope 39 



Collecting Hymenoptera 39 



Collecting Coleoptera 42 



General directions 42 



Winter collecting 43 



