TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Characteristics of insects { 



Importance of entomology 3 



Classification 5 



Thysanura 5 



Collembola g 



Platyptera g 



Archiptera 7 



Orthoptera g 



Hemiptera ^2 



Thysanoptera jg 



Neuroptera ^g 



Coleoptera yj 



Strepsiptera 22 



Trichoptera 23 



Lepidoptera 23 



Diptera 27 



Siphonaptera 32 



Hymenoptera 32 



Collecting apparatus 37 



Killing insects 50 



Pinning insects 53 



Spreading insects 5g 



Labeling specimens g2 



Storage of specimens g5 



Mounting specimens on slides g7 



Preparation of larvae g9 



Preparing wings for study 71 



Preservation of material in liquids 72 



Special directions 75 



Coleoptera 75 



Lepidoptera gg 



Hymenoptera qq 



Diptera < 92 



Hemiptera-Heteropt era 93 



Hemiptera-Homoptera 94 



Orthoptera gg 



Neuropteroids 97 



Special kinds of collecting 99 



Insect boxes and cabinets 104 



Arrangement of insects 1 1 10 



Pests in collections U0 



Rearing insects \ \o 



Shipping insects [20 



Collecting Arachnida and Myriopoda [22 



Collections of insects I _>; 



Periodicals and dealers 127 



Obtaining and keeping track of literature Ijs 



Bibliography [29 



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