fe. 





CONTENTS. 



Chapters. page 



I. Transformed and Transferred . . 9 

 II. Renewing Old Acquaintance . . .13 



III. The Tenants Preparing for Winter . 2G 



IV. Winter Tenants of Our Trees . . 39 

 V. Moths at the Fireside .... 03 



VI. Pellionella and Pomonella — A Chroni- 

 cle of "Old Clo's " and Windfalls . 84 

 VII. Measure for Measure . . . . 102 



VIII. Insect Troglodytes 131 



IX. Cave-dwelling Insects .... 143 



X. The History of a Humble-Bee . . 163 

 XI. Insect Engineering — Bridge -building 



and Ballooning Spiders . . . 185 



XII. Argonaut and Geometer. . . . 30G 



XIII. A Battle, a Conquest, and a Night- 



Raid— The Cutting-Ant of Texas . 230 



XIV. A Tour Through a Texas Ant-IIill . 353 

 XV. The Cricket on the Hearth . . . 277 



XVI. Music-Making Insects .... 299 



XVII. " Sermons IN "—Ants . . . .320 



XVIII. Seventeen Years Under Ground . . 353 



XIX. Housekeeping in a Basket . . . 377 



XX. Sartor Insectorum 400 



XXI. Nature's First Paper-Makers . . 426 



XXII. New Tenants and Old Friends . . 448 



