CONTENTS. 



Pa^'e 



SYSTEM IX NATURE "5 



CLASSIFICATION-, 9 



THE STRUCTURE OF INSECTS 13 



THE TRANSFORMATION OF INSECTS 26 



THE ORDERS OF INSECTS— 



ORTHOPTERA. ^Grasshoppers, Crickets, Cockroaches, ete.) . 29 



HEMIPTERA. (Plant-bugs, Aphids, Scale-bugs, etc.) 38 



NEUROPTERA. (Dragon-Hies, Lace-winged files, etc.) 59 



LEPIDOPTERA. (Butterflies and Moths) 6b 



DIPTERA. (Two-winged Hies of all kinds) 83 



COLEOPTERA. (Beetles of all kinds) . 96 



HYMENOPTERA. (Bees, Wasps, Ants, etc.) 108 



