ILLUSTRATIONS 



1 Loi\g-]egged house-sTp'ider {Pholcus Phalangio'ides) , 6 



2 Musk-beetle {Ceramhyx odoratus), 8 



3 Catch-weed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa), ib. 



4 Stag-beetle {Lucanus Cervus) on the wing, 10 



5 Clouded yellow butterfly {Colius Edusa), male, 13 



6 Pale clouded butterfly {Colias Hyale), female, ib. 



7 Red underwing {Catocala 7iupta), 19 



8 Upper and under sides of the ringlet butterfly {Hip- 



parchia Hyperanthus), 25 



9 Harvest-bug {Leptus autumnalis), greatly magni- 



fied, 27 



10 Marbled butterfly {Hipparchia Galathea) and ca- 



terpillar, 28 



11 Ko'^e-Xa.VixeX {Rhododendron ponticum), 33 



12 Yellow azalea {Azalea pontica) , 34 



13 ieis?ws/w^vi6ar&tfs, with the tongue magnified, 43 



14 Painted lady butterfly {Cynthia Cardui): and Al- 



pine blue-bottle {Centaurea montana) , 45 



15 Burying-beetles {JVecrophorus sepultor), and dead 



frog, 46 



16 Snapdragon {Antirrhinwn majus, and bees enter- 



ing the flower, 49 



17 Humming-bird moth {Macroglossa stellatarutn), 



and trumpet honey-suckle ( Caprifolium semper- 



virens), 50 



18 Bombardier {Brachinus crepitans) , 54 



19 Calosoma inquisitor, ib. 



20 Green dragon-fly {JEshna varia), 67 



21 Rove-beetle {Go'rius olens) on the wing, 68 



22 Lackey-moth, in all its stages, 74 



23 Fox-moth {Lasiocampa rubi), and caterpillar, 76 



24 Green field-cricket {Acrida viridissima) , with its 



nest and eggs, 77 



25 Drum of the grasshopper, 79 



26 Under side of the Cicada, 83 



27 Drum of the Cicada, ib. 



