^.X THE 



INSECT WORLD 



BEING 



— A Popular Account of the Orders of Insects ; 



TOGETHER WITH 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF 

 SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPECIES. 



BY 



LOUIS FIGUIER 



REVISED AND CORRECTED BY P. MARTIN DUNCAN, F.R.S. 



WITH 579 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



D. APPLETON AND CO., 



NEW YORK. 



