CONTENTS 



PAOE 



Scheme of the Classification adopted in this Book .... vii 



CHAPTER I 



Hymenoptera Petiolata continued — Series 2. Tubulifera or Chkysi- 

 didae.^Series 3. Acitleata — General — Classification — Division I. 

 Anthophila or Bees ........,.! 



CHAPTER II 



Hymenoptera Aculeata continued — Division II. Diplopteka or Wasps 

 — Eumenidae, Solitary True Wasps — Yespidae, Social Wasps — 

 Masaridae . ■ 71 



CHAPTER III 



Hy'menoptera Aculeata continued — Division III. Fossoees or 

 Fossorial Solitary Wasps — Family Scoliidae or Subterranean 

 FossoRES — Family' Pompilidae or Runners — Family SpHEfUDAE on 

 Perfect-Stingers .......... 90 



CHAPTER IV 



Hymenoptera Aculeata coxtinued — Division IY. Formicidae or 



Ants 131 



CHAPTER V 



COLEOPTERA OR BEETLES — StHEPSIPTERA , 184 



CHAPTER YI 



Lepidoptera, or Butterflies and Moths ....... 304 



