COLOURED PLATES. 



The World of Ixsects . . 



Sextons at Work 



The Wasp as Food Pro- 



\'IDER 



The C.reat Green Grass- 

 hopper 



The Humminc;-T]ird Hawk- 

 Moth 



BiRD-wixG Butterflies . . 



The Assembling of the 

 Oak-Eggers 



Frontispiece 

 Facing page 40 



So 



Driven from the Hive . . Facing page 280 



160 

 200 



240 



Nest of Honey-Wasp 

 Attacked by Jaguar . . 



The Slaughter of the 

 Innocents 



Rhinoceros- Beetle and 

 Bur rowing- Wasp 



Ruby- Wasp and Mason- 

 Wasp 



3^0 

 360 

 400 

 440 



BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Alriran i)iril-\\in,2; Inittcrfly 

 African {grasshopper, An 

 Air-tube junction, .\n 

 Air-tubes of silkworm . . 

 Alder-lh-, Giant 

 Alder-fly. The . . 

 Amber Insect . . 

 Antaeus-beetles.. 

 Antenna, Tip of moth's 

 Antenna' of silk-moth 

 Ant-lion . . 

 Ant-lion fiy 

 Ant-lion, Long-necked 

 Ant-lion sinking its pit 

 Ant-lion's jaws 

 Aphis-lion 



Aphis-lion, Cocoon of . . 

 Aphis of apple-tree 

 Aphis of beech-tree 

 Apollo butterfly 

 Apollo caterpillar 

 Apple-sucker, Eggs of. . 

 Arrindi silk-moth 309, 



Arrindi silkworm 

 .\rrindi silkworm cocoon-bi 



.Vrrmdi silkworm, 



cocoon of 

 x\scalaphus 



I'ini 



lild 

 her 



Bacon-beetle . . . . 14 



I'>acon-beetle, An outdoor 



I>asket-worm, A 



Mattery of cocoons, .\ . . 



I !eard-nosc beetle 



r>eautiful searcher 



I5ed-bug, \'oung 



Fiee-hive beetle 



P>ee parasite 



Bee's brush and comb. . 



r>ee, Sting of . . 



lieetle and ant . . 



J^eginning of comb structure 



Big-headed Broscus . . 



Big-legged bug 



Bird-spider attacked by wasp 



220 



141 



142 



21 



S2 



iSS 



I '^3 

 1 10 



115 

 III 



1 10 

 "3 



473 



IO() 



107 



3> - 

 114 



2(>2 



(>o 

 ■'70 

 1.5" » 

 313 

 44^ 

 241 



-44 

 4 

 -'3« 

 369 

 160 

 91 



wa ter 



Black bottle-maker .. 

 Black-veined white butterth'. 

 Blister-beetle . . 

 Blister-beetle, Life-history of. 

 Elow-fly or blue-bottle 

 Blow-fly, Foot of 

 Blow-fly, Spiracle of 

 Blow-fly, Trunk of 

 Boatman, Tlie . . 

 Ijombardier-beetles 

 Book-louse 

 Bornean bird wings 

 Breathing mouth of 



beetle 



JSrimstone-butterfly at rest . . 

 Brimstone-butterfly, Caterpillar 



and chrysalis of 

 Brindled beauty, Small 

 ISronze-flsh, The 

 J5rood combs 

 " Brown bug " domesticated by 



sjiinning ant 

 Pjrovvn lace-wing 

 P>russels-lace moth, Caterpillar 



of 



Pull iTuiine-caterpillars 

 I '>uh ermine-moth 

 l)Ug, Maternal . . 

 Bugs, Typical . . 

 lUillet-galls, Maker of. . 

 l!urnet-moth cocoons . . 

 i!urnet-moth, Six-spot 

 i;ush-chee]i grasshopper 

 Butterflies, .\ cloud of. . 

 I>utterfl\- caterpillars . . 

 P.utterlly, Egg of 

 Uutterfly enemy of green-fly. . 

 iiutterliy gets its wings, IIow 



the '..'' 

 Butterfly, Scales of 

 Pnitterth', Tcmgue of . . 



Caci(]ue butterfly 



Caddis cases 



Caddis chrvsalis 



Caddis-rtv " 



'AGE 



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 119 

 -')3 

 -<).5 

 297 



■295 

 226 



3^7 

 476 



130 



267 



266 



4.5(^ 



43 



^43 



10 



474 



31S 

 444 

 4 4.5 

 i('3 



I()2 



102 



-34 



L54 



47 



418 



414 



417 

 416 



376 

 4.51 

 4.5- 

 431 



P.\GE 



Caddis-fly at rest . . . . 449 



Caddis-ily, Spawn of . . . . 430 



Calliper-beetle .. .. .. 01 



Camberwell Beauty, Transtor- 



mations of . . . . . . 99 



Cardl)oard-wasp . . . . 360 



Carpenter-bee . . . . 39, 320 



Carpenter-bee, Broad-footed . . 40 



Carpenter-bee, Teredo . . 41 



Carpenter-bee's hind-body . . 322 

 Carpenter-bee's mite-chambi-r 



3^1. 3^-i 

 Caterpillar clings How a .. 420 



Caterpillar of priv^et-hawk moth 98 

 Chorthipjius nymph . . . . 327 



Cicada . . . . . . 12, 460 



Cicada's drum . . . . . . 461 



Cicada's musical ch.amber . . 462 

 Cicada's musical instruments 465 

 Clouded yellow butterfly .. 49 



Cloud of butterflies . . . . 47 



Cobbler-beetle . . . . . . 40S 



Cockchafer, Grub of . . . . 17 



Cockchafer chrysalis .. ..213 



Cockchafer, Common . . . . 213 



Cockchafer grubs .. .. 214 



Cockchafer's antenna . . . . 2i() 



Cockroach, Common . 



Cockroach cgg-capsules 



Cockroach, German 



Cockroach. I^apland . 



Cockroach, Surinam . 



Cockroach-wasp 



Cocoon, An open-work 



Common scale-Insect, .\ 



Cf>mpound eye . . 



Compound eye. Section of 



Crane-fly 



Crane-fly, Egg-placer of 



Cricket of the hearth . . 



Cricket's file 



Cricket's musical instrument. . 



Croesus bird-wing . . 197 



Croton-bug 



" Cue U" 00 spit " 



Currant clcarwing-moth 



286, 



29S, 299 



.. 30^ 

 • • 300 

 . . 299 



301 



28 7 

 ^oS 

 278 



1 85 

 182 



9> 

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 300 

 7- 

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