Ill no other division of the Animal Kingdom is found so remarkable a vancij ut tuuiii a^ i't<\,iil- .1111 ■i,_ tin l;i>ects. 

 In the picture are brought together, from many pans of the world, a few examples to show at a glance a little of this 

 variety. Insects fitted for life in the air. upon and in trees, in and on the earth, others for existence in the waters. 

 Here are beetles brilliant as Kems. butterflies and moths of sombre hue and Kori^eous colouriiij^. hutis as bright and as 

 quaint in form; wasps, flies, cicada and stick-insect : may-flies on the water, and termites' hills on the further shore. 

 Each has a story of great interest ; and all these stories will be found in the pages beyond. 



