CONTENTS. 



t' li A p T j: R I . 



INTKODUCTIOX. 



Insects defined. — Brain and Nera^es. — Air-pipes and Bkeatii- 

 iNG-HOLEs. — Heart and Blood. — Insects are produced from 

 Eggs. — Metamorphoses, ok Transformations. — Examples of 

 Complete Tr.\nsforjiation. — Partial Transformation. — Lar- 

 va, or Infant State. — Pupa, or Intermediate State — Adult, 

 OR Winged State. — Head, Eyes, Antenn.e, and Mouth. — Tho- 

 rax OR Chest, Wings, and Legs. — Abdomen or Hind-body, 

 Piercer, and Sting. — Number of Insects compared with Plants. 

 — Classification; Orders; Coleopter.v ; Orthoptera ; Hemipte- 

 ra; Neuroptera; Lepidoptera; Hymenoptera; Dipter.\; Other 

 Orders and Groups. — Pemakks on Scientific Names. . . 1-22 



CHAPTER II. 



C L E P T E p. a . 



Beetles. — Scarab.eians. — Ground-Beetles. — Tree-Beetles. — 

 Cockchafers ok May-Beetles. — Flower-Beetles. — Stag-Bee- 



TLES. — BUPRESTIANS, OR SaW-HORNED BoRERS. — SfKING-BeETLES. 



Ti.mber-Beetles. — Weevils. — Cylindrical B.\rk-Beetles. — 

 Capkicokn-Beetles, or Long-horned Borers. — Leaf-Beetles. — 

 Ckiocekians. — Leaf-mining Beetles. — Tortoise-Beetles. — 

 Chryso:melians. — Cantharides. . . . . . . 23-140 



CHAPTER III. 



OPTHOPTEP A. 



Earwigs. — Cockroaches. — Mantes, ok Soothsayers. — Walking- 

 Leaves. — Walking-Sticks, or Spectres. — Mole-Cricket. — 

 Field Crickets. — Climbing Cricket. — Wingless Cricket. — 

 Grasshoppers. — Katy-did. — Locusts. 141-191 



