CONTENTS. V 



erpillars, the purest Socialists, 170. — Of the American Tent-Cater- 

 pillar, 171. — Their Injuries, 172. — How to Destroy them, 172. — 

 Of the Wood-Tent Caterpillar, 173. — Their Webs for economical 

 purposes, 173. — Of the Span- Worms, 173. — Singularity of their 

 Legs, 171»'-— Of the Canker-Worm, 174. — Its Eavages, 175. — Its 

 Metamorphosis, 175. — Of the Lime-Tree Span- Worm, 175. — Doc- 

 tor Harris's Remedies against the Injuries of these Insects, 176. — 

 Remedy of the "Manchester Guardian," 178. — Of the Apple- 

 Worm, 179. — Astonishing Phenomenon, 180. — Of the Bee-Moth, 

 181. — Power of its Caterpillar, 181. — Operation of these Insects 

 in a Bee-Hive, 182. — Experiments on them, 182. — Means to De- 

 stroy them, 183. — Of the White Corn- Worm, or Grain-Moth, 184. 

 — Its Transactions, 184. — Abundance of them in Carolina, 185. — 

 Their Depredations, 185. — jNIeans of destroying them, 185. — Of 

 the Carpet-Moth, 186. — Remedies against their Injm-ies, 186. — 

 Of Hawk-Moths or Sphinxes, 187. — Explanation of this Name, 

 187. — Of the Potato-Worm, 189. — Its frequent Destruction by 

 Ichneumon-Flies, 190. — How the Humming of Hawk-Moths is 

 produced, 190. — Terror produced in Europe by the Death's-Head 

 Hawk-Moth, 191.— Of the Four-Horned Sphinx, 192.— Of the 

 Humming-Bird Sphinx, 193.— Of the Satellitia, 193.— Of Butter- 

 flies (Diurnal Lepidoptera), 194. — Works on Lepidopterous In- 

 sects, 195. — Injury and Use of them, 196. — Names of Butterflies, 

 197. — Countess Ragowska teaching her Children Geography, His- 

 tory, and Botany by means of an Entomological Cabinet, 197. — 

 Classification of Lepidoptera bv Linnaus, 199. — Character of the 

 Genus Colias, 199.— Colias Philodice, 199.— Colias Edusa, 200.— 

 Colias Chrysotheme, 200. — Character of the Genus Melita^a, 200. 

 — Melit£ea Phaeton, 200.— Melita^aTharos, 200.— Character of 

 the Genus Vanessa, 201. — Vanessa Antiope, or Mourning-Cloak, 

 201. — Its Injury, 201. — How the Tailors in France were converted, 

 202. — Vanessa Atalanta, or Admiral, or Mars, 202. — Vanessa 

 Cardui, or Thistle Butterfly, 204. — Vanessa C aureum, 205. — 

 Vanessa Progne, 205. — Vanessa J. album, 205. — Vanessa Mil- 

 berti, 205. — Vanessa Coenia, 205. — Vanessa Huntera, 205. — 

 Character of the Genus Papilio, 206. — Trojan and Greek Knights, 

 206. — The Royal Highness and the German Peasant in New York, 

 206.— Destiny of old Butterflies, 206.— Use of the Aerial Knights, 

 206.— Their Tentacula, 207.— The Asterias Butterfly, 207.— Its 

 Caterpillars called Parsley Worms, 208.— The Troilus, 208.— The 

 Philenor, 209.— The Ajax, 209.— The Calchas, 210.— The Poly- 

 damas, 210. — Generic Character of the Danaus, 211. — Danaus 

 Berenice, 211. — The Argynnis Idalia, 212. — The Argynnis Diana; 

 Cvbele; Columbina; Myrina; Ossianus; Polaris; Chariclea; 

 Bellona, 213. 



Order V.— NET-WINGED INSECTS {NEUROPTERA). 



Definition of them, 214. — Letter of Dr. Harris respecting their Clas- 

 sification, 214.— The Dragon-Fly, 217.— Description of it, 217.— 

 Its Utility, 218. — Heroism of a young Student, 219. — Note re- 

 ceived from a Lady, 220. — Division of Dragon-Flies into three 

 Genera, 221.— The Genus Libellula, 222.— The Genus -ffishna, 



