CONTENTS. 



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Preface 11 



Classification of Insects 15 



-/ ^- OsBEji I.— BEETLES {COLEOPTERA). 



Remarks on Beetles^ 18. — Carnivorous Beetles, 19. — The Northern 

 Lady-Bird, 20.— Its xUse, 21.— Tiger Beetles, 22.— Green Cater- 

 pillar-Hunter, 2-4. — Red-Spotted Caterpillar-Hunter, 2-!:. — Recol- 

 lections of the Crimea^ 24. — Mr. Ditson's Circassia, 27. — Professor 

 Pallas and the Empress Catharine II., 28. — Scavenger Beetles, 31. 

 — Grubs eaten by the Ancients, 33. — Enthusiasm for the Study of 

 Insects, 33. — The Bronze Dung Beetle, 34. — Use of it, 35. — Catch- 

 ing and preserving Beetles, 36. — The Tumble-Bug, or Pellet Bee- 

 tle, 37. — The Egyptian Pellet Beetle, 37. — Wooden Fences injuri- 

 ous to Rural Economy, 38. — The Horned Passalus, 39. — The Stag 

 Beetle, 40.— The Indian Cetonia, 41.— The Fox-like Cetonia, 42. 

 —The Horned Fungus Eater, 43.— The Cabinet Beetle, 44.— Tlie 

 Carrion Beetles, 45.— The Crusader Carrion Beetle, 46. — The Big 

 Grave-Uigger,_i.6. — Herbivorous Beetles, or Plant Eaters, 47. — 

 The Entomologist, 48. — Maxims and Cunning of Peter the Great, 

 Emperor of Russia, 49. — Spring Beetles, 49. — The Velvet-Spotted 

 Spring Beetle, 50. — The Lightning Spring Beetle, 51. — Human 

 Life saved by it, 52. — Nature of their Light, 53. — Capricorn Bee- 

 tles, 54. — The Painted Capricorn, 55. — Legislative Protection of 

 Birds, 56. — The Cloak-Bearing Capricorn, 5Q. — Snout Beetles, 

 57.— The Palm- Weevil, 58.— The ^Yheat-AVeevil, 59.— The Rice 

 Weevil, 59.— The Pea-Wee\-il, 60.— The Leaf Eaters, 61.— The 

 Gilded Dandy, 61. 



Order IL— BUGS [HEMIPTERA). 



The Red-Eyed Cicada, 64. — Its frequent Appearance, 65. — Letter 

 of Dr. T. W. Harris, GG. — Incorrectness of its Name, " Seventeen- 

 Years' Locust, " 67. — The Locust mentioned in the Scriptures, 68. 

 — The Lyerman, 70. — Metamorphosis of Cicadas, 71. — Use of 

 them, 72. — Their different Species, 73. — Impositions in Natural 

 History, 74. — The Lantern-Fly of Madame Merian, 73. — The 

 Louse, 77. — Lemvenhoeck's Observations, 78. — Phthiriasis, 78. 

 —The Bed-Bug, 79.— The Persian Bug, 80.— The Banian Hos- 

 pital at Surat, 80. — The Squash-Bug, 81. — Its Injuries, and how 

 to prevent them, 81.— The Wheel-Bug, 82.— Tree-Hoppers, 82.— 

 Plant-Lice, 83. — Shield-Lice, 84. — How to prevent their Iniuries, 

 85.— The Cochineal, 87.— Commerce with it, 88.— The Shellac 



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