CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Fore Talk : A Fore Talk About Insects, Bcg-a-Boos, Bug-Bears, 

 Bug-Houses and Hum-Bugs. How the Writer Learned the 

 Life History of Beetles — How He Used Them for Horses . . 1 



CHAPTER OXE 



BunLDiNG A M\ke-Believe Insect. Comparing a Beetle with a 



Boy 13 



CHAPTER TWO 



How to Equip Oneself for Collecting Insects. How to Impro- 

 ^^sE Bottles for Alcohouc Specimens. How to Have Poison- 

 Bottles Made. How to Make Drying Boards and Specimen 

 Boxes. How to Make Butterfly Nets and How to Use Them 30 



CHAPTER THREE 

 The BtTTTERrLT and Moth Family 54 



CHAPTER FOUR 



American Silk-Worms and Giant Night-Butterflies, Moths, or 

 Millers 66 



CHAPTER FHT 

 American Royalty 100 



CHAPTER SIX 



Sphint; and Hawk Millers, Jug-Handles and Tobacco Worms. 



Notch- Winged Moths 108 



CHAPTER SEVEN 



Sunshine Moths. Cle.^r-W'inged Millers. Humming-Bird 

 Moths. The White Death. Frlit Borers and Squash- 

 Vine Miller 115 



CHAPTER EIGHT 



Under-Wing Miller. Tiger and Leopard Millers. Yellow 

 Bears. Hobo Caterpillars 121 



