146 Bugs, Butterflies, and Beetles 



be found in all our big libraries, and where libraries 

 do not exist the reader may send duplicates of his 

 specimens to the scientific men of the State, City 

 or National Museum. They are all good fellows 

 and will gladl}^ identify the insects for him and 

 spell out the long names so that he may label them 

 properly. 



These names are purposely omitted here be- 

 cause this is a book for boys, a book the purpose of 

 which is to interest the reader in the study of nature 

 and not to frighten him out of the glorious fields 

 and away from the enjoyment of the sunshine and 

 blue sky by building up barbed-wire entanglements 

 of long Latin and Greek names. 



The reader may even become an authority on 

 the life and habits of bugs, butterflies and beetles 

 without even knowing one scientific name; after- 

 wards, when he is older, or whenever he feels like it, 

 he may graduall}'^ acquire such a knowledge of the 

 scientific names as will make the other boys speak 

 of him with bated breath and look upon him with 

 awe I 



