CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



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I. Introductory, 1 — 20 



II. Objections answered, 21 — 69 



III. Metauiorphcscs of Insects, .» 60 — 80 



IV. Direct Injuries caused by Insects, 81 — 144 



V. Indirect Injuries caused by Insects. 



1. Injuries to our living animal Property, 145 — 167 



VI. Indirect Injuries continued. 



2. Injuries to our living vegetable Pro- 



perty, 168—213 



VII. The same subject continued. — The Ra- 



vages of Locusts, 214 — 225 



VIII. Indirect Injuries concluded. 



3. Injuries to our dead Property, whe- 

 ther animal or vegetable, 226 — '248 



IX. Indirect Benefits derived from Insects, . . 249 — 298 



X. Direct Benefits derived from Insects, .. . 299 — 337 



XT. Affection of Insects for their Young, . . . 338—381 



XII. Food of Insects, 382—402 



XIII. The same subject continued, 403 — 433 



XIV. Habitations of Insects. 



1. Of Solitary Insects, 434—475 



XV. Habitations of Insects continued. 



2. Of Insects in Society, 476 — 517 



