CON TEN TS. 



Parts of 



Winirs 



INTRODUCTION . 

 The Perfect Insect, or Imago 

 Peculiarities of the Different 

 THE Body 



Head, Eyes, Antennae . 



Labial Palpi, Maxillary Palpi 



Tongue, Thorax, Abdomen, Legs 



Wings 



Neuration of the Wings 



Connecting Bristle, or Frenulum 



Areas, Scales, and Pattern of the 



Hermaphrodites 



Eggs 



Larvve 



Shape and External Structuie 



Colour and Pattern of Lar\ a: 



Moulting — Habits . 



Metamorphosis 

 PUP^E 



Foini and Colour . 



Duration of the Pi.ipa State — Developnien 

 of the Perfect Insect 

 Habits and Functions of Lepidoptera 



Flight — Position of the Wings at Rest — 

 Food of Lepidoptera — Reproduction 



Habits— Duration of Life— Broods 



Distribution ...... 



Uses of Lepuioplei a — Injurious Lepidoptei 



Enemies of Lepidoptera 



Diseases ...... 



Systematic Remarks .... 



Species, A'ariety, Aberration — Hybrids - 

 Classification ..... 

 Table of the Groups and Families of 



European Lepidopteka . 

 Ox Collecting Butterflies and Moths i 

 the Perfect State . 



Pins— Collecting-boxes, &c. , 



On the Use of the Net .... 



Localities — Mothing — Sugaring 



On Searching for Lepidoptera at Rest . 

 On Breeding Lepidoptera . 



On Breeding from the Egg . 



Larva-boxes ...... 



Searching for Larv;e .... 



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Beating for Larva;— Sweeping for Larvas — 



Food-plants — Searching (or Pup^ . 

 Dress and Outfit of the Collector . 

 On Rearing Larv^ and Pup/E 



General Remarks — Breeding-cages 

 Wood-feeding Larvae — Breeding-cages for 



the Larvae of Micro-Lepidopttra . 

 Necessary Precautions .... 

 Special Rules — Management of Larvae on 



Emerging from the Egg— Situation of 



the Breeding-cages ... 



Hybernation of Larvae .... 

 Rearing Larvs in the Open Air— Manage 



ment of Pupa ..... 

 Journals and Note-Books 

 On Preparing Lepjdupjera for the 



Cabinet 



Pinning, &c. ...... 



Relaxing — Setting-boards 



Setting ....... 



On Denuding the Wings of Lepidoptera 

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OF A Collection .... 



Store-boxes ...... 



Cabinets ... . . 



On the Position of the Cabinet — On 



Arranging and Labelling a Collection 

 I'lcservation of the Collection— Grease . 

 On Preparing Specimens of Eggs, Larv.*:. 



and Pup.e 



On Exchanging and Forwarding Lep: 



DOPTERA 



On 'iHE Scientific Importance of the 

 SiUDY OF Lepidoptera 



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