CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER VII. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS-AMPHIBIANS AND 

 FISHES OF CARNIVOROUS AND INSECTIVOROUS HABIT 



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AMPHIBIANS (Amphibia) Grass Frog, Common Toad, Tree-Frogs, Spotted Sala- 

 mander, Newts and Fish-Salamanders, Caecilians ------ 82 



FISHES (Pisces) Lung-Fishes or Mud-Fishes (Dipnoi). Ordinary Bony Fishes 

 (Teleostei) Perches, Mackerels, Pike, Angler-Fish or Fishing-Frog, Deep-sea 

 Angler, Wrasses and Wolf-Fishes, Electric Cat-Fishes and Electric-Eel, Mud- 

 Skippers, Beaked Chelmon. Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii) Blue Shark 

 and Rondeletian Shark, Thresher, Saw-Fishes, Port Jackson Shark, Eagle- Ray, 

 Electric- Rays. Round-Mouths (Cyclostomata) Lampreys and Hags - - 83 



CHAPTER VIII. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS NEMERTINES 

 AND CARNIVOROUS MOLLUSCS 



NEMERTINE WORMS (Nemertea) 93 



MOLLUSCS (Mollusca) Cuttle-Fishes and Squids (Cephalopoda) General Charac- 

 ters. Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda) General Characters ; Purple-Shell, 

 Common Whelk, Cone-Shells, Natica, Heteropods, Tectibranchs, Sea-Slugs, 

 Lung-Snails ------------ -94 



CHAPTER IX. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS- CARNIVOROUS 



INSECTS 



General Characters. Membrane -winged Insects (Hymenoptera) Driver- Ants, 

 Foraging- Ants, Sand-Wasps, Ichneumon-Flies. Beetles (Coleoptera) Tiger- 

 Beetles, Ground-Beetles, Rove-Beetles, Water-Beetles, Lady-Birds, Scavenging 

 Beetles. Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera) Biting-Lice, Snake-Flies, Scorpion- 

 Flies, Ant-Lions, Mantis Net-Wings, Lace-wing Flies, Golden-eyed Flies, 

 Dragon-Flies, May-Flies and Stone-Flies, Caddis-Flies. Straight -winged 

 Insects (Orthoptera) Soothsayers or Praying Insects. Scale-winged Insects 

 (Lepidoptera) Fur-eating Caterpillars, Purple Emperor Moth. Two-winged 

 Flies (Diptera) Stable- Fly, Tsetse-Fly, Gad-Flies, Gnats and Midges, Forest- 

 Flies, Fleas. Bugs (Hemiptera) Land-Bugs, Water-Bugs, Marine Bugs, True 

 Lice ---ioi 



CHAPTER X. THE FOOD OF ANIMALS -CARNIVOROUS 

 ARACHNIDS AND MYRIAPODS PERIPATUS 



SPIDER-LIKE ANIMALS (Arachnida) Scorpions (Scorpionidas). Whip-Scorpions 

 (Pedipalpi). Spiders (Araneidae) General Characters; Web-Spinners, Bird- 

 catching Spiders, Wolf- Spiders, Water- Spiders, Jumping Spiders. False 

 Spiders (Solpugidae). False Scorpions (Pseudoscorpionidae). Harvestmen 

 (Phalangidae). Mites and Ticks (Acarina) 125 



MANY-LEGGED ANIMALS (Myriapoda): Centipedes (Chilopoda) Thirty-Foot, 



Tropical Centipedes, Earth Centipedes, Shield-bearing Centipedes - - 132 



PRIMITIVE AIR-BREATHERS (Prototracheata) Peripatus - - - - 134 



CHAPTER XL THE FOOD OF ANIMALS CARNIVOROUS 

 CRUSTACEANS AND KING-CRABS 



CRUSTACEANS (Crustacea): Higher Crustacea (Malacostraca) Long-tailed Deca- 

 pods Lobster, Prawn, Shrimp, Crayfish, Jamaica Prawn, Rock-Lobster, 



