CONTENTS. 



PART I. THE EGG. 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I. The Nest. The Microscope and Telescope Terror 

 caused by Insects Death-watch Life-boat of Eggs The Water 

 Beetle Floating Ark of Eggs The Gnat her difficulties her 

 Egg-raft The Sand-boring Wasp Towers of rubbish Captive 

 Caterpillars Wood-boring Bee An Insect Nursery Escape of the 

 young Tapestry Bee A Nest lined with Poppy-flower Petals 

 Enchanted Leaf-tubes The spell broken The Insect Sorcerer 

 Nest of Down made by a Moth The Lackey Moth The Ichneu- 

 mons Their usefulness 1 



CHAPTER II. Structure and contents of the Egg. Its Shape Re- 

 markable mistake about an Insect The Lace-wing Fly Eggs 

 carved on their surface Colours of Eggs Changes of Colour 

 Eggs of the Garden Spider Pretty Nests Anatomy of the Egg 

 Contents of the Egg 43 



