xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



THB TUNNY (Scomber thytinua, Lin.) 



TUB RUFFE (Perca cernua, Cuv.) - .87 



COMMON CARP (Oyprinus carpio, Lin.) 88 



SOLM (Pleuronectes solea, Lin.) 88 



SBA-HOKSES (Hippocampus ffut/atus, Cuv.) 89 



PIPK-FISH (Syngnathus aquoreus, Lin.) 89 



TUHBOT (riwonectes maximus, Burbo.) 91 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THB Talisman. SPONGE (Holtenia] . 92 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS or THB Talisman. SPONGE (Askonema) . 93 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OP THE Talisman. Eustomias obacuitts, DIS- 

 COVERED AT A DEPTH OP 8,800 FEET 94 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OP THE Talisman. (Macrurus australis] . 95 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OP THE Talisman. (Macrurus globtceps], 



FISHED FROM A DEPTH BETWEEN 4,500 AND 10,000 FEET . . 96 



SUBMARINE EXPLOBATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Euripharynx pekcan- 



oidet). COAST OF MOROCCO, AT A DEPTH OP 8,000 FEET . . 97 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Melanocetus johmoni). 



BETWEEN THK AZORES AND EUROPE. DEPTH, 16,000 FEET . . 98 



FOUR FACETS FROM THE EYE OF A COCKCHAFER .... 105 



DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF A CARNIVOROUS INSECT (Carabus) . . . 106 



HEAD-LOUSE, MUCH MAGNIFIED 107 



THE FLEA : NYMPH, PERFECT INSECT, AND LARVA . . . 109 



TWO-WINGED FLY (Musca) 112 



RAT-TAILED WORMS (LARVJB OF Helophilw,). AND THE SAME INSECT IN 



TUB PERFECT STATE 113 



METAMORPHOSES OF A GNAT . 114 



UNDBK SURFACE OP THE PHYLLOXERA OF THE VINE. WINGED FORM. 



MAGNIFIED ABOUT SIXTY TIMES . \\ 



PEACOCK BUTTERPLY H 



SCALES FKOM BUTTERFLIES' WINGS, GREATLY MAGNIFH.D . . .119 



DRAGON-FLY (Libellula) .121 



MAY-FLY (Ephemera) : NYMPH, PERFECT INSECT 120 



WHITE ANTS (Termites') : DIFFERENT FORMS 122 



COLKOPTBRA: THB BROAD DYTISCUS (Dytiscus latisvmus), THE GREAT 



HYDROPHILUS (Hydrophiltu piceus) .... . 123 



EGYPTIAN SACRED BEETLE (Searaixfut) .124 



TTJHNIP-FLY : NATURAL SIZE AND MUCH MAGNIFIED .... 1-25 



CORK-WEEVIL, MUCH MAGNIFIED .126 



WIRE-WORM : LARVA AND PERFECT INSECT .... .126 



DERMBSTKS LARDARIUB ' 126 



ANT-LION nc ITS PIT: THE BORN ENEMY op ANTS . . 130 



RBD Axr (Formica rufa, Latr.) ' 131 



AKTS AND APHIDES * , 



WASPS' NBST, WITH PART OF THE EXTERNAL COVERING REMOVED TO 



BHOW THE CELLS . 



