xiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



THE TUNNY (Scomber thynnus, Lin.) 86 _ 



THE RUFFE (Perca cernua, Cuv.) 



COMMON CARP (Oyprinus carpio, Lin.) 



SOL (Pleuronectes solea, Lin.) 



SEA-HORSES (Hippocampus gut/atus, Cnv.) 



PIPE-FISH (Syngnathus asquoreus, Lin.) 



TUHBOT (Pleuronectes maximus, Burbo.) 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. SPONGE (Holtenia) 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. SPONGE (Adeonema) . 93 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. Eustomias obscwtis, DIS- 



. COVERED AT A DEPTH OF 8,800 FEET 94 



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Macrurus australis) . 95 

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Macrurus globiceps), 



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



SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Euripharynx pelecan- 



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

 SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS OF THE Talisman. (Melanocetus johnsoiii). 



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



FOUR FACETS FROM THE P/TE 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 (LARVAE OF Helophilm). AND THE SAME INSECT IN 



THE PERFECT STATE 113 



METAMORPHOSES OF A GNAT ..114 



UNDER SURFACE OF THE PHYLLOXERA OF THE VINE. WINGED FORM. 



MAGNIFIED ABOUT SIXTY TIMES . ... . . ... 116 



PEACOCK BUTTERFLY 118 



SCALES FROM BUTTERFLIES' WINGS, GREATLY MAGNIFIED . . .119 



DRAGON-FLY (Libellula) 121 



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



WHITE ANTS (Termites) : DIFFERENT FORMS 122 



COLEOPTERA: THE BROAD DYTISCUS (Dytiscus latissimus), THE GREAT 



HYDROPHTLUS (Hydrophilus piceus) 123 



EGYPTIAN SACRED BEETLE (Scarabceus) 124 



TURNIP-FLY: NATURAL SIZE AND MUCH MAGNIFIED . . . .125 



CORN-WEEVIL, MUCH MAGNIFIED ........ 126 



WIRE-WORM: LARVA AND PERFECT INSECT 126 



DERMESTES LARDARIUS 126 



ANT-LION IN ITS PIT: THE BORN ENEMY OF ANTS . . . .130 



RED ANT (Formica rufa, Latr.) 131 



ANTS AND APHIDES 133 



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



SHOW THE CELLS 



13G 



