CONTENTS 



:HAP. 



I. LIFE IN POND AND STREAM THE HOME 

 OF THE WATER INSECTS STRANGE 

 CREATURES OF THE POND THE POND 

 IN SPRING . . . . 7 



II. WEE WATER FOLK THE WHIRLIGIG- 

 BEETLE THE LARVA OF THE WHIRLI- 

 GIG WATER-BOATMEN . . ,13 



III. SOME ODD INSECTS THE WATER STICK- 



INSECT POND-SKATERS SPRING-TAILS 



THE WATER-SCORPION . .20 



IV. THE TYRANT OF THE POOL THE BROWN 



WATER-BEETLE His CURIOUS LEGS 

 How HE BREATHES THE LARVA OF THE 

 BROWN WATER-BEETLE His FEROCIOUS 

 WAYS . . . . .27 



V. WATER-BEETLES GREAT AND SMALL THE 

 GREAT WATER-BEETLE THE LITTLE 

 EGG-BOAT UGLY GRUBS THE SMALL 

 WATER BEETLE . . . ,35 



VI. THE DRAGON OF THE POOL DRAGON-FLIES 

 LARVA OF THE DRAGON-FLY ITS 

 CURIOUS MASK THE TRANSFORMATION 

 OF THE DRAGON-FLY . . .42 



