THE 



INSECT WORLD: 



A Popular Acwint of the Orders of Insects ; 



TOGETHER WITH 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF 

 SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPECIES. 



LOUIS FIGUIER. 



REVISED AND CORRECTED BY P. MARTIN DUNCAN, F.R.S. 



WITH 579 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



D. APPLETON AND CO., 



NEW YORK, 



