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ORDER III. NEUROPTERA DRAGON-FLIES, MAY-FLIES, ETC. ... 116 



Dragon-fly 116 



May-fly 117 



Caddis-worm 118 



Ephemera 119 



ORDER IV. HYMENOPTERA BEES, ANTS, ETC 119 



Saw-flies, Gall-flies..... 120 



Dead-sea Apples Ichneumons Their Services 121 



Numbers 122 



Ants. Honey-dew 123 



Torpidity in Winter Storing of Grain 124 



Wasps -Their Nests 125 



Sand Wasps 126 



Bees Nest of a Carpenter Bee 127 



Leaf-cutter Bees 128 



Humble Bees 129 



Drones and Workers 130 



Slaughter of Drones Queen Bee Tongue of the Bee 131 



Wax and Honey 132 



ORDER V. STREPSIPTERA STYLOPS 132 



ORDER VI. LEPIDOPTERA BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 133 



Wings and Mouth 133 



Numbers. Size, Colour 134 



Times of Appearance Distribution 135 



Hawkmoth Sphinx 13G 



Geometric Caterpillars. Leaf Rollers 137 



Silk-worm. Value of Silk 138 



Its Introduction to Europe , 139 



ORDER VII. HEMIPTERA CICAD^E, WATER SCORPIONS, BUGS, ETC. 



Mouth and Wings 139 



Cicada. Cuckoo Spit 140 



Aphides 141 



Their Powers of Reproduction. Coccidre. Cochineal. Lac 142 

 Boat-fly. Water Scorpion. Bed Bug 143 



ORDER VIII. DIPTERA, FLIES, GNATS, ETC 143 



Mouth and Wings. Numbers 143 



Flesh Flies. Annoyance caused by Flics 144 



Bots Gnats 146 



Like Smoke Wreaths 147 



ORDER IX. APTERA, FLEAS, SPRING-TAILS, ETC 148 



Myriapoda. Centipedes, &c. Thysanoura. Spring-Tails 148 



Parasila. Lice 149 



Suctoria. Fleas.... .. 150 



CLASS V, AEACHNIDA SPIDERSSCORPIONS, &c. 



Structure 150 



Scorpion. Spider's Thread 151 



Difference in the Silk. Use by the Astronomer. Spider not Cruel 152 



Gossamer. Habits of Spiders. Nest of Mygale 153 



Affection for the Young 15-1 



