iv CONTENTS. 



EVENING FOURTH. 



Buildings of termites Provision r.ooms Nurseries 

 Attack upon the hill Under-ground galleries Mis- 

 chief committed by termites Good which they 

 effect How used as food, - 43 



EVENING FIFTH. 



Butterfly within the body of the caterpillar Instinct 

 displayed in depositing eggs Preparations for the 

 chrysalis state Escape from the cocoon Wing 

 scales of butterflies Leaf-rolling caterpillars 

 Cocoons Earth-mason caterpillar Social cater- 

 pillars Distinctions between butterflies and moths 

 Woollen moth, - 52 



EVENING SIXTH. 



Silk-worm Cocoons Reeling silk Weight of co- 

 coons Silk, when first worn Odd notions respect- 

 ing it The silk-worm's will, - - 74 



EVENING SEVENTH. 



Death-watch Its appearance and habits Superstitions 

 connected with it Praying Mantis Lizard of the 

 East Folly of superstition, . - 82 



EVENING EIGHTH. 



House cricket Its habits Curious mode of getting rid 

 of them Field cricket Its nest Manner of deposit- 

 ing its eggs Caged crickets Cruelty of keeping 

 birds in cages Mole cricket, - - 89 



