CONTENTS. 



PACK 



PREFACE 11 



CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS 15 



ORDER I. BEETLES (COLEOPTERA). 



Remarks on Beetles, 18. Carnivorous Beetles, 19. The Northern 

 Lady-Bird, 20. Its Use, 21. Tiger Beetles, 22. Green Cater- 

 pillar-Hunter, 24. Red-Spotted Caterpillar-Hunter, 24. Recol- 

 lections of the Crimea, 24. Mr. Ditson's Circassia, 27. Professor 

 Pallas and the Empress Catharine II., 28. Scavenger Beetles, 31. 

 Grubs eaten by the Ancients, 33. Enthusiasm for the Study of 

 Insects, 33. The Bronze Dung Beetle, 34. Use of it', 35. Catch- 

 ing and preserving Beetles, 36. The Tumble-Bug, or Pellet Bee- 

 tle, 37. The Egyptian Pellet Beetle, 37. Wooden Fences injuri- 

 ous to Rural Economy, 38. The Horned Passalus, 39. The Stag 

 Beetle, 40. The Indian Cetonia, 41. The Fox-like Cetonia, 42. 

 The Horned Fungus Eater, 43. The Cabinet Beetle, 44. The 

 Carrion Beetles, 45. The Crusader Carrion Beetle, 46. The Big 

 Grave-Digger, 46. Herbivorous Beetles, or Plant Eaters, 47. 

 The Entomologist, 48. Maxims and Cunning of Peter the Great, 

 Emperor of Russia, 49. Spring Beetles, 49. The Velvet-Spotted 

 Spring Beetle, 50. The Lightning Spring Beetle, 51. Human 

 Life saved by it, 52. Nature of their Light, 53. Capricorn Bee- 

 tles, 54. The Painted Capricorn, 55. Legislative Protection of 

 Birds, 56. The Cloak-Bearing Capricorn, 56. Snout Beetles, 

 57. The Palm-Weevil, 58. The Wheat-Weevil, 59. The Rice 

 Weevil, 59. The Pea-Weevil, 60. The Leaf Eaters, 61. The 

 Gilded Dandy, 61. 



ORDER II. BUGS (HEMIPTERA). 



The Red-Eyed Cicada, 64. Its frequent Appearance, 65. Letter 

 of Dr. T. W. Harris, 66. Incorrectness of its Name, " Seventeen- 

 Years' Locust, " 67. The Locust mentioned in the Scriptures, 68. 

 The Lyerman, 70. Metamorphosis of Cicadas, 71. Use of 

 them, 72. Their different Species, 73. Impositions in Natural 

 History, 74. The Lantern-Fly of Madame Merian, 73. The 

 Louse, 77. Leuwenhoeck's Observations, 78. Phthiriasis, 78. 

 The Bed-Bug, 79. The Persian Bug, 80. The Banian Hos- 

 pital at Surat, 80. The Squash-Bug, 81. Its Injuries, and how 

 to prevent them, 81. The Wheel-Bug, 82. Tree-Hoppers, 82. 

 Plant-Lice, 83. Shield-Lice, 84. How to prevent their Injuries, 

 85. The Cochineal, 87. Commerce with it, 88. The Shellac 



