THE 



INSECT WORLD: 



BEING 



A Popular Account of the Orders of Insects, 



TOGETHER WITH 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITS AND ECONOMY OF 

 SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPECIES. 



BY 



LOUIS FIGUIER. ^'^^' '' 



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



9l 



WITH 579 ILLUSTRATIONS. A ' 



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CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited: 



LONDON, PARIS df MELBOURNE. 



1892. 



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