CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE STUDY OF INSECT LIFE I 



II. SOME INSECT COMMUNITIES 32 



III. SOME AQUATIC INSECTS 71 



IV. INSECT ACTORS IOI 



V. INSECTS IN COMMERCE 128 



VI. POISON-FANG AND STILETTO 147 



VII. INSECTS AND FLOWERS THE ROMANCE OF 



PLANT FERTILIZATION l86 



VIII. OUR BEETLE FRIENDS . . . ^ . . . 217 



IX. OUR INSECT FOES RAVAGERS OF CROPS . . 233 



X. OUR INSECT FOES TRANSMITTERS OF DISEASE . 270 



INDEX 293 



