CONTENTS. 



Page 



CH. II. Of the Frog, and its varieties, 377 

 III. Of the Toad, and its varieties, 384 



BOOK II. 



OF LIZARDS. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . .391 

 II. Of the Crocodile, and its affini- 

 ties, . . . .392 



III. Of the Salamander, . . 399 



IV. Of the Cameleon, the Iguana, 



and Lizards of different 

 kinds, .... 402 



BOOK III. 



OF SERPENTS, &C. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 407 

 II. Of venomous serpents in ge- 

 neral, . . * .416 

 III. Of serpents without venom, 427 

 Supplemental Note on Rep- 

 tiles, . . . .431 



A HISTORY OF INSECTS, &c. 

 BOOK I. 



INSECTS OF THE FIRST ORDER. 



IAP. I. Introduction, . . . 436 

 II. Of Insects without wings, . 447 



III. Of the Spider, and its varie- 



ties, . . . .448 



IV. Of the Flea, ... 455 

 V. Of the Louse, and its varie- 

 ties, .... 456 



VI. Of the Bug, and its varieties, 461 

 VII. Of the Wood-louse, and its va- 

 rieties, . . . .463 

 VIII. Of the Monoculus ; or Arbores- 



tcent Water-flea, . . ib. 

 IX. Of the Scorpion and its varie- 

 ties, . . . .464 

 X. Of the Scolopendra and Gally- 

 worm, .... 466 

 XI. Of the Leech, . . 467 



BOOK II. 



INSECTS OF THE SECOND ORDER. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, 



470 



Page 

 CH. II. Of the Libella, or Dragon. 



Fly, .... ib. 



III. Of the Formica Leo, or Lion. 



Ant, . . . .472 



IV. Of the Grasshopper, the Lo- 



cust, the Cicada, the Crick- 

 et, and the Mole-cricket, 475 

 V. Of the Earwig, the Froth In- 

 sect, and some others belong- 

 ing to the second order of 

 Insects, . . . 483 



VI. Of the Ephemera, ' . .485 



BOOK III. 



INSECTS OF THE THIRD ORDER. 



CHAP. I. Of Caterpillars, in general, 490 

 II. Of the transformation of the 

 Caterpillar into its correspon- 

 ding butterfly or moth, . 491 



III. Of Butterflies and Moths . 499 



IV. Of the enemies of the Cater- 



pillar, .... 505 



V. Of the Silkworm, . .506 



BOOK IV. 



INSECTS OF THE FOURTH ORDER. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 512 



II. Of the Bee, . . . . ib. 



III. Of the Wasp, ... 528 



IV. Of the Ichneumon fly. . . 534 

 V. Of the Ant, ... 535 



VI. Of the Beetle, and its varie- 

 ties, . . . .541 

 VII. Of the Gnat Tipula, . .553 



A HISTORY OF ZOOPHYTES. 

 BOOK V. 



OF THE ZOOPHYTES. 



CHAP. I. Introduction, . . . 557 

 II. Of worms, . . . .558 



III. Of the Star-fish, . .561 



IV. Of the Polypus, . . .562 

 V. Of Lithophytes and Sponges, 570 



