BOOK V.- JOINTED ANIMALS 



CHAPTER I 



THE CRAB AND SCORPION GROUPS 



Detailed account by W. F. Kirby; general characteris- 

 tics; innumerable species. CRABS, LOBSTERS, SHRIMPS, 

 WOOD-LICE, BARNACLES, ETC. Distinguishing features, 

 homes, and habits; interesting facts regarding each. 

 SCORPIONS, SPIDERS, AND MITES A peculiar group; 

 variety of Scorpions in different regions; characters; 

 Jointed Spiders; False Scorpions, or Book-scorpions; 

 Whip-scorpions; Harvest-men 1 ; Bird-catching Spiders; 

 Trap-door Spiders; House-spiders; Orb-spinners, or Gar- 

 den-spiders; the Diadem-spider; Gossamer-spiders; Water- 

 spiders; Running-spiders; the Spotted Spider. MITES 

 AND TICKS Plant-mites; Ticks are the largest mites; 

 the Cheese-mite; Sugar-mite; the Red Spider of green- 

 houses; Gall-mites. CENTIPEDES AND MILLIPEDES Char- 

 acteristics; Centipedes, or Hundred-legs; Millipedes, or 

 Thousand-legs; actual number of legs usually less than 

 one hundred; harmless and venomous Centipedes; Electric 

 Centipedes; the Common Snake-millipede; Pill-milli- 

 pedes; Slimy Millipedes; work of insects 670-680 



CHAPTER II 



INSECTS 



Distinguishing characters and classification. SHEATH- 

 WINGED INSECTS, or BEETLES Description by the Rev. 

 Theodore Wood; how differing from other insects; the 

 Tiger-beetle; Purple Ground-beetle; Bombardier; Great 

 Brown Water-beetle; Black Water-beetle; Cocktails; 

 Burying-beetles; Leaf-horned Beetles; Stag-beetle; Her- 

 cules Beetle; Goliath Beetle; Cockchafer; Summer Chafer, 

 or June Bug; the Coch-y-bonddhu; Rose-beetle; Egyptian 

 Scarabseus; Dor Beetle; Skipjack Beetles; Fire-fly; 

 Glow-worm; Oil-beetles; Blister-beetle, or Spanish Fly; 

 Weevils; Diamond-beetle; Osier-weevil; Corn-weevil; Rice- 



weevil; the Gru-gru, grub of the Palm-weevil; Sugar- 

 weevil; Nut-weevil; British Musk-bedRe; Wasp-beetle; 

 Timberman; Harlequin Beetle; Plant-eaters; Reed- 

 beetles; Golden Apples; Colorado Beetle, or Potato Bug; 

 Turnip-flea; Ladybirds; Tortoise-beetles; Cellar-beetles; 

 Meal-worm; Cardinal Beetle; Rhipiphorus Beetle; Stalk- 

 eyed Beetle. STRAIGHT-WINGED-INSECTS Described by 

 W. F. Kirby; general characteristics; Earwigs; Cock- 

 roaches; Soothsayers, or Praying-insects; Stick-insects; 

 Crickets; species and their habits described; Grasshoppers 

 and Locusts; numerous species. NERVE-WINGED or LACE- 

 WINGED INSECTS Characters and habits; species; Great 

 Dragon-fly; Horse-stinger; Demoiselle; May-fly; Termites, 

 or White Ants; Ant-lion; Mantis-flies; Snake-flies; Scor- 

 pion-flies; Lace wing-fly, or Golden-eye; Alder-flies; 

 Caddis-flies. STINGING FOUR-WINGED INSECTS General 

 characteristics, habits, metamorphosis, etc.; Saw-flies; 

 Wood-wasps; Gall-flies; Ichneumon-flies; Ruby-tailed 

 flies; Ants; Burro wing-wasps; True Wasps; Social Wasps; 

 Hornets; Mandarin-wasps; Bees; distinguishing features; 

 Humble-bees, or Bumble-bees; Carpenter-bee; Hive-bees; 

 Solitary Bees. SCALE-WINGED INSECTS General descrip- 

 tion; Butterflies; numerous species; their appearance and' 

 habits; many illustrations; Moths; many species described 

 and illustrated; Silkworms; their history and culture. 

 HALF-WINGED INSECTS Order including Bugs and Frog- 

 hoppers; True Bugs; Shield-bugs; Stink-bugs; Lace- 

 winged Bugs; Bed-bugs; Masked Bug; Kissing-bug; 

 Water-bugs; Water-scorpions; Water-boatmen; Frog- 

 hoppers; distinguishing characteristics; Cicadas; species; 

 Lantern-flies, or Candle-flies; True Frog-hoppers; destruc- 

 tive insects, such as the Aphides, Plant-lice, or Smother- 

 flies; American Blight; Scale-insects; True Lice. TWO- 

 WINGED INSECTS, or FLIES Order one of the most 

 numerous in individuals; Gnats or Mosquitoes; Crane- 

 flies, or Daddy-long-legs; numerous other species of flies 

 interestingly described by Kirby; uses of flies; their ser- 

 vice to mankind . 681-736 



BOOK VI.-SHELL-FISH, LAMP-SHELLS, SEA-URCHINS, 



STAR-FISHES, MOSS-ANIMALS, WORMS, CORALS, 



JELLY-FISHES, AND SPONGES 



CHAPTER I 



SHELL-FISH, OR MOLLUSCS 



Importance of the group; general characteristics; species, 

 homes, and habits; numerous instructive facts arid illustra- 

 tions 737-744 



CHAPTER II 



LAMP-SHELLS 



Scientific and popular names of the group; an inde- 

 pendent class; structure, etc.; Lingula, most interesting 

 type 744-746 



CHAPTER III 



STAR-FISHES, SEA-URCHINS, ETC. 



Structural type; the Common Sea-urchin; minute de- 

 scription; Common Star-fish; Feather-stars; Brittle-stars; 

 Rosy Feather-star; Permanently Stalked Stone-lilies; 

 the Star-fish group; species described; departures from 

 the typical Sea-urchins; Sea-cucumbers; interesting 

 account of the life and homes of species; Star-fish colora- 

 tion and phosphorescent properties 746-753 



CHAPTER IV 



MOSS-ANIMALS 



Sometimes called Corallines, or Lace-corals; very 



minute; colonies; commonly seen in the form of Sea- 

 mats; microscopic details 753-754 



CHAPTER V 



WORMS 



Fundamentally distinguished; Bristle-worms; Common 

 Earth-worm; Lug-worm; Nereids; Tube-dwelling worms; 

 Leeches; Flat-worms, including Tape-worms, Thread- 

 worms, Liver-flukes, etc.; India-rubber-worms. . 754-756 



CHAPTER VI 



CORALS, SEA-ANEMONES, AND JELLY- 

 FISHES 



CORALS AND SEA-ANEMONES Varieties described and 

 illustrated. HYDROID POLYPS AND JELLY-FISHES De- 

 scription, and illustrations covering many species; struc- 

 tural peculiarities and relations 758-763 



CHAPTER VII 



SPONGES AND ANIMALCULES 



SPONGES Border-land types; Bath- and Toilet-sponges; 

 structure and commercial importance; Neptune 's-cup; 

 Lace-sponge; Glass-rope Sponge. ANIMALCULES Lowest 

 forms of animal life; numerous species described and 

 illustrated by reproductions from microscopic photo- 

 graphs 764-768 



INDEX, ETC 769-776 



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