H 



THE INSECT BOOK 



A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE BEES, 

 WASPS, ANTS, GRASSHOPPERS, FLIES 

 AND OTHER NORTH AMERICAN 

 INSECTS EXCLUSIVE OF THE 

 BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS AND BEETLES, 

 WITH FULL LIFE HISTORIES, TABLES 

 AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES 



BY 



LELAND O. HOWARD, PH. D. 



CHIBF OF THE DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 





GARDEN CITY NEW YORK 



DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 



1916, 



