Xii CONTENTS. 



SECTION IV. 

 CHAPTER XIV. ON'THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF INSECTS 



FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUDY. 



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Plan of study Addison's approved of ...... 358 



Watching the progress of insects recommended ... 359 



Places in which insects may be found 360 



Importance of the study to domestic comfort . . . 361 



Its use in husbandry. ....... ib. 



Keeping of insects alive ..;..... 362 



Glasses useful . t ib. 



Stephens's breeding-cage ....... 363 



Method of supplying insects with growing foods . . . 365 



Plants on which insects are found ..... 366 



Collecting of insects 36? 



Use of an umbrella for this purpose ..... ib. 



Boxes for securing them ....... 368 



Water-net . 369 



Butterfly-net 370 



Clap-net ; . 371 



Net forceps 372 



French insect forceps ........ 373 



Digger .......... ib. 



Collecting-box ......... 374 



Setting of insects 376 



Insect pins .. . . . * . . . . 377 



; Braces ...;..... ib. 



Setting-board ;;...... ib. 



Cabinet 378 



Arrangement of specimens 379 



CHAPTER XV. SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENTS OF INSECTS. 



The wing system . . 381 



Aristotle's classification ....... ib. 



Linnaeus's classification ....... ib. 



De Geer's classification ....... 382 



The locality system * 383 



Aldrovand's classification ....... 384 



Vallisnieri's classification ...*.. ib. 



Fabricius's geographical classification ..... ib. 



Latreille's geographical classification * . * 385 



The transformation system . . . . . . ib. 



Swammerdam's classification ...... 386 



Ray and Willughby's classification * .... ib. 



The cibarian, maxillary, or mouth system 38 



Fabricius's classification i 



Cuvier's classification * 389 



Lamarck's classification . . . . . . , ib. 



The ovary, or egg system 390 



Sir Everard Home's classification . ib. 



The eclectic or modern system ....... 391 



Clairville's classification ....... ib. 



Latreille's classification * ib. 



Leach's classification ..... 392 



Stephens'* classification ....... 393 



The Quinary system ..,..... 394- 



Mac -Leay's classification , . 395 



