Vlii CONTENTS. 



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Singular fornj of the mantis . . . , , . 156 



Illustration from the rabbit 157 



Dragon flies .,... 158 



Inappropriate names 159 



Voracity of termites 160 



Smeathman's account ..*... 161 



Verified by Kaempfer and Percival . . . 164 



Attack upon a ship of the line 167 



Attack upon the piers at Bridlington ..... 168 



CHAPTER VII. LAPPING INSECTS. ij 



Manner in which quadrupeds lap .... 170 



Lapping of ants . . . ib. 



Tongue of the bee and its sheath 17 L 



Muscles of the bee's tongue ....... 172 



Form adapted to the nectaries of flowers . . 174 



Difference in the structure of wasps 176 



CHAPTER VIII. SUCKING INSECTS. 



Structure of the suckers in insects 377 



Sucker of aphis quercus ....... 178 



History of the American blight ..... ib. 



Account of, by Mr, Knapp 18ft 



Singular mistake of Mr. Swainson 183 



Savigny's theory respecting the suckers of insects . . ib. 



Origin of the word bug ....... 184 



History of the bed-bug 185 



Spirited description of, by Goldsmith , . . ib. 



Sucker of the water-bug ....... 187 



Muscular strength of the flea 183 



Fleas kept for amusement ....... ib. 



Sucker of the flea , ib. 



Quaint description from Mouffet ....,, 189 



Anecdote of Christina, Queen of Sweden .... 190 



Preventive of fleas . 191 



Chigoe of the West Indies ib. 



Dangerous experiment by a friar 192 



Danger of gnat bites .193 



Description from Pliny ib. 



Observations of Reaumur . . . . . . . 194 



Sucker of the gnat described ...... 195 



Mode of its operation ....... 196 



Only female gnats bite 198 



Mistakes of Kirby and Svvammerdam . . ib. 



Extraordinary accounts of gnats , * . . 199 



Irish gnats 200 



Gadflies and cleg 201 



Observations of Reaumur . . . . 202 



Savigny's theory ...... 203 



Objections thereto .... 205 



SECTION III. SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC HABITS OF 



INSECTS. 

 CHAPTER IX. PAIRING OF INSECTS. 1 



Causes of sociality V 206 



Illustrated from spiders, quadrupeds, and birds . . . ib> 



