CONTENTS. 



Authors Quoted 9 



COLEOPTERA— BEETLES. 



Coccinellida; — Lady-birds 17 



Clirysomelidffi — Gold-beetles... 23 



Carabidge 23 



Pausidte 23 



Dermestidse — Leather-beetles 24 



Lucanid^ — Stag-beetles 24 



ScaraboBidas — Dung-beetles 27 



Dynastidffi — Hercules-beetles, etc 45 



Melolonthidas — Cock-chafers 47 



Cetoniidfe — Rose-chafers 49 



Bupi-estidiie — Burn-cows 50 



Elateridffi — Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc 51 



Lampyridte — Glow-worms 55 



Ptinidje — Death-watch, etc 58 



Bostrichidge — Typographer-beetle, etc 61 



Cantharidjfi— Blister-flies 62 



Tenebrionidae — Meal- worms 65 



Blapsidae — Church-yard-beetle, etc 65 



Curculionidte — Weevils 68 



Cerambycidge — Musk-beetles 72 



Galerucidge — Turnip-fly, etc 74 



EUPLEXOPTERA. 



Forficulid^ — Ear-wigs 76 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Blattidfe — Cockroaches 78 



Mantidte — Soothsa3^ers, etc 82 



Achetidse — Crickets 92 



Gryllidffi — Grasshoppers 98 



Locustidse — Locusts 101 



NEUROPTERA. 



Termitidse— White-ants 132 



Ephemeridffi — Day-flies 188 



Libellulidfe — Dragon-flies 138 



Myrmeleonidaj — Ant-lions 141 



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