VI PREFACE 



These pages are written only for the non- 

 scientific, as the scientific entomologist will be 

 already familiar with the elementary facts 

 recorded ; but it is hoped that they may be 

 of interest to lovers of Nature who wish to know 

 a little about the insects they see round them 

 and how they spend their lives. Of this know- 

 ledge very little exists, as the scraps which have 

 been here brought together evidence. There is 

 an immense field open for research and observa- 

 tion, and the writer of this little book will be 

 very glad if the following pages should encourage 

 any one to take up the subject and add to our 

 present scanty stock of information. 



EDWAKD SAUNDERS. 

 ST. ANN'S, WOKING. 



