TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Dedication ................. v 



Preface vii 



Table of Contents xi 



List of Illustrations in the Text xv 



List of Colored Plates xxiii 



INTRODUCTION 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE LIFE-HISTORY AND ANATOMY OF MOTHS . . . 3-18 



How to distinguish a moth from a butterfly. The Eggs of 

 Moths; Caterpillars: Structure, Form, Color, Habits, etc.; The 

 Pupae of Moihs: Form, Covering, etc.; Anatomy of Moths: 

 Head, Thorax, Abdomen, Legs, Wings. 



11. THE CAPTURE, PREPARATION, AND PRESERVATION OF SPECI- 

 MENS 19-21 



Special Instructions for Mounting and Preparing the Smaller 

 Forms. 



III. THE CLASSIFICATION OF MOTHS 22-26 



The Difficulties of Classification. Various Views Entertained 

 by Writers. Key to the Families of North American Heterocera. 



IV. BOOKS ABOUT THE MOTHS OF NORTH AMERICA . . . 27-38 



Early Writers. Periodicals.. General Catalogues and Lists. 

 General Works Containing Information as to the Moths of ' 

 North America. Works Particularly Useful in Studying the 

 Different Families of the Moths of North America. 



