CONTENTS. 



CLASS IY. 



FISHES. 



PACK 



First Order. ACAXTHOPTF.RYGTANS. Bony Fins 14 



Second Order. MALACOPTERYGIAXS. Abdominales. Soft Fins 2S 



Tl.ird Order. MALACOPTERYGIAXS. "\VithPectoralFins 41 



Fourth Order. MALACOPTERYGII APODA. Eels 44 



Fifth Order. LOPHOBRAXCHII. Needle Fish 4T 



Sixth Order. PLKCTOGNATHI. Bullet Fish 4S 



Seventh Order. CARTILAGINOUS FISHES. Branchis Liberis 49 



Eighth Order. CARTILAGINOUS FISHES. Chondropterigii, with fixed Branches. 51 



CLASS V. 



MOLLUSCA. SOFT AXIMALS. 



First Order. CEPHALOPODA 



Second Order. GASTEROPODA 



Third Order. ACEPII ALA. Bivalves 



CLASS VI. 



IXSECTA. 



First Division. CRI-STACEA 34 



First Order. BEACHYI-RA OR O.AB< 85 



Second Order. MOLLL-SCOUS IXSECTS 90 



Second Division. Ap.ArnxiDiAvs. Spider kind. Entomologv.. .. .. 90 



'J hird Division. HEXAP...I.S. True Insects .." 93 



First Order. APTF.P.A. Insects without Winss 99 



Second Order. COLEOPTEP.A. Beetles 103 



First Family. Herbivorous Beetles 104 



1. SearabeiB 104 



2. Leaf Eaters 107 



3. AYood Beetles 107 



Second Familv. Carnivorous Beetles ...Ill 



1. Voracious Beetles 112 



2. Para-ile Iketlus 115 



8. Carrion Beetles 117 



Third Family. MKLASOMA. Mold Eaters 120 



1. Mushroom Beetles / 120 



2. Dust Katinjr Beetles 121 



3. Ground Beetles 122 



