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SYSTEM IX XATTRE 7 --.- 5 



CLASSIFICATION 9 



THE STRUCTURE OF [NSECtS 13 



THE TRANSFORMATION OF INSECTS 26 



THE ORDERS OF INSECTS 



ORTHOPTERA. ^Grasshoppers, Cricket*. Cockroaches, etc-.) 29 



HEMIPTERA. (Plant-bugs, Aphids. Scale-bugs, etc.) 38 



NEUROPTERA. (Dragon-flies. Lace-winged flies, etc.) 59 



LEPIDOPTERA. (Butterflies and Moths) 65 



D1PTERA. Two-winged Hies of all kinds) 83 



COLEOPTERA. (Beetles of all kinds) _ 96 



HYMENOPTERA. (Bees. \Va.-i-s. Ants, etc.) 108 



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