vi NATURAL HISTORY. 



CLASS INSECTA. 

 CHAPTER I. 



ANATOMY OF INSECTS. PAGE 



Characteristics of the Arthropoda Insects Divisions of the Body Segments of the Abdomen Structure of the Thorax 

 The Jointed Limbs Parts of the Leg The Feet The Wings The Head The Antennae The Organs of the 

 Mouth Segmentation of the Head Modifications of the Mouth in Sucking Insects -The " Moulting "- 

 The "Transformations " of Insects : Larva, Pupa, and Winged Stages Internal Anatomy The Nervous System 

 Structure of the Eye Function of the Antennae -The Digestive System The Circulatory Apparatus 

 How Respiration is Performed Reproduction Classification 281 



CHAPTER II. 



ORDER COLEOPTEKA : CARNIVOROUS BEETLES. 



Definition of the Order Functions of the Coleoptera in Nature Total Number of Existing Species External 

 Structure Metamorphosis and Early Stages Instincts Voice-organs and Organs of Hearing Hidden Nature of 

 the Haunts of the Majority of the Species of Coleoptera Nocturnal Habits Attracted by Light The Number 

 and Variety of Specie s swept down by Floods in River-valleys Fossil Beetles Section PENTAMERA, Beetles 

 with Five-jointed Tarsi Tribe ADEPHAGA, or Predaceous Beetles Family CiCLNDELiD^E, or Tiger Beetles 

 Family CARABID^:, Carnivorous Ground Beetles 296 



CHAPTER III. 



CARNIVOROUS, ANOMALOUS, AND BURYING-BEETLES. 



PENTAMERA (continued] Family DYTICID.S, or Carnivorous Water - Beetles Air-breathing Insects Peculiar Mode 

 of Respiration Structure, Transformations, and Habits Family GYRINID^S, or Whirligig Beetles Curious 

 Mode of Progression on the Surface of the Water explained Family PAUSSID.E Grotesque Forms Kept as 

 Involuntary Guests of Ants Tribe PALPICORNIA Family HYDROPHILIIXE, Herbivorous Water-Beetles 

 Carnivorous Habits of the Larvae Families GEORRYSSID^:, PARNID.E, and HETEKOCERID.E Mode of Breathing 

 by Air-bubbles carried beneath the Water by the Parni Tribe BRACHELYTRA : Family STAPHYLINID.E Low 

 Type of Structure Families PSELAPHID.E and ScTDMJfSTDJt Blind Pselaphidse, the Pets of Ants Tribe 

 NECROPHAGA or CLAVICORNIA Heterogeneous Composition of the Tribe Family SILPHID.E Burying Beetles, 

 and their Singular Habits Families TRICHOPTERYGID.E, SCAPHIDIID.E, PHALACRID.E, and NITIDULID.E The 

 Smallest Beetles known Families TROGOSITID.E to HISTERID.E End of the Necrophaga 309 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE LAMELLICORN AND SERRICORN BEETLES. 



PENTAMERA (continued) TRIBE LAMELLICORNIA High Degree of Specialisation of the Tribe Concentration of the 

 Nervous System Larvae and Metamorphosis Horned Species FAMILY LUCANID^E, or STAG BEETLES FAMILY 

 SOAJURSmz, or TRUE LAMELLICORNIA Dung-feeding Scarabaeidse The Sacred Beetle Pill-rolling A Parasitic 

 Species Burrows of Geotrupes Leaf -eating Scarabaeidas Cockchafers Goldsmith Beetles Rhinoceros and 

 Elephant Beetles Rosechafers Goliath Beetles TRIBE SERRICORNIA Peculiar Structure of the Fore and 

 Middle Sternums FAMILY BUPRESTID.E FAMILY ELATERID.E, or CLICK BEETLES Fireflies TRIBE MALACODER- 

 MATA Glowworms Object and Cause of their Light FAMILIES CLERHXE, PTINID^:, AND BOSTRICHIDJE . . 322 



CHAPTER V. 



SECTIONS HETEROMERA, TETRAMEUA, AND TRIMERA. 



SECTION HETEROMERA : Beetles with Five-jointed Tarsi to the Four Anterior, and Four-jointed to the Two Posterior 

 Legs Division of the Heteromera into Atrachelia and Trachelia Habits Churchyard Beetles Blister Beetles 

 Hypermetamorphosis Singular Parasitic Habits and Mode of Development of Sitaris, Meloe, Cantharis, 

 Rhipiphorus, Hornia, Rhipidius, and the Stylopidce SECTION TETRAMERA: Beetles with Four- jointed Tarsi 

 Family CURCULIONID.E, or Weevils Family SCOLYTID^E, or Bark Beetles Habits of some of the British Species 

 -Families BRENTHID^;, ANTHRIBID.E, and BRUCHID.E (Seed-borers) Tribe LONGICORNIA Great Beauty and 

 Variety of Form and Colours Night-flying and Day-flying Longicornia Musk Beetles Gigantic Species Mimetic 

 Resemblances and Protective Disguises Branch-sawyers Popular Errors on the Subject Tribe PHYTOPHAGA, 

 or Leaf-eaters Strange Habits of some of their Larvae Tribe EROTYLIDES SECTION TRIMEHA : Beetles with 

 Three-jointed Tarsi Lady-birds 336 



CHAPTER VI. 



ORDER HYMENOPTERA : ACULEATA, Oil STINGING HYMENOPTERA. 



Characters The Prpthorax The Membranous Wings The Ovipositor, or " Sting "Internal Structure Habits- 

 Larvae Intelligence of the Hymenoptera Their Social Organisation Workers, or " Neuters "The Sexes The 

 Humming of the Bee Species of Hymenoptera Fossil Remains -Classification ACULEATA, OR STINGING 

 HYMENOPTERA APIARLE, or BEES Characters THE HIVE BEE The " Hive "Arrangement of Cells- 

 Intelligence evinced by the Bees The Secretion of Wax Construction of the Cello Deposition of Eggs- 

 Transformations of the Bee The Workers Bees in Winter- The " Royal " Cell Swarming Formation of a 

 New Hive Behaviour of the Young Queen The Cases of Limited Fertility HUMBLE BEES Habits Apath us 

 vestalisThe Solitary Bees THE VIOLET CARPENTER BEE- -Gnawing-out and Excavation of the Nest THE 

 MASOV BEE Its Cell The Genus Osmia The Leaf-cutting Bees The Cuckoo Bees The Andrenidce VESPID.E, 

 OR WASPS - Characters - Cells Beauty of Workmanship Mr. F. Smith's Account of the Founders of a Wasp 

 Colony Nests of the Common Wasp and of the Hornet The Nests of other Species The Solitary Wasps 

 The Wall Wasp THE CRABRONID.E -The Sand Wasps THE POMPILHXE - THE SAPYGID.E THE MCTILLIM 

 THE FORMICID^;, OR ANTS Characters The Nests The Metamorphosis -The Workers Milking the Aphides- 

 Charge of the Young Habits Intelligence The Wood Ant Other Species THE CHRYSIDID^:, OR GOLDEN 

 WASPS . 353 



