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XX. I. A Spring-tail (Papirius) ; 2. Cockroaches ; 3. Silver Lady 



(Lepisma saccharina) ; 4. Stag Beetle in defensive attitude . 188 



XXI. Representative British Beetles 192 



XXII. Representative British Beetles . . . . . . ' . . 197 



XXIII. Representative British Beetles ....';, . . . . . 205 



XXIV. Representative British Beetles . .... . . '. . 209 



XXV. Representative British Butterflies . . . . . . . 224 



XXVI. i. Black Hair-streak ; 2. Camberwell Beauty ; 3. Swallow-tail 

 Butterfly, newly emerged ; 4. Small Garden White Butterflies 

 at sunrise 232 



XXVII. i. Vapourer Moths : Male, Female, and Eggs ; 2. Lichenaria : 

 Larvae feeding ; 3. Larvae of Peacock Butterfly ; 4. Pupa of 

 Swallow-tail Butterfly 240 



XXVIII. i. Pupa of Purple Emperor ; 2. Larva and Pupa of Black Hair- 

 streak ; 3. Five-plumed Moth ; 4. Larva of Privet Hawk Moth 248 



XXIX. i. Pupa of Holly Blue Butterfly (in situ) ; 2. Death's-Head Moth ; 



3. Pupa of Orange-tip Butterfly ; 4. Orange-tip, emerging . 256 



XXX. Representative British Moths 264 



XXXI. Representative British Moths 272 



XXXII. i. Protective Cases of Caddis-worms ; 2. Great Ox Gad-fly ; 

 3. Crane-fly (" Daddy-long-legs ") ; 4. Forest-fly ; 5. Sheep- 

 tick or " Ked " ; 6. Rose leaves mutilated by Leaf -cutting 

 Bee ; 7. Female Leaf-cutting Bee, with eleven pieces of leaf . 288 



XXXIII. i. Hornet, Giant-tailed Wasp, and Common Wasp ; 2. Humble 

 Bees and their mimics ; 3. Male Winged Ant ; 4. Wood Ant 

 (Worker) ; 5. Meadow Ant (Queen newly emerged, with wings 

 still folded) '.'.' 292 



XXXIV. Nest of Black Ant, showing Queen, Workers, etc 294 



XXXV. i. Mason Bee's Nest in a Door Lock ; 2. Hive Worker Bees with 



Queen ; 3. First Stage of Wasp Nest ; 4. Humble Bee's Nest . 296 



XXXVI. i. Dragon-fly ; 2. Ichneumon Fly, emerged from Pupa of Swallow- 

 tail Butterfly ; 3. Pupa of Dragon-fly ; 4. Glow-worms ; 5. 

 Ichneumon Flies, emerged from Magpie Moth Pupae . . 298 



XXXVII. Marine Shells and Sea Anemones 308 



XXXVIIL Marine Shells 312 



XXXIX. i. Section of Spine of Sea Urchin ; 2. Brittle Starfish ; 3. Jaws 

 of Brittle Starfish ; 4. Part of Palate of Whelk, showing 

 "Teeth" .,'-... . '.. * ..-. . . ., --*.v -'-. .. . 316 

 XL. Seaweeds and Annelida . . . . . V ; . . 320 



