CONTENTS. 



Structure of the Grub . 



Formation of its traps 

 lleflectioiis upon the economj' of Nature 

 CHAPTER XII. 

 Clothes-Moth Caterpillars . 

 Vrtrieties ill the species 

 M(>lhod» of destroying 

 Mode of buildiiig 

 Expeiiiiients upon 

 Mii^.ralioiis of . 

 Tent-MAi .g Caterpillars 



Mode of coustrueiiug these 

 Experimeuls upon 

 Tent upon a Nettle-leaf 

 Stone-Mnson Caterpilliirs _ . 

 'I'heir singular proceedings 

 Colony of, at Blackhealh 

 Foundation of tlit-ir Tents 

 An attempted robbery 

 Mi:ff shaped Tents 

 Tlieir utility 

 Leaf-Milling Caterpillars 



On tlie leaf of the Monthly Rose-tree 

 On the leaf of tiie Bramble 

 On tlie leaf of the Priinrose 

 Vine-leaf Miner 

 On the leaf of the Alder 

 Social Leaf-Miners 

 Bark-mining Caterpillars - ' 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 Structures of Crickets 

 Housp-Cricket 

 The Mole Cricket 

 The Field-Cricket 

 Mode of depositing eggs 

 Beetles . . - ;»- . . 



The Burying-Beetle . -■ ' ^ 

 The Dung-Beetle . , ■ . 



Its cleanliness . 

 The Rose-Chafer . 

 The Tumble-dung Beetle 

 The Necklace-Beetle 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Architecture of Ants . 



Their genuine history begun by Gould 

 Mason-ants .... 

 Structures of Turf-Ants 

 Winter nest of Yellow-Ants 

 Sort of earth employed in building 

 Proceedings of the Brown-Ant . 



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