STUDIES IN INSECT LIFE 



AND OTHER ESSAYS 



CHAPTER I 

 INSECTS AND WAR 



" Well, there's nothink lower than Nature, an' She goes 

 as 'igh as 'Eaven." Emigration Jane. 



THE insects which prove such a nuisance to 

 the fighter in time of war are the insects which 

 equally affect man in times of peace. But owing 

 to the different circumstances which arise when 

 men are at war their effects are more concentrated 

 and more persistent. Roughly speaking, we can 

 divide these insect pests into two categories 



(1) those which pierce the skin of men or of 

 animals on which the soldier is to a great ex- 

 tent dependent, for instance, the horse ; and 



(2) those which interfere with the soldiers' 

 food supplies. The latter, again, fall into two 

 categories (a) those which materially and 



