144 CRABS AND INSECTS. 



from the egg to the perfect insect. The eggs can be 

 pasted on cards, and the larvae preserved in alcohol. 



FIG. 184. Model of box for preserving insects collected. (After Morse.) 



Works on Bees for further reference. 



Langstroth " On the Honey-Bee "; " Sting of the Honey-Bee," " Pop- 

 ular Science Monthly," vol. xiv, p. 635 ; " Habits of the Humble-Bees, 

 and the Leaf-Cutting Bee," F. W. Putnam, " Proceedings of the Essex 

 Institute," vol. iv ; " Humble-Bees of New England and their Para- 

 sites," A. S. Packard, Jr., " Proceedings of the Essex Institute," vol. iv ; 

 " Ants," E. R. Leland, " Popular Science Monthly," vol. vii ; Lub- 

 bock's " Ants, Bees, and Wasps " ; " Agricultural Ants of Texas," H. 

 C. McCook, " Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy," and " En- 

 cyclopaedia Americana," vol. ii. 



Works on Insects in general for fiirther reference. 



Packard's " Guide to the Study of Insects " ; Packard's " Half Hours 

 with Insects " ; Burmeister's " Entomology " ; Lubbock's " Origin and 

 Metamorphoses of Insects " ; Harris's " Insects of Massachusetts in- 

 jurious to Vegetation " ; Wood's " Strange Dwellings " ; Treat's " In- 

 sects injurious to Vegetation"; the works of Professor Riley ; "Smith- 

 sonian Reports " ; " Annual Reports of the State of Missouri " ; " In- 

 troduction to Entomology," Kirby and Spence ; Wood's " Natural 

 History," and " Homes without Hands " ; " Malay Archipelago," Wal- 

 lace. 



