CONTENTS. Vll. 



Enumeration of the characters of the genera composing 



the Lepidopterous Order 211 



— — — Neuropterous Order . . 212 



— — — Hymenopterous Order 215 



— — — Dipterous Order 219 



— — — Apterous Order 222' 



Methods of collecting and rearing Insects 227 



Methods of procuring and preserving Coleopterous 



Insects 228 



— — — Hemipterous Insects . . 229 



— — — Lepidopterous ditto . . 230 



Method of setting Insects 236 



Method of procuring and preserving Neuropterous ditto 237 

 - — — — . Hymenopterous ditto. . 238 



— — — Dipterous and Apterous 

 ditto 239 



Introduction to the class Vermes 240 



Enumeration of the characters of the various genera of 



Intestinal Worms 241 



— — — Molluscous Worms. .. . 244 



— — — Testaceous Mollusca, or 

 Shells , 248 



Of Multivalve Shells 249 



— Bivalve Shells 250 



— Univalve ditto 255 



Enumeration of the genera of Zoophytes 266 



— • — — Infusoria 269 



Instructions for preserving the Animals in the first and 



second Orders of the Class Vermes 271 



Instructions for obtaining, cleansing, polishing, and 



preserving Shells 272 



— — — Zoophytes 276 



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