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STUDY OF INSECTS. 



I. Head: eyes — simple, compound; antennae, mouth 



parts. 

 n. Thorax: legs, wings. 



III. Abdomen. 



IV. Life cycle : egg, larva, pupa, image. 



NOTE.— Place of deposition of eggs. Environment, food, and 

 habits of lai-val period. Cocoons and different forms of pupa cases; 

 environment, food and habits of image. Compare image with 

 larva. Compare homes, habits, food, members of household, 

 community, life, care of young, thrift, frugality, intelligence, 

 communication, manner of locomotion — walking, crawling, flying, 

 beauty of form, color, adaptation of structure to function, eco- 

 nomic relation of insects — for honey, scavengers, etc. 



Some orders of insects for study — Dragon fly, crickets, 

 potato bugs, butterflies and moths, bees and ants, flies and 

 mosquitoes. 



"Insecta," D. C. Heath & Co. 



