CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER VII.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— AMPHIBIANS AND 

 FISHES OF CARNIVOROUS AND INSECTIVOROUS HABIT 



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Amphibians (Amphibia) — Grass Frog, Common Toad, Tree-Frogs, Spotted Sala- 

 mander, Newts and Fish-Salamanders, Cscilians 82 



Fishes (Pisces) — Lung-Fishes or Mud-Fishes (Dipnoi). Ordinary Bony Fishes 

 (Teleostei) — Perches, Mackerels, Pike, Angler-Fish or Fishing-Frog, Deep-sea 

 Angler, Wrasses and Wolf-Fishes, Electric Cat-Fishes and Electric-Eel, Mud- 

 Skippers, Beaked Chelmon. Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchii) — Blue Shark 

 and Rondeletian Shark, Thresher, Saw-Fishes, Port Jackson Shark, Eagle-Ray, 

 Electric-Rays. Round-Mouths (Cyclostomata) — Lampreys and Hags 83 



CHAPTER VIII.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— NEMERTINES 

 AND CARNIVOROUS MOLLUSCS 



NemertiNE Worms (Nemertea) 93 



Molluscs (MoUusca) — Cuttle-Fishes and Squids (Cephalopoda) — General Charac- 

 ters. Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda) — General Characters ; Purple-Shell, 

 Common Whelk, Cone-Shells, Natica, Heteropods, Tectibranchs, Sea-Slugs, 

 Lung-Snails 94 



CHAPTER IX.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— CARNIVOROUS 



INSECTS 



General Characters. Membrane -winged Insects (Hymenoptera) — Driver- Ants, 

 Foraging- Ants, Sand- Wasps, Ichneumon-Flies. Beetles (Coleoptera)— Tiger- 

 Beetles, Ground-Beetles, Rove-Beetles, Water-Beetles, Lady-Birds, Scavenging 

 Beetles. Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera) — Biting-Lice, Snake-Flies, Scorpion- 

 Flies, Ant-Lions, Mantis Net-Wings, Lace-wing Flies, Golden-eyed Flies, 

 Dragon-Flies, May-Fhes and Stone-Flies, Caddis-Flies. Straight -winged 

 Insects (Orthoptera) — Soothsayers or Praying Insects. Scale-winged Insects 

 (Lepidoptera) — Fur-eating Caterpillars, Purple Emperor Moth. Two-winged 

 Flies (Diptera) — Stable-Fly, Tsetse-Fly, Gad-Flies, Gnats and Midges, Forest- 

 FHes, Fleas. Bugs (Hemiptera) — Land-Bugs, Water-Bugs, Marine Bugs, True 

 Lice - loi 



CHAPTER X.— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS-CARNIVOROUS 

 ARACHNIDS AND MYRIAPODS— PERIPATUS 



Spider-like Animals (Arachnida) — Scorpions (Scorpionidae). Whip-Scorpions 

 (Pedipalpi). Spiders (Araneidae) — General Characters; Web-Spinners, Bird- 

 catching Spiders, Wolf-Spiders, Water-Spiders, Jumping Spiders. False 

 Spiders (Solpugidas). False Scorpions (Pseudoscorpionidae). Harvestmen 

 (Phalangidce). Mites and Ticks (Acarina) 125 



Many- LEGGED Animals (Myriapoda): Centipedes (Chilopoda) — Thirty-Foot, 



Tropical Centipedes, Earth Centipedes, Shield-bearing Centipedes - 132 



Primitive Air-Breathers (Prototracheata) — Peripatus 134 



CHAPTER XL— THE FOOD OF ANIMALS— CARNIVOROUS 

 CRUSTACEANS AND KING-CRABS 



Crustaceans (Crustacea) : Higher Crustacea (Malacostraca) — Long-tailed Deca- 

 pods — Lobster, Prawn, Shrimp, Crayfish, Jamaica Prawn, Rock-Lobster, 



