CONTENTS OF VOL I. 



Letter Pa ge 



I. Introductory, • • • • * — *" 



II. Objections answered, 21— 58 



III. Metamorphoses of Insects , 59 — 79 



IV. Direct Injuries caused by Insects, • • • • 80 — 143 

 V. Indirect Injuries caused by Insects. 



1. Injuries to our living animal Property, 144 — 165 

 VI. Indirect Injuries continued. 



2. Injuries to our living vegetable Pro- 



perty, • • • • 166—21 1 



VII. The same subject continued— -The Ra- 

 vages of Locusts, -» 212—223 



VIII. Indirect Injuries concluded. 



3. Injuries to our dead Property, whe 



ther animal or vegetable, • 224 — 246 



IX. Indirect Benefits derived from Insects, • • 247 — 296 



X. Direct Benefits derived from Insects, • • • • 297 — 336 



XL Affection of Insects for their Young, • • • • 337 — 381 



XII. Food of Insects, 382—402 



XIII. The same subject continued, 403 — 433 



XIV. Habitations of Insects. 



1 . Of Solitary Insects, 434 — 475 



XV. Habitations of Insects continued. 



2. Of Insects in Society,. 476—518 



