TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. -HISTORY OF INSECTS. 

 Chap. pgg„ 



I. History of Insects in general 3 



II. The Silkworm 7 



'II- Apple Moth 13 



IV. Musquito 18 



V. Bot 23 



VI. • . Bee 27 



VII. Ichneumon 40 



VIII. Burying Beetle 46 



IX. —^ Apple Weevil 51 



X. . Earwig 54 



XI. . Locust 58 



XII. Coccus of the Vine ... 62 



XIII. Hop-fly 66 



XIV. Ant Lion 72 



XV. White Ant 77 



XVI. Concluding Observations 86 



BOOK II.— PHYSIOLOGY OF INSECTS. 



I. Physiology of Insects in general . . 

 II. Of the Organs of Support in general 



III- ' — - in the head 



IV. Of the Wings and Legs of Insects . 

 V. Of the Characters of Surface 

 VI. Of Muscles, the Organs of Motion 

 VII. Of Nerve.?, the Organs of Sensation 



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. 97 



. 106 



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. 133 



. 137 



