CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Introduction'. 



nstruction derivable from comraou things . 

 Extraordinary numbers and varieties of insects 

 Can be studied in every situation. 



Anecdotes • 



Cabinets useful, but not indispensable . 

 Study of insects does not narrow the mil 

 Injuries and benenta caused by Insects 

 Use of names in Natural History . . 

 Study of Insects fascinating to youth . 

 Anecdote of a little girl 



Beauty oflnaects 



Varieties in the economy of Insects 



Slates of Insects 



Insects produced from eggs . . • 

 Larva, Caterpillar, Grub, Maggot 

 Pupa, ChrysiiliB, Aurelia, Nymph 

 Imago, perfect Insect . * . • 



CHAPTER II. 



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Structures for protecting Eggs . . ■ ,' ■."„ ij 



Eggs of Insects can bear great degrees of heat and cold 



Bees compared to our mechanics ■ • 

 Mason-Wasps . . • • ■ • 



Curious proceedings of one at l.eo 



Her caution outwitted by a. Fly . 



Structures of another Mason Wasp 



Her storing of live Caterpillars . 

 Mason-Bees . . • . • *.,.:. 



Nest of one on the wall of Greenwich Park 



Clay-miue of Mason-Bees at Lee . 



Estimate of their labours 



Wall-Mason-Bees of France. . . 



Proceedings of the two-horm'd Mason-Bee at 



Structures of Mason Bees . 



Their restless disposition 



Their different proceedings in Britain and in Frai 



CHAPTER III. 



Carpenter- Bees . :. 



Methods of working Jjj 



Hislorv of one at Lee 



Violet Carpenter-Bee of France 



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