CONTENTS. vii. 



Enumeration of the characters of the genera composing 



the Lepidopterous Order 211 



— — — Neuropterous Order . . 212 



— — — Hymenopterous Order 215 

 — . — Dipterous Order 219 



— — — Apterous Order 222 



Methods of collecting and rearing Insects 227 



Methods of procuring and preserving Coleopterous 



Insects 228 



^ — — Hemipterous Insects . . 229 



— — — Lepidopterous ditto . . 230 



Method of setting Insects 236 



Method of procuring and preserving Neuropterous ditto 237 



— — — ' Hymenopterous ditto . . 238 

 — ■ — — Dipterous and Apterous 



ditto 239 



Introduction to the class Vermes 240 



Enumeration of the characters of the various genera of 



Intestinal Worms 241 



— — — Molluscous Worms. .. . 244 



— — Testaceous Mollusca, or 

 Shells 248 



Of Multivalve Shells 249 



— Bivalve Shells 250 



— Univalve ditto , . . 255 



Enumeration of the genera of Zoophytes 263 



— — ~ Infusoria 269 



instructions for preserving the Animals m the iirst and 



second Orders of the Ciass Vermes 271 



Instructions for obtaining, cleansing, polishing, and 



preserving Shells ST'i 



— — — Zoophytes 275 



