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CURIOUS FACTS IN THE HISTORY OF INSECTS; INCLUDING SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
AUTHORS QUOTED.
ORDER I. COLEOPTERA—BEETLES.
Coccinellidæ—Lady-birds.
Chrysomelidæ—Gold-beetles.
Carabidæ.
Pausidæ.
Dermestidæ—Leather-beetles.
Lucanidæ—Stag-beetles.
Scarabæidæ—Dung-beetles.
Dynastidæ—Hercules-beetle, etc.
Melolonthidæ—Cock-chafers.
Cetoniidæ—Rose-chafers.
Buprestidæ—Burn-cows.
Elateridæ—Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc.
Lampyridæ.—Glow-worms.
Ptinidæ—Death-watch, etc.
Bostrichidæ—Typographer-beetles.
Cantharidæ—Blister-flies.
Tenebrionidæ—Meal-worms.
Blapsidæ—Church-yard beetle, etc.
Curculionidæ—Weevils.
Cerambycidæ—Musk-beetles.
Galerucidæ—Turnip-fly, etc.
ORDER II. EUPLEXOPTERA.
Forficulidæ—Ear-wigs.
ORDER III. ORTHOPTERA.
Blattidæ—Cockroaches.
Mantidæ—Soothsayers, etc.
Achetidæ—Crickets.
Gryllidæ—Grasshoppers.
Locustidæ—Locusts.
ORDER IV. NEUROPTERA.
Termitidæ—White-ants.
Ephemeridæ—Day-flies.
Libellulidæ—Dragon-flies.
Myrmeleonidæ—Ant-lions.
ORDER V. HYMENOPTERA.
Uroceridæ—Sirex.
Cynipidæ—Gall-flies.
Formicidæ—Ants.
Vespidæ—Wasps, Hornets.
Apidæ—Bees.
ORDER VI. LEPIDOPTERA.
Papilionidæ—Butterflies.
Sphingidæ—Hawk-moths.
Bombicidæ—Silk-worm Moths.
Arctiidæ—Wooly-bear Moths.
Psychidæ—Wood-carrying Moth, etc.
Noctuidæ—Antler-moth, Cut-worm, etc.
Geometridæ—Span-worms.
Tineidæ—Clothes’-moth, Bee-moth, etc.
ORDER VII. HOMOPTERA.
Cicadidæ—Harvest-flies.
Fulgoridæ—Lantern-flies.
Aphidæ—Plant-lice.
Coccidæ—Shield-lice.
ORDER VIII. HETEROPTERA.
Cimicidæ—Bed-bugs.
Notonectidæ—Water-boatmen.
ORDER IX. DIPTERA.
Culicidæ—Gnats.928
Tipulidæ—Crane-flies.
Muscidæ—Flies.
Œstridæ—Bot-flies.
ORDER X. APHANIPTERA.
Pulicidæ—Fleas.
ORDER XI. ANOPLEURA.
Pediculidæ—Lice.
ORDER XII. ARACHNIDA.1083
Acaridæ—Mites.
Phalangidæ—Daddy-Long-legs.
Pedipalpi—Scorpions.
Araneidæ—True Spiders.
MISCELLANEOUS.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES.
ERRATA.
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