Chapter I: Preface

This popular French book on Insects has been placed in my hands in order that the scientific portions of it should be examined and, if necessary, corrected. This task has been a light one, for the book had already passed through the able editorship of Mr. Jansen. But I have added a short notice of the Thysanoptera, which did not appear in M. Figuier's original work, and also the necessary information respecting the evolution of Stylops.

P. MARTIN DUNCAN.
LEE, 1872.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
APTERA 27
DIPTERA 33
Nemocera 35
Brachycera 47
HEMIPTERA 90
Heteroptera 90
Homoptera 101
LEPIDOPTERA 138
The Larva, or Caterpillar 138
The Chrysalis, or Pupa 146
The Perfect Insect 165
ORTHOPTERA 284
HYMENOPTERA 313
THYSANOPTERA 400
NEUROPTERA 402
COLEOPTERA 435
INDEX 523

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