William Kirby

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY.

LETTER I.

LETTER II. OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.

LETTER III. METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS.

LETTER IV. INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. DIRECT INJURIES.

LETTER V. INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. INDIRECT INJURIES.

LETTER VI. INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. INDIRECT INJURIES CONTINUED.

LETTER VII. INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. INDIRECT INJURIES CONTINUED.

LETTER VIII. INJURIES CAUSED BY INSECTS. INDIRECT INJURIES CONCLUDED.

LETTER IX. BENEFITS DERIVED FROM INSECTS. INDIRECT BENEFITS.

LETTER X. BENEFITS DERIVED FROM INSECTS. DIRECT BENEFITS.

LETTER XI. ON THE AFFECTION OF INSECTS FOR THEIR YOUNG.

LETTER XII. ON THE FOOD OF INSECTS.

LETTER XIII. FOOD OF INSECTS CONTINUED. STRATAGEMS EMPLOYED IN PROCURING IT.

LETTER XIV. HABITATIONS OF INSECTS.

LETTER XV. HABITATIONS OF INSECTS CONTINUED.

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. Vol. I. PLATE I. Coleoptera. Fig. 1

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's Notes:

Plate I

AN

INTRODUCTION

TO

ENTOMOLOGY:

OR

ELEMENTS

OF THE

NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS:

WITH PLATES.

By WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R. AND L.S.

RECTOR OF BARHAM,
AND

WILLIAM SPENCE, Esq. F.L.S.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

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