To Dr. J. M. Toner, of Washington, for his suggestions and assistance in collecting material, I tender my thanks; the same also to N. Bushnell, Esq., and Hon. O. H. Browning, of Quincy, Ill., for the use of their several libraries. I am much indebted, too, to Mrs. A. L. Ruter Dufour, of Washington, for many superstitions and two pieces of poetry contained in this volume. I beg her to accept my thanks. GREENSBURG, PENNA., July 10th, 1865. CONTENTS. AUTHORS QUOTED 9 COLEOPTERA--BEETLES. Coccinellidæ--Lady-birds 17 Chrysomelidæ--Gold-beetles 23 Carabidæ 23 Pausidæ 23 Dermestidæ--Leather-beetles 24 Lucanidæ--Stag-beetles 24 Scarabæidæ--Dung-beetles 27 Dynastidæ--Hercules-beetles, etc. 45 Melolonthidæ--Cock-chafers 47 Cetoniidæ--Rose-chafers 49 Buprestidæ--Burn-cows 50 Elateridæ--Fire-flies, Spring-beetles, etc. 51 Lampyridæ--Glow-worms 55 Ptinidæ--Death-watch, etc. 58 Bostrichidæ--Typographer-beetle, etc. 61 Cantharidæ--Blister-flies 62 Tenebrionidæ--Meal-worms 65 Blapsidæ--Church-yard-beetle, etc. 65 Curculionidæ--Weevils 68 Cerambycidæ--Musk-beetles 72 Galerucidæ--Turnip-fly, etc. 74 EUPLEXOPTERA. Forficulidæ--Ear-wigs 76 ORTHOPTERA. Blattidæ--Cockroaches 78 Mantidæ--Soothsayers, etc. 82 Achetidæ--Crickets 92 Gryllidæ--Grasshoppers 98 Locustidæ--Locusts 101 NEUROPTERA. Termitidæ--White-ants 132 Ephemeridæ--Day-flies 138 Libellulidæ--Dragon-flies 138 Myrmeleonidæ--Ant-lions 141 HYMENOPTERA. Uroceridæ--Sirex 142 Cynipidæ--Gall-flies 143 Formicidæ--Ants 146 Vespidæ--Wasps, Hornets 170 Apidæ--Bees 174 LEPIDOPTERA. Papilionidæ--Butterflies 216 Sphingidæ--Hawk-moths 232 Bombicidæ--Silkworm-moths 234 Arctiidæ--Woolly-bear-moths 242 Psychidæ--Wood-carrying-moth, etc. 245 Noctuidæ--Antler-moth, Cut-worm, etc. 246