Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. The 2 pages of advertisements preceding the title page have been moved to the end of this book. The half-title page has been removed. Obvious printing mistakes have been corrected. Variations in spelling, hyphenation, and accents remain as in the original unless noted below. Introduction, "Linnean" changed to "Linnæan" ("By the Linnæan system"). Page 10, "Hawk flies" changed to "Hawk Flies." Page 15, "Section 3" changed to "Section 2." Page 39, "fulfed" changed to "fullfed". Page 43, "PSEUDONEUROPTERA" changed to "PSEUDO-NEUROPTERA." Page 52, "reins" changed to "veins." Page 55, illustration caption: "Fig. 8" changed to "Fig. 68." Page 95, "Family 1" changed to "Family 12." Page 103, "Fig. 145" changed to "Fig. 146." Page 106, "Piophila-casei" changed to "Piophila casei." Page 107, "Tribe VI" changed to "Tribe IV." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, by W. Harcourt Bath