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Excerpt from Entomology This book gives a comprehensive and concise account of insects. Though planned primarily for the student, it is intended also for the general reader. The book was written in an effort to meet the growing demand for a biological treatment of entomology. The existence of several excellent works on the classification of insects (notably Comstock's Manual, Kellogg's American Insects and Sharp's Insects) has enabled the author to omit the multitudinous details of classification and to introduce much material that hitherto has not appeared in text-books. As a rule, only the commonest kinds of insects are referred to in the text, in order that the reader may easily use the text as a guide to personal observation. All the illustrations have been prepared by the author, and such as have been copied from other works are duly credited. To Dr. S. A. Forbes the author is especially indebted for the use of literature, specimens and drawings belonging to the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Permission to copy several illustrations from Government publications was received from Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomology; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of the Division of Biological Survey, and Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Director of the U. S. Geological Survey. Several desired books were obtained from F. M. Webster, of the Bureau of Entomology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections suc