INSECTS***


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[Illustration: NATURE SERIES]




ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS.

[Illustration]

Nature Series

ON THE ORIGIN AND METAMORPHOSES OF INSECTS

BY

Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.

Principal of the London Working Men's College; President of the London
Chamber of Commerce; and Vice-Chairman of the London County Council

With Numerous Illustrations







London Macmillan and Co. and New York 1890

The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved

Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay.

First Edition 1873. Reprinted 1874. New Edition 1890.




PREFACE.


For some years, much of my leisure time has been devoted to the study of
the anatomy, development, and habits of the Annulosa, and especially of
Insects,