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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING ANDPRESERVING INSECTS.

BY



C. V. RILEY, M. A., Ph. D.,

Honorary Curator of the Department of Insects, U. S. National Museum.



Part F of Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 39
(with one plate).

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1892.

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CONTENTS.

 Page.
Introductory3
Manual of instructions for collecting and preserving insects5
Characteristics of insects5
Scope and importance of entomology6
Classification of hexapods8
Order Hymenoptera12
Order Coleoptera14
Order Lepidoptera16
Order Hemiptera17
Suborder Thysanoptera18
Order Diptera19
Suborder Aphaniptera20
Order Orthoptera21
...

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