Transcriber’s notes:

In this transcription a black dotted underline indicates a hyperlinkto a page or illustration; hyperlinks are also marked byaqua highlighting when the mouse pointer hovers over them. Pagenumbers are shown in the right margin.

Archaic spellings such as ‘sedementary’ and ‘millepedes’ have notbeen altered, and the following spelling inconsistencies have also beenleft as in the original text: omnivorous/omnivorus, eleagnus/elæagnus,silverfish/silver-fish, woodlice/wood-lice, blowfly/blow-fly.

The following typographic errors have been corrected:
kindom —> kingdom
aphis lion —> aphis-lion
Jose —> José
ocurring —> occurring
necesary —> necessary
Crytolæmus —> Cryptolæmus
Crape —> Grape
pupuli —> populi