This introduction to the study of insects aims at teaching the beginner the elements of Entomology and serving as a Guide to treatises and accounts on the subject suitable for advanced students. In order to make it of value to farmers and gardeners, and that it may be used as a text book in the Agricultural College, concise accounts have been given of insects injurious or beneficial to vegetation, or those in any way affecting human interests. In the preparation of this Guide, the author has used the knowledge and reservoir of facts contained in almost all authoritative books on the subject available at the time of its publication in 1870. For a book like the present one, illustrations and figures are very important and this volume contains eleven plates and 650 wood cuts that explain the details of the insects described vividly and scientifically. Any student of Entomology can use this treatise for the understanding of the groups of insects relevant to his or her study.
