HONEY-BEE
1, the male, or drone; 2, the neuter, or worker; 3, the female, or queen.

WORKING HONEY-BEE.

TENEBRIO MOLITOR.
1 and 2, perfect insect; 3, pupa; 4, larva.

VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HOUSE-FLY.
HIGHLY MAGNIFIED.

a, section of fly, showing nervous system; b, head of house fly, showing the compound eyes, and, beneath, the proboscis; c, last joint of tarsus, or foot of fly, with hooks and pads; d, proboscis of house-fly; e, portion of fringe of the pad, to show the supposed suckers; f, leg of fly.

ICHNEUMON.
(Simpla lunator.)

ANT.
(Magnified; with end of claw more magnified.)

SOLITARY BEES. (Apidoe.)
1, Osmia; 2, Anthidium; 3, Panurgus; 4, Megachile.

LEAF INSECT.

SKIPPER. (Hesperia.)

MOTH.

GNAT. (Magnified.)

1, insect depositing eggs; 2, insect escaping from pupa case; 3, larva of gnat; 4, floating raft of eggs.

BEETLE.

a, proboscis of the hive bee.
b, the hinder leg of the worker bee.
c, the tongue.
d, the part on which the pollen is carried.
MAGNIFIED.

HEAD OF A BEE. (Considerably magnified.)

GOLDSMITH BEETLE.