. The book of bugs. . OF TRUE BUGS IN GENERAL THE reader will doubtless have observed ere this that in this book there is no formal schedule of classification of the insects described, and the least possible use of the scientific names for them, except occasionally for the purpose of showing off. Yet 1 would not have you think that I do not believe in that sort of thing. Entomology does not introduce terminology and classificatory schemes merely to complicate the game. It differs from chess and pinochle in that respect as in many others. Classification by orders of insects that have a certain
. The book of bugs. . OF TRUE BUGS IN GENERAL THE reader will doubtless have observed ere this that in this book there is no formal schedule of classification of the insects described, and the least possible use of the scientific names for them, except occasionally for the purpose of showing off. Yet 1 would not have you think that I do not believe in that sort of thing. Entomology does not introduce terminology and classificatory schemes merely to complicate the game. It differs from chess and pinochle in that respect as in many others. Classification by orders of insects that have a certain structural resem- blance is a great help, and these names that look to be so unnecessarily long are really brief descriptions of the creatures to which they are attached. Very few insects have any common names, and these have been bestowed in a higgledy-piggledy way and differ in different parts of the country. For example, the stink-bug or harlequin cabbage-bug in the South is called the " Abe Lincoln ; Almost the first thing I can remember is a big stack of boxes in the public square before the court-house. At the least calculation it must have been 600 feet high, and I can recall the picture of men scaling that dizzy height to pour kerosene on the wooden tumulus. It seems to me tar was put on, too. It was there some days, and then one night my father took me downtown to see it burn. Its roaring flames licked the dark sky overhead 73. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Sutherland, Harvey. New York ; London : Street & Smith
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