pt. I. The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food
1. Head
2. Mouthparts and feeding
3. Alimentary canal, digestion and absorption
4. Nutrition
5. Circulatory system, blood and immune system
6. Fat body
pt. II. The thorax and locomotion
7. Thorax
8. Legs and locomotion
9. Wings and flight
10. Muscles
pt. III. The abdomen, reproduction and development
11. Abdomen
12. Reproductive system : male
13. Reproductive system : female
14. The egg and embryology
15. Postembryonic development
pt. IV. The integument, gas exchange and homeostasis
16. Integument
17. Gaseous exchange
18. Excretion and salt and water regulation
19. Thermal relations
pt. V. Communication
20. Nervous system
21. Endocrine system
22. Vision
23. Mechanoreception
24. Chemoreception
25. Visual signals : color and light production
26. Mechanical communication : producing sound and substrate vibration
27. Chemical communication : pheromones and chemicals with interspecific significance

A long-awaited update of a well established standard text and respected reference work for students and researchers in zoology, entomology and physiology, this fourth edition has been rewritten throughout, while retaining the successful structure of the earlier editions. Illustrations have been augmented with electron micrographs.