CONTENTS XV 



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102. Eggs of Apple Tree Tent Caterpillar, surrounding an 



apple twig 12.! 



103. Parents of the Spring Canker-Worm 124 



104. Some Codling Moths 120 



105. A Pear and two Apple blossoms 130 



100. A Pear and two Apple blossoms 130 



107. " Ladybird " and larva 133 



108. Ear of Corn, damaged by Grain Moth. . . . 1 '>."> 



109. Tar-covered ridge; barrier to advanec of Chinch-bugs.. 13G 



110. A beneficial insect 



111. Beneficial Mite 139 



112. Plan for hoppenlo/er .... 140 



1 13. The Potato Beetle ( l)nri/i>ln,r(i 10-lineata ) 142 



114. Squash-bug (Anasa trislifi) ... 143 



115. Cabbage Butterfly (Picris rapac) 144 



116. Different stages in the transformation of parasitic Fly, 14(i 



117. A Fly, parasitic on Grasshoppers 147 



US. Bull'alo Moth larva 149 



11!). Buffalo Moth I'.eetle (Anthrenus scrophulctriae) . . . . 14!) 



120. Larva 1 of Clothes Moth feeding on felt 151 



121. Egg-pod of Cockroach 153 



122. Mosquito (Cnlf.r //?n/</o/.v) in process of development.. 154 



123. Full-grown Mosquito larva and pupa 15.~> 



124. Mosquito (Ciilr.e jnnii/rns) , female 1~>(> 



125. Mosquito (Culex /'//</''*) , male 157 



120. A Fish Moth (Lci>ixin<i sp. ) Itili 



127. Spring-tail ((.'ori/noUirix liurculix) 107 



128. A May-fly 108 



129. Stone-fly nymph 1G9 



130. A Stone-fly ( l'< rla cphi/rc) 109 



131. White Ants 170 



132. A king White Ant 170 



133. White Ant queen 170 



134. Nest of White Ants on post 171 



135. White Ants' nest on trunk of tree 171 



136. Dragon-fly (Libcllulu t nildn-U<i ) 172 



137. A Damsel-lly 173 



138. Dragon-fly on the lookout for prey . 174 



139. Side and top view of head of nymph of Dragon-fly 175 



