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 Eggs in aiicl on canes and twigs 119 



Probable eggs of the Jumping Tree-cricket, 119 The egg-punctures on 

 grape-cane, 119 Characters of the egg, 119 General appearance of 

 the cricket, 120. 



Eggs of the Snowy Tree-cricket, 120. Trees and shrubs attacked by this 

 cricket, 120 The egg, 120 Habits and natural history, 120 Injury 

 done by it, 121 The eggs mistaken by Fitch for those of the Buffalo 

 Tree-hopper, 121. 



Egg-punctures of the Buffalo Tree-hopper, 122 Development of the 

 larva, 121 Characters and habits of the perfect insect, 122 Egg- 

 punctures of some unknown Tree-hopper, 122. 



Egg-punctures of the Frosted Lightning-hopper, 122 Development and 

 habits of the insect, 122. 



Egg-punctures probably of Orchdimum (jlaberimum, 123 The egg, 123 

 Characters and habits of the imago, 123. 



Eggs of the Oblong-winged Katydid, 123 They have been mistaken by 

 Harris for those of the Broad- winged Katydid, 123 Ovipositors and 

 modes of egg-laying in the three Katydids occurring in Missouri, 124 

 Increase in thickness of Katydid eggs before hatching, 124. 



Stinging larvae 125 



The Potato-worm falsely considered as a stinging caterpillar, 125 Gen- 

 eral harmlessness to man of insect larvre, 125 Stinging caterpillars in 

 Europe and North America, 126 List of such larvas in U. S., 126 De- 

 scription of larva and chrysalis of Acronycta xylinoides, 126. 



THE BUCK MOTH OR MAIA MOTH 127 



Flight and characteristics of the moth, 127 The egg and mode of egg- 

 laying, 128 Appearance of the full-grown larva, 129 Larval changes, 



129 Color variations of the larva, 130 Habits of the young larva, 



130 The sting of the larva, 131 The pupa, 131 Issuing of the 

 moth, 132 Irregularity and retardation in development, 132; the spe- 

 cies benefits thereby, 132 Food plants, 132 Natural enemies, 132. 



THE Io MOTH 133 



The male and female moth, 133 The egg, 134 The larva and its urti- 

 cating power, 134 Larval changes, 135 Pupation, 135 Food plants, 

 136 Parasites, 136. 



The Green-striped Maple-worm 137 



Account of its occurrence in great numbers in Kansas, 137 Injury done 

 by it to Soft maples, 138 The egg, 138 Larval changes, 138 The 

 chrysalis, 139 The imago, 139 Natural enemies, 139 Description 

 of Belvoisia bifasciata, 140 Remedies, 141. 



INNOXIOUS INSECTS. 



The Hellgrammite Fly* 143 



The eggs, 143 Respiratory apparatus of the larva, 143 Habits of the 

 larva when about to transform, 143 The pupa, 144 Sexual difference 

 in the imago, 145. 



The Goat- weed Butterfly 145 



The egg, 146 Habits of the larva, 146 Larval changes, 146 Trans- 

 formation, 147 New food-plant, 147 Simulation of the color of the 

 food-plant by the larva, 147 Two annual broods, 143 Hibernation 

 of the imago, 148 Natural enemies, 140. 

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