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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



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THE FUN OF 



FOR YOUNG FOLKS 



EDITED BY 



, Edward FBigelow . 



W/HOT YOU WP*NT 

 TO KNOW. 



^ouncTfficfch , Conn 



Tiny Larvae and a Root Cross. 



Riverbank, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : — 



The tiny specimens in the glass dish 

 were discovered by the sharp eyes of 

 my friend, Arthur Johnson, while pass- 



THE EGGS AND YOUNG CATERPILLARS OF 



THE FALL CANKERWORM NOW KNOWN AS 



ALSOPHILA POMETARIA HARRIS. 



A pin head at the left shows relative size. Note that 



the length of each larva is about one-sixth of the 



diameter of the pinhead. 



ing a small oak tree one Sunday after- 

 noon. We suppose them to be one of 

 our common pests but have never 

 noticed them in that stage before and 

 are a little curious. The other speci- 

 men of what I presume is scale I found 

 yesterday while digging out gravel in 

 a gravel pit. The tree was close to 

 the edge and the bark looked queer 

 so I investigated. 



The large package contains a speci- 

 men that I found while digging in the 

 same pit and saved for its sentimental 

 value. On the evening of the Club 

 meeting at your place, when you 

 switched on the lights of the cross in 

 the ceiling, The Agassiz Association 

 meant more to me from that moment 

 than it has ever meant before. That 

 the emblem of the Association should 

 shed light over all who come to study 

 beneath it seemed a beautiful thought 

 to me and especially so when that em- 

 blem is a cross. Therefore when I 

 came across these roots twined among 



THE OYSTER-SHELL SCALE {LEPIDOSAFHES 

 ULMI L.) 



