Bxptanation of Plate 16/ 



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 8 



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12 



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 '4 



15 

 1 6 



17 

 1 8, 



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 20 



Egg mass of Anisota scnaloria Abb. & Sin. on underside of oak leaf. 



Egg shells of same on partly eaten leaf. 



Shrunken larva,* of same infested by parasite on leaf stalks showing the 

 characteristic feeding of the insect. 



Nearly full grown larvjE of same. 



Recently hatched larvje feeding side by side and showing the skeletonizing in 

 the earlier stages. 



Male, natural size. 



Female depositing eggs. 



Full grown larva of Buck moth, Heniileuca maia Druiy. 



Male of Ilcinilcuca iiiaia Drury. 



Egg mass of same. 



Cacoccia fcrvidaiia Clem., enlarged. 



Nest of same, composed of partly eaten, curled leaves. 



Scrica trocifonnis Burm. on leaf, natural size. 



Same enlarged. 



Two spotted tree hopper, E)tchcnopa biiiotata Say. 



Another peculiar tree hopper, Arcliasia galcala Fabr. 



Another tree hopper, Tliclia acuininaUr Fabr. 



Dog day cicada or Harvest fly. Cicada iibiccn Linn, in its resting position. 



Acorn weevil, Balaninus nasicus Say, natural size. 



Same enlarged. 



* Executed from nature, under the author's direct iTr-., by L. H. Joutel. 



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