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No. I shows the life history of the American Silk moth, Samia 

 cecropia; the caterpillar, pupa, cocoon, male and female moths. 



No 2 shows a similar life history of the polyphemus moth, 

 Telea polyphemus. 



No. 3 is a life history of the io moth, Automeris io; the egg- 

 cluster, caterpillar, pupa and moths. 



No. 4 is a life history of the promethea moth, Calosamia 

 promethea. 



No. 5 shows on the left the caterpillar and male adult of the 

 luna moth, Tropaea luna; in the upper row a pair of lappet 

 moths, Tolype vellida; in the middle row at the left a Catocala 

 antinympha, and at the right a Catocala concumbens; and below 

 a pair of Buck-moths, Hemileuca maia. 



No. 6 shows a caterpillar and the moths of six of the 

 Sphingidae, the so called sphinx or "hawk" moths. Beginning 

 at the left in the upper row, Paonias excaecatus, Marumba 

 modesta, and Smerinthus geminatus; and in the lower row. 

 Sphinx gordius, Hemaris thysbe, and Sphinx plebeia. 



No. 7 is a life history of the cherry-tree ugly-nest, Archips 

 cerasivorana, with parasites of the same. 



No. 8 shows a life history of the apple-tree tent-caterpillar, 

 Malacasoma americana, illustrating the nest, egg-cluster, cater- 

 pillar, cocoon, pupa, male and female moths. 



No. 9 contains life histories of the white-marked and old 

 tussock moths, Hemerocampa Icucostigma, and Notolophus 

 antiqua. 



No. IO is a life history of the brown-tail moth, Euproctis 

 chrysorrhoea, with some of the common parasites that destroy 

 this pest while it is in the pupa stage. 



No. II shows a life history of the gipsy moth, Porthetria 

 dispar. 



No. 12 shows twelve kinds of wood on which gipsy females 

 have deposited their eggs: White pine, black cherry, white 

 birch, hornbeam, white oak, red oak, beach, white maple, hem- 

 lock, juniper, black birch, gray birch. 



No. 13 contains a caterpillar and nest of the fall web-worm. 



No. 14 shows the elm leaf-beetle Galerucella luteola, and 

 leaves on which it has worked; red-humped and yellow-necked 

 caterpillars, Schizura concinna and D at ana ministra; two 

 species of hickory tiger caterpillars, and a corn worm, Papai- 

 pema nitela nebris. 



