ILLUSTRATIONS 



Plates 



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 Plate I. Fig. 1.— Horned rattlesnake. Fig. 2.— Black t;iilcd rattle- 

 snake Frontispiece 



Plate II. Skins of spotted skunks (Sfil^\s;ale) 369 



Plate III. Skins of striped skunks ( Mephitis) 371 



Figures 



Banded gecko (Buhlcpharis rariciiiatus) 367 



Cone-nose blood sucker ( Coiiorlniius saiiiiiiisugus) 376 



The sand or Jerusalem cricket {Stciiopchnafiis irrcLiularis) 377 



The praying mantis 378 



Flannel moth larvae on English ivy 379 



Crab-spider -^"1 



Tarantula 3S2 



Solpugid ( mata venado ) 386 



Scorpions 38/ 



Whip scorpion 388 



Centipede : ^°9 



