Table of Contents 



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Life History of the Cotton Stainer (Dysdercus 



suturelhis) 308 



The Stilt Bugs (Family Berytidce) .... 309 



The Chinch Bug Family (Family Lygmdce) . . 310 

 Life History of the Chinch Bug (Blissus leucop- 



terus) 311 



The Stink-Bugs and Their Allies (Family Tentato- 



midce) 313 



Life History of a Stink-Bug (Podisus cyaneiven- 



tris) 314 



The True Lice (Suborder Anoplura) 316 



Thrips (Order Physopoda) 318 



Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets, Etc. (Order Orthop- 



tera) 320 



Table of Families 322 



The Walking Sticks (Family Phasmidce) . . . ^2} 

 Life History of a Walking Stick {Diapheromera 



femorata) }2} 



Rear-Horses or Praying Mantids (Family Mantidce) 326 

 Life History of a Rear-Horse ( Siagmomantis 



Carolina) 327 



Cockroaches (Family BlattidcB) .... 329 

 Short-Horned Locusts or True Grasshoppers (Family 



AcridiidcB) ^^2 



Life History of a Grasshopper (Melanoplus at- 



lanis) 334 



Long-Horned Grasshoppers (Family Locustidce) . }}6 

 Life History of a Katydid ( Microcentrum retin- 



ervis) 339 



The Crickets (Family Gryllidce) . . . . 341 



Earwigs (Order Euplexoptera) 345 



Bird Lice (Order Mallophaga) 347 



Table of Families 349 



The Book-Lice and Their Allies (Order Corrodentia) . 350 



White Ants (Order Isoptera) 353 



The Stone Flies (Order Plecoptera) 361 



Dragon Flies (Order Odonata) }6} 



Table of Families 369 



Damsel Flies 370 



Family Calopterygidct 370 



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