LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Example of protective resem- 

 blance — green caterpillar feed- 

 ing on leaves of wild gooseberry . 113 



Boneset and its butterfly guests. 

 Initial drawing 120 



Caterpillar of Viceroy Butterfly 

 on leaf of Heart-shaped 

 Willow 121 



Monarch Butterfly (Anosia ple- 

 xippus) above, with its mimic 

 species, the Viceroy {Basilar- 

 chia disippus), below, visiting 

 Boneset Flowers 123 



Viceroy Caterpillar about ready 

 to pupate 125 



Viceroj' Pupa 126 



Robber-fly {Dasyllis sacrafa) in 

 pursuit of a Sjrphus Fly. 

 Initial drawing 127 



Robber-fly (Dasyllis sacrata) on 

 Sassafras Leaf 129 



Landscape showing habitat of 

 Flower Flies. Initial drawing . 130 



Robber-fly {Dasyllis sacrata) 

 with an insect which it has just 

 caught 131 



Purple Aster with Moth (Plusia 

 simplex) and Drone-fly {Eri- 

 stalis tenax). Colored plate . . 132 



Viceroy Butterfly 133 



Painted Lady Butterfly and 

 Thistle 139 



Painted Lady or Thistle Butterfly 

 {Pyrameis carditi) 141 



Saddle-back Larva; {Sibine sti- 

 mulcp) on Witch-hazel Leaves . 143 



Row of Saddle-back Caterpillars. 144 



Green Caterpillar of the Turnus 

 or Tiger Butterfly 145 



Male Papilio turnus Butterfly 

 visiting the flower of the Red 

 Clover 147 



Cresphontes Caterpillar and 

 Butterfly. Initial illustration . 150 



Caterpillar of Papilio cresphontes 

 on its food plant, the three- 



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leaved hop tree. Photograph 



by Dr. James Walker .... 152 



Puss-moth Caterpillar in quies- 

 cent attitude 153 



Puss Caterpillar {Cerura multi- 

 scripta) on Willow Leaf, in state 

 of excitement, displaying the 

 whip-lashes at the end of the 

 body 155 



Moth {Achemon sphitix) .... 156 



Sphinx Caterpillar {Pkolus ache- 

 mon) on Virginia Creeper Leaf. 157 



Moth (Automeris io) 160 



Automeris io Moth with spread 

 wings 161 



Hymenopterous Parasite attack- 

 ing Sphinx Caterpillar .... 163 



Wild Carrot Blossoms. Initial 

 photograph 170 



Wild Carrot {Daucus carota), 

 showing an Ambush Bug 

 {Phyniata wolffii) near the 

 middle of the flower with a 

 captured fly 171 



Acom with ant tenants. Initial 

 drawing 174 



Parasitic Wasp {Aneplares rnfi- 

 pes). Cocoon, and Woolly Bear 

 Host. Initial drau-ing .... 176 



Ant-lion Pit, and Adult Ant-lion 

 on Milkweed. Initial drawing 177 



Ant-lion and its Cocoon .... 179 



Evening Primrose with Spider 

 {Misumena vatia) in position 

 to trap insects. Initial drawing 182 



Spider {Misumena vatia) on 

 Evening Primrose in position 

 to catch insects 183 



Evening Primrose, showing the 

 pink and yellow moth {Rhodo- 

 phoraflorida) 185 



Castle-building Spider on her 

 Castle. Initial draiving. . . 186 



Castle-building Spider {Lycosa 

 domifex) in bottom of her 

 burrow 189 



