CONTENTS, 



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I. The Tent Caterpillars and their Nests" - - 1 



II. The Moth and its Eggs -------6 



III. The Tent Caterpillar Parasite - - - - 10 



rV. The Worms on the Cabbage Leaves - - - - 12 



V. The Parasites of the Cabbage Worms - - - 16 



VI. The Red and Black Tiger Caterpillar - - - 18 



VII. The Parasite of the Tiger Caterpillar - - 20 



VIII. The Mourning Cloak or Antiopa Butterfly - - 22 



IX. The Clouded Sulphur Butterfly - - - - 25 



X. An Ambushed Bandit - - 28 



XI. The Life-history of the Ant-lion - . . = 31 



XIL The May Beetles, or June Bugs - - - = - 33 



XIII. The Common Potato Beetle 35 



XIV. The Queer Cases on the Willow Twigs - - - 37 

 XV. The History of the Dobson ----- 41 



XVr. The Dobson becomes a IIellgramite - - - - 44 



XVII. The Aphis Lion -----.-- 46 



XVIII. The Golden-eye, or Lace-winged Fly - - - 48 



XIX. The White Egg amidst the Plant Lice - • - 50 



XX. The Flower Spider - - -52 



