Contents. 



Chapter Page 



— Preface to Part I. - - - - - - 5 



I. Introduction to Entomology - - - - 11 



II. Classification of Insects - - - - - IS 



III. The forming of Collections of Economic and other Insects 



recommended, with directions for collecting and preserv- 

 ing same - - - - - - - 19 



IV. On the necessity for the preservation of our insecL- 



destroying birds, with an alphabetical list of tlie 



principal kinds - - - - - - 23 



V. Horticultural Quarantine Rules - - - - 28 



VI. The Woolly Aphis, or American Blight - - - 35 



VII. The Codlin Moth ------ 45 



VIII. The Curve-winged Apple Moth - - - - 57 



IX. The Apple-tree Borer Beetle - - - - Gl 



X. The Light-brown Apple Moth - - - - 67 



XL The Apple -root Borer - - - - - 71 



XIL The Apple-bark Scale - - - • - 77 



XIII. The Apple Beetle - - - - - - 83 



XIV. The Harlequin Fruit Bug 89 



XV. The Red Spider 93 



XVI. The Pear and Cherry Slug 99 



XVII. The Rutherglen Fly-pest - - - - - 105 



XVIIL The Cherry-borer 113 



XIX. The Pear Phytoptus - - - - - 119 



XX. Tabulated List of IVIaterial in general use for the destruc- 

 tion of Noxious Insects, after Maskell, with personal 



observations and additions - - - - 124 



APPENDICES. 



Illustrations of Spray-pumps and other Machines used for 

 the destruction of Insects .... 



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