Contents ix 



CHAPTER SIXTEEN 



Dead-Beat Sttlops. Weevils. Pea Weevils and Other Evii^. 

 Baltimore Oriole's Fondness for Grub of the Pea Weevil. 

 Goat- or Capricorn-Beetles. Leaf-Beetles. Potato-Bcgs. 

 PjLM-Beetles. Undesirable Citizens and Ladt-Bugs 251 



CHAPTER SEVENTEEN 



Bugs, Beginning with Some of the Ixjwest, Most Degraded 

 OF the Bug Family. Parasite Dead-Beiats and Outcast 

 Bugs. Plant Lice. Scales and Aphides 270 



CHAPTER EIGHTEEN 



Leaf and Tree Hoppers. Grotesque and Commercial Insects. 

 Cuckoo-Spit. Harvest P^y, Locust and Seventeen- Year 

 Locusts. A Methuselah Among Insects. Seventeen- Year 

 Locusts Attend a Ball in Kentucky. How They Saw Holes 

 IN the Twigs. How They are Preyed upon by Dragon-Flies 

 AND Wasps. Harmless Pl.\ymates. Pupa Skins as Toys 280 



CHAPTER NINETEEN 



Water Bugs. Cakes of Water-Bugs' Eggs. Water Boatmen. 

 Water Scorpions. Beware of Water-Bugs' Sting. Giant 

 Water-Bug. Water-Bug Suffragist. Gentle Water-Bug as 

 A NuBSE Girl. Skaters ob Glidbbs 289 



