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CHAPTER NINE 



Pestiferous Millers, Tent Caterpillars, Armt Worms, Dis- 

 reputable Cut- Worms and the End of the Moth Talks 132 



CHAPTER TEN 



The Swallow-Tailed Butterflies, Parsley "Worms," Ichneu- 

 mons, the Green-Clouded Swallow-Tail, the Tiger Swallow- 

 Tail, and the Zebra Swallow-Tail 147 



CHAPTER ELEVEN 



White Cabbage Butterfly, Yellow Butterfly, the Gossamers, 

 Copper and Blue Gossamers, the Monarch Butterfly, the 

 Viceroy Butterfly, the Aphrodite and Myrina Butterflies. 

 The Phaeton Butterfly, Ang)el-Wing Butterflies, the L 

 Butterfly, the Antiopa Butterfly, the Red Admiral, the 

 Brownies and the Skipper Butterfly 168 



CHAPTER TWELVE 



COLEOPTERA. NaMES OF PaRTS OF A BeETLE. GrUBWORMS AND 



Where and How to Collect Beetles. Living Submarines 

 AND Hydroplanes. A Doodle Trap. Pet Beetles. Whirli- 

 gigs. Lions and Tigers of the Ponds. How Divers Carry 

 AiB Under Water 190 



CHAPTER THIRTEEN 



Tiger Beetles. Hobgoblins' Dens and a Real Magic Trick. 

 Caterpillar Hunters. Blind Harpalus Beetles and Other 

 Blind Insects m Mother Nature's Cave for the Blind. 

 Carrion Beetles. Undertaker and Grave-Digger Beetles. 

 Amusing Facts About Capjiion Beetles, Flies and Rove 

 Beetles 21 1 



CHAPTER FOURTEEN 



The Destructive Skin-Eater (Dermestes), Fond of One's Speci- 

 MENSs Carpets and Furniture. Stag Beetles or Pinch-Bugs. 

 The Goldsmith Beetle. June Bugs. The Spotted Pelidnota 

 OB Grape- Vine Beetle 226 



CHAPTER FIFTEEN 



Tumble-Bugs Useful as Scavengers. A Novel Method of Mak- 

 ing Modern Antique Scarabs. Sawhorn Beetles, Snap-Bugs 

 or Spring Beetles. A Snap-Bug Spirit Seance. Fibb-Flies 

 OR Lightning Bugs 239 



