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Plate VIIT. 



Fig. I. — Under surface of elm-leaf showing eggs, the larvae and their 

 work, of ihe elm-leaf beetle (nearly natural size) ; in the 

 lower left-hand corner a group of eggs is represented three 

 times natural size. 



Fig. 2. — Locust leaves skeletonized by Odo?itota dorsalis, nearly nat- 

 ural size. 

 Fig. 3. — Odonfota dorsalis, three times natural size. 



Fig. 4. — Lateral view of male and feinale chestnut weevil, Bdlaninus 

 rectus^ twice natural size. 



Fig. 5. — Chestnuts injured by weevil, one opened to show work inside, 

 nearl}' natural size. 



Fig. 6. — Dorsal view of female chestnut weevil, Balani?ius rectus, twice 

 natural size. 



Plate IX. 



Cicada septendecim. 



The Seventee/i- Year Cicada. 



Fig. I. — Male and female with wings spread (the left fore-shortened in 

 photographing) ; one with wings closed, nearly natural size. 



Fig. 2. — Dorsal, lateral and ventral aspects of pupal shells, nearly- 

 natural size. 



Plate X. 



Vertical views of Cicada chambers taken at New Baltim )re, N. Y.; 

 the lower one nearly one-half natural size, the upper one much reduced. 



Plate XL 



Cicada chambers collected at New Baltimore, nearly one-half natural 

 size. 



Plate XII. 



Cicada chambers at New Baltimore. 



Plate XIII. 

 Cicada chambers at New Baltimore, another view. 



