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Hesperoteltix specioaus (The Small Green Grasslu)pi)er) 142 



Melanoplus scudderi (Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper) 142 



The Katydids (Scudderia texensis, S. pistillata, and S. jurcata) 143 



The Larger Meadow Grasshoppers {Qrchelimum vulgare, 0. glaberrimum, and 



0. silvaticum) 144 



The Smaller Meadow Grasshoppers {Xiphidium stridum, X. brevipenne, 



X. nemorale, and .Y. jasciatum) 147 



Anabrus simplex (The Great Plains Gricket) 148 



The Sod Web-worms {Crambus spp.) 149 



Descriptive Distinctions 149 



The Larva 150 



The Pupa 154 



The Adult 155 



Economic Group 3. (The Unimportant Species) 156 



Haliclus lerouxii 156 



Ants {Farmicida.') .• 156 



Monomorium pharaonis (The Common House-ant) 157 



Monomorium minulum (The Little IMack Ant) 157 



Myrmica scabrinodis lobicornis 158 



Prenolepis imparls 158 



Pogonomyrmex barbatus (The Texan Agricultural Ant) 159 



Atta fervens (The Leaf-cutting Ant) 159 



Formica schaujussi 161 



Flies {Diptera) 161 



Tipula costalis (A Meadow Maggot) 161 



Mesogramma politum (The Corn-feeding Syrphus-fly) 162 



Diastata sp. (The Corn Leaf-miner) 164 



Chcetopsis cenea (The Stalk-maggot) 164 



Ceratomyza dorsalis 1 65 



Lerema accius 1 66 



Theretra tersa 167 



Hyperchiria io 168 



Celama sorghieUa (The Sorghum Web-worm) ." 169 



Acronycta nblinita (The Smart weed Caterpillar) . 170 



Mamestra picta (The; Zebra-caterpillar) 171 



Leucania psendargyria 171 



Spanworms {Geometridce) 173 



Sibine stimulea (The Saddle-back Caterpillar) 173 



Leaf-rollers {Tortricidce) 174 



Epagoge sulfureana (The Sulphur Leaf-roller) 174 



Eulia triferana (The Ked-banded Leaf-roller) 175 



Platynota flavedana (The Rusty-Brown Tortrix) 176 



Batrachedra rileyi (A Tineid Leaf-miner) 176 



The Ground-beetles (Carabidce) 176 



The Ladybugs {CoccineUidic) 179 



Scavenger-beetles {Clavicornia, Lamellicornia, etc.) 180 



Staphyylinidce (The Rove-beetles) 180 



Phalacridce 180 



Nitidulidce 181 



Latridiidoe 182 



Trogositidce 182 



