17 



Leucania albilinea (The Wheat-head Army-worm) 83 



Episeuxis eemula (The Fodder Worm) 86 



Porthetria dispar (The Gypsy-moth) 87 



Loxostege similalis (The Garden Web-worm) 89 



Diatrcea saccharalis ( Hie Larger Com Stalk borer) "1 



asmopalpus lignosellus (The Smaller Corn Stalk-borer)... 94 



rhe Burrowing Web worms (Pseudanaphora arcanella, Hy- 



poclopus mortipennellus, and Anaphora popeanella) 95 



gyrus gibbosus I rhe Carrot-beetle) 98 



Ligyrus rugiceps ( rhe Sugar-cane Beetle) • l) 



rhe Flower-beetles (Euphoria inda, E. sepulchralis, and E. 



melancholica) y9 



The Green June-beetles (AHorhina nitida and ./. mutabilis) .. 101 

 Myochrous denticolUs (The Southern Com Leaf-beetle).... 103 



Colaspis brunnea (The Colaspis Root-worm) 104 



The Flea beetles (Halticini) 106 1 1 1 



rhe Blister beetles ( Epicauta vittata, E. pennsylvanica, and 



/:". marginata) Ill 



Epicarus imbricatus ( rhe [rubricated Snout-beetle) 113 



rhe Rhubarb and Hook Curculios (l.ixus concavus and 



/,. mucidus) 114 



Corimeleena pulicaria (The Little Negro-bug) 115 



Pentatotna uhleri (The Western Green Stink-bug) -Ho 



Thyanta perditor 117 



Nysius angustatus (The False Chinch-bvtg) 117 



Lygus pratensis (The Tarnished Plant-bug) US 



Delphax maidis (The Corn Delphax) 120 



The Common Leaf hoppers (Jassidee) 121 



Aphis maidis (The Corn Leaf-louse) 123 133 



Toxoptera graminum t The Southern Grain-louse) 134 



The Thrips Family ( Thripidce) 1.15 



Grasshoppers 136 145 



The Katydids (Scudderia texensis, S. pistillata, and X. fur- 



145 

 The Larger Meadow-grasshoppers (Orchelimum vulgare, 0. 



globerrimum, and O. silvaticum) 1-14 



The Smaller Meadow-grasshoppers (Xiphidium strictum, 



X. breyipenne, X. nemo rale, and A", fasciatum) 147 



Anabrus simplex (The Great Plains Cricket) 148 



The Sod Web-worms (Crambus spp.) 149- 155 



"lie Croup 5. (The Unimportant Speeies") 156 224 



Halictus lerouxii {$6 



Ants ( For/nicida) 15 



Flies (Diptera) 161-166 



Lerema accius loo 



Theretra tersa 167 



Hyperchiria io 168 



Celama sorghiella (The Sorghum Web-worm) 169 



Acronycta oblinita (The Smartweed Caterpillar") 170 



Mamestra picta (The Zebra-caterpillar) 17! 



Leucania pseudargyria 171 



Spanworms i Geometridce) 175 



Sibine stitnulea (The Saddle-back Caterpillar) 173 



Leaf-rollers i Tortricidee) 174-17n 



Batrachcdra rileyi i A Timid 1 .eaf-miner) 176 



The Ground-beetles ( Carabidce) 176 



The Ladybugs •llidee) 170 



Scavenger-beetles (Clavicomia, Lamellicornia, etc.) 180 184 



The Leaf-chafers (Scarabeeida, in part) 184-186 



