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spread specimens, cocoons ; to preserve caterpillars ; cost of 

 equipment ; accidents, diseases, dangers of larvae, pupae, and 

 moths ; parasitic flies ; plan of caterpillar, with names of lines 

 and areas used in desci'iptions ; plan of moths ; definitions of 

 a few terms 42 



Chapter VI. — Parasitic flies, list of Hymenoptera and Biptera 

 parasitic in eggs and larvae of Sphingidce, CeratocampidcB^ and 

 SaturniidcB ; lost opportunities ; help from children ; saw-fly 

 larvje mistaken for caterpillars ; destructive caterpillars ; 

 ancestry of insects ; metamorphosis ; injury to moths ... 50 



PART II 



LIFE-HISTORIES 



Chapter VII. — Sphingidce, Macroglossince — Hemaris diffinis . . 69 



Chapter VIII. — Choerocamjnnfc — Amphion nessus ; Tliyreus 

 abbotii ; Deidamia inscripta ; Deilephila Uneata ; Pkilampelus 

 pandoriis and P. achemon ; Ampelophaga choerilus ; Ampelophaga 

 myron 78 



Chapter IX. — Sphinginte — Protoparce celeus ; Protoparce Caro- 

 lina ; Sphinx kalmicc ; Sphinx drupiferarum ; Sphinx gordius ; 

 Sphinx luscitiosa ; Sphinx chersis ; Dolba hylceus ; Ceratomia 

 amy trior ; Ceratomia undulosa 122 



Chapter X. — Smerinthince — Triptogon modesta ; Smerinthus 

 geminatus ; Paonias excoecatus ; Paonias myops ; Paonias asty- 

 lus ; Cressonia juglandis 173 



Chapter XI. — Ardiidrr, Ardiin(C — Halesidota caryte ; Lipari- 

 dce — Lagoa crispata ; LimacodidfC — Limacodes scapha ; Noto- 

 dontidce — Apatelodes iorrefacta; Pheosia ritnosa ; Nerice bidentata 205 



Chapter XII. — Satumiidfc, Aftacinre — Samia cynthia ; Attaeus 

 promethea ; Attaeus angulifera ; Attaeus gloveri ; Attaeus 



