CONTENTS. 



Part I. INSECTS IN GENERAL. p ag6 



CHAPTEB I. Insects : their structure and food ..... 1 



II. Life history and habits . . . . . . .15 



w III. Form and colour . . . . . . . .34 



M IV. Classification and nomenclature ..... 52 



Part II. PREVENTIVE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES. 



CHAPTEB V. Origin of insect pests ....... 63 



VI. Preventive and remedial measures ..... 68 



VII. Insecticides and spraying .75 



Part III. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CROPS. 



CHAPTEB VIII. Pests of the cotton plant 89 



IX. Pests of rice and wheat 114 



X. Pests of cane, maize, and sorghum ..... 125 



XI. Pests of leguminous crops ...... 140 



XII. Pests of miscellaneous field crops ..... 151 



XIII. Pests of vegetable crops 163 



XIV. Pests of fruit 170 



XV. Caterpillar pests 181 



XVI. Beetle pests 196 



XVII. Locusts, grasshoppers, surface beetles, and burrowing insects 210 



XVIII. Sucking insects 233 



Part IV. OTHER IMPORTANT INSECTS. 



CHAPTEB XIX. Insects infesting grain 251 



XX. Insects attacking cattle 261 



XXI. Beneficial insects 268 



APPENDIX A. Useful information ....... 283 



B. Collecting, pinning, setting ...... 290 



GENEBAL INDEX .305 



LIST OF ILLUSTBATIONS 311 



LIST or PLANTS . 315 



