CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XXVII 



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THE NEUROPTERA 221 



General features Distinctive characters Economic value Sialidse 

 Corydalis Chrysopidae or Aphis lions Raphidiidae Mantispidae Myrme- 

 leonidic or Ant lions. 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE TRICHOPTERA . . , . . . . . . 226 



General description Distinctive characters Life and habits Larval cases 

 Importance. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



THE LEPIDOPTERA . . . , . . . . ; ;...... 230 



General features Structure Mouthparts Distinctive characters Diver- 

 sity in the order Life history and development in general Cossidae 

 Leopard Moth Tineidse Clothes moths and their control Codling Moth 

 vEgeridae Peach Borers Squash-vine Borer Gelechiidse Angoumois 

 Grain Moth Pterophoridae Pyralidae Bee Moth European Corn Borer 

 Limacodidse Psychidae Geometridae Canker worms Bombycidse 

 Lasiocampidae Apple-tree Tent-caterpillar Forest Tent-caterpillar Ly- 

 mantriidae White-marked Tussock Moth Antique or Rusty Tussock 

 Moth Gypsy Moth Brown-tail Moth Notodontidae Dioptidae Cali- 

 fornia Oak Worm Noctuidae in general Cotton Worm Corn-ear Worm 

 Army Worm Fall Army Worm Cutworms Arctiidae Fall Web-worm 

 Ceratocampidae Saturniidae Sphingidae Tobacco and Tomato Worms 

 The Butterflies Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Danaidae Ny mphalidae 

 Satyridae Pieridae Imported Cabbage Butterfly Sulfur butterflies The 

 spreading over the country of introduced insects Papilionidae Black 

 Swallow-tail butterfly. 



CHAPTER XXX 



THE MECOPTERA 300 



General features Distinctive characters Habits Food Importance. 



CHAPTER XXXI 



THE DIPTERA 301 



General description Structure Mouthparts of adult Larvae Pupae 

 Distinctive characters Size and importance of the group Tipulidae 

 Culicidse House Mosquito Malarial Mosquitoes Relation to malaria 

 Yellow Fever Mosquito Control of mosquitoes Itonididae Clover- 

 flower Midge Hessian Fly Wheat Midge Tabanidae Simulidae 

 Asilidae Syrphidae (Estridae Ox Warbles Trypetidae Apple Maggot 

 Muscidae House Fly Its relation to disease Screw Worm Fly Sarco- 

 phagidae Tachinidae Tsetse Flies Anthomyiidae Cabbage Maggot 

 Onion Maggot Pupipara Sheep Tick. 



CHAPTER XXXII 



THE SIPHONAPTERA . 333 



General description Structure Distinctive characters Food Life his- 

 tory and habits Relation to disease Control "Sticktight flea" Chigoe. 



