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J. Cut- worms, Army Worms and Others Frontispiece 



II. Some Useful Birds 374 



III. Some Useful Birds 382 



IV. Some Useful Birds 383 



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1. Codling Moth (Enlarged) 1 



2. Our Forests Invite Insect Attack 2 



3. Destruction of Wheat Field by Hessian I'ly 3 



4. Shocks of Corn Afford Shelter for Meld Mice in Winter 5 



5. A Weedy Fence Row 6 



6. Breeding Place of Fruit Tree Bark Beetles 7 



7. Orchard Trees Covered with a Dormant Spray 8 



8. Dissection of a Locust or Grasshopper According to Body Divisions . 12 



9. Surface View of the Facets of a Compound Eye (Enlarged) 13 



10. Two Types of the Last Tarsal Joint 13 



11. A "Silver Fish" or "Fish Moth." 15 



12. May-flies 15 



13. Ant-lion with Larva (Enlarged and Natural Size) 16 



14. A Caddis-fly and Stages of its Metamorphosis 16 



15. Dragon Fly; Nymph; Pupal Skin 17 



16. Earwig, with Wings Expanded 18 



17. A Female Earwig (Enlarged) 18 



18. Specimen of Thrips 18 



19. Locust 19 



20. A True Grasshopper 19 



21. A Katydid Laying Eggs 19 



22. Walking-stick 19 



23. A Ground Beetle 20 



24. A Buprestid Beetle 20 



25. Hornets and Their Metamorphosis 21 



26. A True Bug 22 



27. House-fly 22 



28. Parsley Butterfly (Male and Female) 23 



29. A Small Moth 23 



30. A Chrysalis 23 



31. Small Forceps 25 



32. Home-made Cyanide Bottle 26 



33. An Elaborate Killing Bottle 26 



34. A Convenient Collecting Net 27 



35. Method of Handling Butterflies in Net 28 



30. Spacing Block 29 



37. The Proper Way to Pin a Grasshopper 29 



38. A Bee Properly Pinned 29 



39. The Proper Way to Pin a Beetle 29 



40. A True Bug Correctly Pinned 30 



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