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branoiis. Hunce (licy are called Jfciniplcra ("Half-and- 

 half "-\\inf:;e(l). Bugs have sucking and piercing beaks, 

 which are very flilTerent from the mouth-parts of the locust. 

 The }oung resemble the adults, except that they are smaller 

 and ha\e no wings. Bugs all live ujjon lic[uid food, the 

 blood of animals, or the juices of plants. 



The squash-bug, box-elder bug, chinch-bug, plant-lice, and 



Fig. 53. A Cage of Luna-molhs. 



the common louse belong to the JJemiplcra, and the cicada is 

 also related to them. Some parasites, like the louse, have 

 lost their wings from disuse. Some of the bugs, like the 

 chinch-bug and plant-lice, are at times verv numerous, and 

 commit much damage to crops and other vegetation. 



During the summer one of the most common butterflies is 

 the common White Cabbage Butterfly seen flitting around 

 our gardens. Perhaps you will see one of them alighting for 



