PLATE LV. 



b. — Larvae and pupae; twice natural size. 



a. — Cluster of eggs; greatly enlarged. 



c. — Adult beetles; twice nat- 

 ural size. 



d. — The spined soldier bug, Podisus 

 inaculiventris , Say. Twice natural size. 



e.— Pupae and adults killed by fungus. Healthy specimens at the left, 

 natural size. 



THE ELM LEAF-BEETLE. 



