CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction g 



Tabular statement o£ insects upon the tree in winter 9 



Tabular statement of insects feeding on the buds and young leaves in early 



spring 10 



Hemiptera (bugs, scale insects, plant-lice) 10 



Family Coccidfe (scale insects) 11 



Table of scale insects 11 



The peach lecanium 11 



The oyster-shell bark-louse 12 



The scurvy bark-louse 14 



Aspidiotus (circular or round scales) 14 



Table of Aspidiotus 15 



The San Jose scale 15 



The European fruit scale 18 



Putnam's scale 19 



The cherry scale 19 



The walnut scale 19 



The greedy scale 20 



The grape scale 20 



The peach scale 21 



The rose scale - 23 



Family Aphidje (plant-lice) - 23 



Table of plant-lice. - 23 



The woolly apple aphis. 24 



The black peach aphis 25 



Apple plant-lice 26 



The plum plant-louse 26 



The cherry aphis - - 27 



Family Psyllidte 27 



The pear-tree psylla - 27 



Family Membracidse. 28 



The buffalo tree-hopper 28 



Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) 29 



The apple-tree tent caterpillar 29 



The fall webworm ^" 



The brown-tail moth - ^^ 



The leaf-crumpler 



The white-marked tussock moth - 32 



The gipsy moth - - ' 



Cankerworms - 



The peach-tree borer - ' 



The peach twig-borer 



The bagworm - - 



Other caterpillars 



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