LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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View at Edge of Oak Forest in 

 Late Summer 273 



Black-eyed Susans, with insect 

 guests 275 



Tree-hoppers {Publilia con- 

 cava) 276 



Dragon-fly {Sympetrum vici- 

 num) 279 



Dragon-flies, Anax Junius and 

 Aeschna constricta 281 



Dragon-flies at the border of 

 the pond 282 



Wild Honeysuckle 283 



A Brook, the habitat of the red- 

 bellied minnow {Chrosomus 

 erythrogaster) and the black- 

 nosed dace {Netropis megalops) 285 



Plant and Insect Association of 

 the Meadow in September — a 

 Field Thistle, Carduus species, 

 with some of its insect visitors. 

 Colored plate 286 



Mourning Dove. Initial dravring 290 



Male Texan Katydid. Colored 

 plate 290 



Varied-winged Locust {Arphia 

 xanthoptera) 291 



Geometrid Moth {Xanthotype 

 crocataria) on Wild Bergamot. 

 Initial dravring 293 



Branch of the Button-bush. . . 294 



Pair of Texan Katydids on a 

 sedge. Colored plate .... 296 



Landscape in the sand dunes, 

 showing habitat of striped 

 lizard 298 



Green Bullfrog (Rana catisbini). 

 Colored plate 300 



Blow Snake in sleeping attitude . 300 



Beetles 301 



Crickets (Nemobius fasciatus) . . 302 



Beetle visitors to the lantern 

 light — eyed-elater {Alans ocu- 

 latis), click beetle, stag 

 beetle {Lucanus dama), and 

 longicom beetle 303 



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 Branch of Button-bush {Cepha- 

 lanthus occidentalis), showing 

 the flow.er and visiting bumble- 

 bees 305 



Jumping Mouse {Zappus hud- 



sonius) 307 



Robins. Initial drawing. . . . 308 



Brown Thrasher 308 



Ruby-throated Humming-bird . 308 



Hermit Thi-ush 313 



Flicker 314 



Map of Great Lakes Region, 

 showing former glaciated 



area 319 



View on Des Plaines River. . . 320 

 Landscape, showing habitat of 



Orthopteran life 325 



Outline tracing, showing habitat 

 of various species of grass- 

 hoppers mentioned in text. . 325 

 Landscape, showing habitat of 

 Orthoptera in the rear of 



author's grounds 329 



Male Texan Katydid {Scudderia 



texensis).. Colored plate . . . 328 

 Eggs of Texan Katydid in Leaf 



of Goldenrod 331 



Striped Meadow Grasshopper 



{Xiphidium fasdatum) .... 332 

 Home of the Katydids .... 333 

 Pair of Forked-tailed Katydids 

 (Scudderia furcata) on grass 



plant 335 



Pair of Slender Cone-head Grass- 

 hoppers (Conocephalus attenu- 



atus) on goldenrod 339 



Young (Nymph) Cone-head 

 Grasshopper [Conocephalus ro- 

 bustus), showing stage just 

 before the last moult .... 341 

 Carolina Locust (Dissosteira Caro- 

 lina) 343 



Carolina Locust which has been 



killed by a fungus disease . . . 345 

 Sprinkled Locust {ChUealtis con- 

 spersa) 349 



