Table of Contents 



The Scorpion Flies (Order Mecoptera) . 



Family Panorpidce 



Life History of a Scorpion Fly (Panorpa rufes 



cens) . .. 



The Lace-Winged Insects (Order Neuroptera) 



Table of Families 



The Dobson and Its Family (Family Sialidce) . 



Life History of the Dobson (Corydalis cornuta) 

 The Snake-Flies (Family Raphidiidce) 

 The False Rearhorses (Family Mantispidce) 

 The Dusty-Wings (Family Coniopterygidce) 

 The Ant-Lions (Family Myrtneleonidce) . 

 The Aphis-Lions (Family Hemerobiidce) . 

 The Golden-Eyed Lace-Winged Flies (Family Chry- 

 sopidce) .... 

 Life History of the Golden-Eye (Chrysopa 

 oculata) 

 Plant-Lice, Scale Insects, True Bugs, Etc. (Order Hemip 



tera) 



Table of Suborders .... 



Suborder Homoptera 



Table of Families . . . 



The Harvest Flies or Cicadas (Family Cicadidce) 

 Life History of the Seventeen-Year Locust 

 (Cicada septendecim) 

 The Lantern Flies and Their Allies (Family Fulgori 



dee) 



Life History of the Frosted Lightning Hoppe 

 (Ormenis pruinosa) . 

 The Tree Hoppers (Family Membracidce) 



Life History of the Buffalo Tree Hopper (Ceresa 



bubalus) 



The Frog-Hoppers or Spittle Insects (Family Cerco 



pidce) 



The Leaf-Hoppers (Family Jassidce) 



Life History of a Leaf-Hopper ( Deltocephalus 



inimicus) . 



The White Flies or Aleyrodids (Family Aleyrodidce) 



Life History of a White Fly (Aleyrodes citri) 

 Scale Insects (Family Coccidce) 



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