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11. The cr^ioceris cucumeris^ or cucumber fly^ 

 •which commits such depredations upon the vines of 

 the cucumber, the melon, squash, andother plants of 

 the natural order Cucurbitaceasj as well as upon 

 other plants, not of this family. 



12. A species of Cimex^ or bug (perhaps the 

 Cimex hcemorhous of Linnaeus), which also ravages 

 the cucurbitaceous vines, particularly the large ones, 

 such as the squash and pumpkin. 



13. A species of Coccinella^ or May bug^ still 

 more destructive, than either of the two preceding 

 insects to the cucurbitacece^ not contenting itself with 

 the vines and leaves, but also destroying the fruits, 

 in different stages of their growth. 



14. Melolontha mult iv ovum ^ commonly called 

 rose bug^'^ on account of its ravages upon the pe- 

 tals, &c. of the garden rose. But this insect proves 

 extremely destructive to many other vegetables, 

 some of which are of much more consequence to us 



. than the rose ; such as the apple, the peach, the 

 cherry, different kinds of mulberry, and many 

 others; for, perhaps, no insect is more strictly 

 entitled to the appellation of multivora^ or multi- 

 vorous. 



15. Various species of insects which inhabit and 

 devour the leaves of the common tobacco, and other 

 plants of the natural order called JLuridce, or Sola-^ 

 nacece. In this section the author's principal atten- 

 tion is turned to the common tobacco worm^'' as 

 it is generally called. 



16. Different species of Gryllus, or Grasshopfier^ 

 which, in the southern states, devour the young 



