CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Introductory 7 
Leaf-beetles and flea-beetles 9 
The beet and spinach carrion beetles 19 
Blister beetles 21 
Snout-beetles or weevils 28 
Cutworms 30 
Army worms , 36 
Webworms 37 
Miscellaneous caterpillars 40 
Grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects 45 
Leaf-miners 50 
Plant-bugs 52 
Leaf-hoppers 57 
Plant-lice 58 
White grubs and May beetles 63 
Wireworms 66 
Miscellaneous root-infesting insects 68 
LLUSTRATIONS 
Fig. 1. Monoxia puncticoUis: beetle, eggs, and larva 10 
2. Monoxia puncticoUis: variety 11 
3. Monoxia consputa: beetle 12 
4. Diabrotica IS-punctata: beetle, egg, larva, and pupa 12 
5. Colaspis hrunnea: beetle and larva 13 
6. Cassida nebulosa: beetle 14 
7. Disonycha xanthomelsena: beetle, egg, larva, and pupa , 15 
8. Systena hlanda: beetle, larva, and eggs 16 
9. Systena txniata: dark form of beetle 17 
10. Systena frontalis: beetle 17 
11. Phyllotreta pusilla: beetle 18 
12. Silplia hituherosa: beetle 20 
13. Epicauta vittata: beetle, eggs, and larval stages 22 
14. Epicauta lemniscata: beetle 23 
15. Epicauta marginata: beetle 24 
16. Epicauta marginata- pupa 24 
17. Epicauta cinerea: beetle 24 
18. Epicauta maculata: beetle 24 
19. Epicauta pennsylvanica: beetle 25 
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