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I lit n nliict ion 5 
Insects affecting the young plants 7 
Cutworms 7 
The greasy cut worm (Agrotis ypsilon Rett.) 8 
The shagreened cutworm f Feltia malefida < ruen. ) 10 
The variegated cutworm (Peridroma saucia Hbn. ) 10 
The garden webworm (Loxostege similalis < ruen. ) 11 
The white-lined sphinx ( Deilephila lineata Fab. ) 14 
May beetles ' 16 
Lachriosti rno, cribrosa Lee 1*5 
Lachnosterna lanceolata Say 18 
Lachnosterna farcta Lee 19 
The differential locust ( Melanoplus differentialis Thos. ) 19 
The clumsy locust (Brachystola magna Gir. ) 24 
The bur clover aphis ( . [phis medicaginis Koch) 20 
The false chinch bug ( Nysius angustatus Fhl. ) 29 
The cowpea-pod weevil ( ( Tialcodermus xneus Boh. ) 31 
Leaf-eating caterpillars 33 
Salt-marsh caterpillar ( Estigmene acra a 1 >ru. ) 33 
The arge tiger moth ( Apantesis arge I >ru. ) 35 
The beet army worm ( ( 'aradrina exigua Hbn. ) 36 
Platynotq labiosana Zell .• 36 
The io moth (Automeris io Fab. ) 37 
Insects affecting the stalks 37 
The snowy tree cricket ( GEcanthus niveus De< r.) 37 
Stalk-borers 38 
Amphicerus sp 38 
A /a. ria crypta Say :'. s 
Orthosoma brunneum Forsi 3*> 
Oneideres dngulata Say 39 
Papaipema nitela ( ruen 39 
Insects affecting the fruit 40 
The cotton-square borer | Uranotes nuliu us Hbn. ) 4<> 
The cotton-boll cutworm ( Prodenia ornithogalli t ruen. ) 42 
The cotton leaf-bug ( Calocoris rapidus Say) 44 
( 'orizus pictipes Stal 4ti 
Other plant-bugs 4o 
Largus succinctus Linn 4ti 
Jadera hxinatoloma H.-Schf 47 
Leaf-footed plant-bugs {Leptoglossus oppositus Say and Metapodius 
femoratus Fab. | 47 
The green soldier bug (Nezara hilaris Say) 47 
Thyanta custator Fab. and Proxys punctulatus Beauv 49 
Sharpshooters 49 
The glassy-winged sharpshooter I Homalodisca triquetra Fab.) 49 
Oncometopia lateralis Fab •"■>! 
Oncometopia undata Fab 56 
Aulacizes irrorata Fab 
Gypona octolineata Say 
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