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I. The Calosoma beetles Frontispiece. 
II. Fig. 1. — View of parasite laboratory at North Saugus, Mass. 
Fig. 2. — View of parasite laboratory at Melrose Highlands, 
Mass 56 
III. Fig. 1. — Roadside oak in Brittany, with leaves ragged by 
gipsy-moth caterpillars. Fig. 2. — M. Rene* Oberthiir, Dr. 
Paul Marehal; with roadside oaks ragged by gipsy-moth 
caterpillars 76 
IV. Fig. I. — Caterpillar hunters in the south of France, under If. 
lMllon, 190;). Fig. 2. -Packing parasitized caterpillars at 
Hvercs, Franco, for shipment to the I'nited States, 1:109 76 
V. Fig. I.— -View of interior of one of the laboratory structures, 
showing rearing cages for brown-tail moth parasites. Fig. 
2. li"\ used in shipping immature caterpillars of the gipsy 
moth from Japan 152 
VI. The gipsy moth (Poriketria ditpar) 156 
VI I. The brown-tail moth ( Eujtroctis chri/s<>rrfoi u ) 160 
VIII. Fig. I. - Boxes used in l!)10 for importation of brown-tail moth 
caterpillars, with tubes attached directly to boxes. Fig. 
2.— Interior of boxes in which brown-tail moth caterpillars 
were imported, showing condition on receipt. Fig. 3. — 
Boxes used in shipping caterpillars of the gipsy and brown- 
tail moths by mail 164 
IX. Fig. 1. — Headgear devised by Mr. B. S.G. Titus as a protection 
against brown-tail rash. Fig. 2. Show case used when 
opening boxes of brown-tail moth caterpillars received from 
abroad 164 
X. Fig. 1. — Large tube cage first used t'<»r rearing parasites from 
imported brown-tail moth nests and latterly for various pur- 
poses. Fig. 2. — Method of packing Calosoma beetles for 
shipment 164 
XI. Fig. 1. — Egg of gipsy nvnh containing developing caterpillar 
of the gipsy moth. Fi_ r . 2.- Egg of gipsy moth, containing 
larva of the parasite A astatus bi/a8ci:tus. Fig. 3.— Egg of 
gipsy moth, containing hibernating larva of Anustatus bi/us- 
ciutus which in turn is parasitized by three second-stage 
larva? of Schedius kuvanse 172 
XII. Fig. 1.— View of cage used for colonization of Anustatus bi/us- 
ciatus in 1910. Fig. 2. — Views of cage prepared for use in 
colonization of Anustatus bi/asciatus in 1911 172 
XIII. Outdoor parasite cage covered with wire gauze 204 
XIV. Outdoor parasite cages covered with cloth 204 
XV. View oi large cage used in 1908 for tachinid rearing work 204 
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