CONTENTS:-
Foreword
Introduction
The Sugar Cane Insects
Sugar Cane Insects that are Pests of Less Importance Here
The Relation of Invertebrates to Sugar Cane
The General Structure and Development of Insects
Part I : INSECTS :
Always without wings; Small to Minute Insects often with the Power of Leaping and Frequently Living on or in the Soil; Metamorphosis Incomplete; Practically no change of form during growth
1. Thysanura and Collembola :
Silverfish Springtails, Isotomodes, Campodea
Part II : THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE THIRTEEN ORDERS THAT FOLLOW ARE WINGED INSECTS-WHEN THEY ARE FULLGROWN :
Subdivision A :
With incomplete Metamorphosis, there being no Larval (Grub, Caterpillar or Maggot) Stage and, with some exceptions, no True Pupal Stage
1. Orthoptera :
Cockroaches, Praying Mantids, Grassphoppers, Crickets
2. Dermaptera :
(Earwigs) (Abdomen) Terminating in horny forceps)
3. Isoptera :
Termites of white Ants; "borer"
4. Embioptera :
Embiids
5. Psocoptera :
Psocids, book-lice
6. Odonata :
Dragon-flies and Damselflies
7. Thysanoptera :
Thrips; Generally Slender, Minute Insects living in Flowers, Leafrolls; With an imperfect Pupal Stage
8. Hemiptera :
Bugs, Aphids, white Flies, Scale insects, Mealybugs; With beak-like sucking mouthparts
Subdivision B :
With complete Metamorphosis, there being a Larval (Grub, Caterpillar or Maggot) stage, as well as a true Pupal Stage
1. Neuroptera :
Lace-wings, ant-lions
2. Lepidoptera :
Moths and Butterflies, Wings usually covered with scales
3. Coleoptera :
Beetles; With the first Pair of wings Modified into Horny or Leathery Elytra
4. Hymenoptera :
Ants, Bees and Wasps; With two Pairs of Wings, or with none
5. Diptera :
Flies With one Pairs of wings
6. Enemies of the Nutgrass :
Cyperus Rotundas
7. The Myriapoda :
Classes Diplopoda and Chilopoda Millipedes and Centipedes
8. Arachnida :
Scorpions, Spiders, Ticks and Mites
9. Crustacca :
Crabs, Sowbugs, Pillbugs
10. Mollusca :
Snails and Slugs
11. Platyhelminthes :
Flat Worms
12. The Soil Fauna of Sugar Cane Fields
13. The Nematodes Attacking Sugar Cane Roots
14. Records of Introduction of Beneficial Insects
