Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-409) and index.
Contents:
The Thames, the Channel, the Rhine, 1843-1859 -- Along the Kankakee River, 1860-1863 -- Chicago and the Prairie farmer, 1863-1868 -- Missouri State Entomologist, 1868-1877 -- The "book of nature" according to Darwin -- Subterranean killers -- Devouring locusts -- Washington gadfly, 1879-1881 -- Assisting nature's balance -- Years of fulfillment -- "A great big silk farm" -- Vedalia the "wonder beetle" and biological control -- Creating a National Insect Collection -- Unfinished business -- A valuable career cut short -- Appendix: List of insects and other arthropods mentioned in the text.
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