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of a swarm, mode of attack, animals injured; effect of the bites; how animals protect themselves; preventives; Remedies for the bites; attacks on man and results; damage done in various years; popular opinions about the [[strikethrough]] history [[/strikethrough]] early stages of the Buffalo-gnat, habits and natural history, treating of the egg - not yet discovered,-the larva, its habits and food, pupa and cocoon and imago; number of broods; enemies of the Buffalo gnat; technical description of S. pecuarum and S. meridionale sp. nov. Discusses the remedies tried and proposed against the larvae, the connection between overflows and gnats and number of broods. 

Charles V. Riley, 

The Fall Web-worm (Hyphantria cunea, Drury).
Report of the Entomologist, Department of Agriculture 1886. pp. 518-539, pl. X & XI.

The paper contains subdivisions indicating its contents as follows:-Natural History, giving the life cycle of the species in all stages and in great detail: Injury done in 1886: Proportionate injury to different plants and shade trees: Peculiar effects of the defoliation on some plants: Enemies of the web worm other than

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Do we need to put [[underline]] for the species names?