36 INDEX TO MISSOURI ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORTS. 



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 Insects injurious to the Grape-vine Continued. 



THE BLUE CATERPILLARS OF THE VIN T E OoatiuiiMl, 



Summary, 95 Comparison of the larvre of these four species, 95- 

 Remedies, 96. 



The Red-legged Ham-beetle 96 



Its popular name, 96 It has been the cause of au interesting law-suit, 

 96 ; Entomological information necessary to a just verdict, 98 Another 

 case before a jury requiring botanical knowledge, 93 Injury caused 

 by the beetle in St. Louis, 99 The eggs, and how they are deposited, 

 99 The larva and its habits, 99 The pupa, 99 Prevention, 100 

 Other species associated with it, 100 Habits of other species of Cleridce, 



101 How Mecrobia, ruficollis saved the life of Latreille, 101 Descrip- 

 tion of the larva of Corynetes rufipes, 101 Description of the pupa, 102. 



The Clover-hay Worm 102 



Its geographical distribution, 102 It has probably been imported from 

 Europe, 101 Its past history and accounts of damage caused by it, 



102 Its natural history, 105 Remedies, 105 Description of larva 

 and chrysalis, 103; of the imago, 107 Its allied congener, Asopia 

 olinalis, 107. 



The Legged Maple Borer 107 



The burrows of the larva, 108 Appearance of the moth, 108 Remarks 

 on the nomenclature of the species, 108 Injury caused by it to maples, 

 109 It attacks only trees already injured by some cause or another, 

 109 Remedies, 110 Description of imago, larva and pupa, 110. 



The Raspberry Root-borer Ill 



Work of Oberea perspiclUata in canes of Raspberry and Blackberry, 111 

 Injury caused by the Root-borer, 111 General appearance and habits 

 of the worm, 112 Description of imago and larva, 113. 



The Northern Brenthian 113 



Its occurrence and distribution, 113 Characteristics of the beetje, 114 

 Fighting habits of the males, 114 How the male assists the female in 

 ovipositing, 115 How much time is required for the transformations of 

 the insect, 115 Habits of the larva, 115 Description of the larva, 

 115 ; of the pupa, 116 Real position of the Brenthiaus in the system, 

 116 The specific and generic names, 116 How another larva has 

 been mistaken for that of the Northern Brenthian, 117 Description of 

 this larva, which evidently belongs to the Tenebriouida?, 118. 



The Jumping Sumach-beetle 118 



Sumach industry in Europe and America, 118 Species of sumach pos- 

 sessing economic value, 119 Appearance and habits of the beetle, 



119 The egg-masses, 120 Development and habits of the larva, 



120 Transformation, 120 The two annual broods, 120 Injury caused 

 by it to the sumachs, 121 Geographical range, 121 Remedies, 121 

 Description of larva and pupa, 121 Variations of the beetle, 122. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



The Unadorned Tiphia or White Grub Parasite 123 



Other enemies of the White Grub, 123 Cocoon and larva of Tipltia, 123 

 It is undoubtedly a parasite of the White Grub, 124 Characters of 

 the genus Tiphia, 124 Habits of Tiphia femorata, 124 Habits of the 

 Tiphia larva, 124 Characters of the Unadorned Tiphia, 125 Beetle 

 parasitic upon it, 125 Description of larva and imago, 126 The 

 spesie3 has been described under three different names, 126. 



