14 INDEX TO MISSOURI ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORTS. 



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 The Seed-corn Maggot 154 



Accounts of damage caused by it, 154 The maggot, 155 Transforma- 

 tion 155 Description of the imago, 155 Remedy, 155 Habits of 

 Anthomyia larva?, 156. 



The White Grub 156 



Account of the damage caused by it, 156 Injury done by the perfect in- 

 sect, 157 Resume of its life-history, 157 Remedies, 157 Regularity 

 in the appearance of the beetle, 158 Accounts of the fungus infesting 

 the White Grub, 158. , 



The American Meromyza 159 



Nature of the damage caused by it, 159 Characteristics of larva, chrys- 

 alis and imago, 160 European Diptera with similar habits, 160 

 Remedies, 161. 



The Sheep Bot-fly or Head-maggot 161 



The insect ia its different states, 161 Its larva, 162 Pupa, 162 Char- 

 acteristics of the imago, 162 Fatal results of the presence of the mag- 

 got in the head of the sheep, 163 Rabbits attacked by gad-fly, 164 

 Testimony regarding the viviparous habits of the Bot-fly, 164 Reme- 

 dies, 165. 



Insect enemies of the Honey-bee 166 



THE BEE-MOTH OR WAX-WORM 166 



General appearance of the moth, 166 There are no moth-proof bee 

 hives, 166 Habits of the worm, 167 How its presence in the hive may 

 be recognized, 167 Prevention and remedy, 167. 



THE BEE-KILLER 168 



It is an Asilid fly, 168 Mr. Thompson's account of the fly, 168 How it 

 captures and kills bees, 168 No remedy known, 168. 



BENEFICIAL INSECTS. 



The Rear-horse, alias Camel-cricket, alias Devil's Riding-horse 169 



Its food, 169 How it grasps its prey, 169 Difference in the sexes, 170 

 The larva, 170 The egg-mass, 170 -r- The mode of egg-laying, 170 

 Voracious disposition of the Mantis, 171 Its beneficial influence, 171 

 Tachina-parasite of the Mantis, 171. 



INNOXIOUS INSECTS. 



The Solidago Gall-moth 173 



Gall caused by Trypeta solidaginis, 173 Gall produced by the Solidago 

 Gall-moth, 173 Its natural history, 173 Provision of the larva for its 

 protection within the gall, 174 Previous account of the gall, 174 

 Gall caused by CochyUs Mlarana on Artemisia campestris, 175 Description 

 of the Solidago Gall-moth as larva, chrysalis, and imago, 175 Para- 

 sites attacking it, 175; the Inflating Chalcis, 176; Eurytoma bolleri, n. 

 sp., 176; Hemiteles (?) cressonii, "n. sp., 177; Microgaster gelechice n. sp., 

 177 ; other parasites, 178 Oberea larva} intruding the gall, 178. 



The Knot-weed Geometer 179 



Its natural history, 179 Description of larva and chrysalis, 179. 



The Thistle Plume 180 



Work of its larva on thistle-heads, 180 Description of the larva, chrys- 

 alis, and imago, 180. 



