26 INDEX TO MISSOURI ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORTS. 



Notes of the Year Continued. 

 THE COLORADO POTATO-BEETLE. 



Improved Patent Insect Destroyer, 15 Disadvantage of all mechanical 

 means, 16 A simple and effective way of brushing off and killing the 

 bugs, 16 Natural enemies increasing, 16 Chickens acquiring a taste 

 for eggs and larvre of the beetle, 16 Spiders are among its enemies, 17 

 The 15-Spotted Ladybird and its larva, 18 The Icy Ladybird, 18 

 The Ring-banded Soldier-bug, 19 The Dotted-legged Plant-bug, 19- 

 The Spined Soldier-bag and its earlier states, 20 The Nebraska Bee- 

 killer, 21 The Kansas Bombardier-beetle, 21 Rove-beetles of the 

 genera Philonlhus and Queditts, 21. 

 THE CODLING MOTH AGAIN ............................................... 22 



Time of year that the first moths appear, 22 Time required for devel- 

 opment, 22 Proper time to apply the bandages around the tree, 22 

 It attacks peaches, 22 Best kind of bandages, 23 Wier's Apple-worm 

 Trap, 23 Advantages and disadvantages of the trap, 24 Overesti- 

 mating the value of Wier's trap, 25 Jarring, 25 Mr. Chapin's method 

 of knocking down the wormy apples, 26 When this operation should 

 begin, 26 Fires, lights and bottles of liquid not to be recommended 

 as a remedy, 27 Worthlessness of Todd's book "The Apple Culturist," 

 28 Natural enemies, 28 The Pennsylvania Soldier-beetle and its 

 larva, 28 The Two-lined Soldier-beetle and its larva, 29 Description 

 of the larva of Telephorus tillneatns, 30 Summary, 30. 

 THE PERIODICAL CICADA .................................................. 30 



Reproduction, with corrections and additions, of the Chronological table 



of Broods I to VI from Report I, 31. 

 THE GRAPE-VINE COLASPIS AGAIN ......................................... 34 



Redescription of the larva from well-preserved specimens, 34. 

 The Harlequin Cabbage-bug ............................................... 35 



It was not known in Missouri prior to 1870, 35 Its geographical range 

 and color variations, 35 Insect enemies of the cabbage plant, 35 

 Dr. Lyiicecnm's account of its habits and injury caused by it in Texas, 

 36 Its appearance in Missouri in 1870, 36 The egg, 37 The larva 

 and pupa, 37 Several annual broods, 37 The mature bug, 37 In- 

 jury caused by it, 37 Its congener in Europe, 38. 

 The Rascal Leaf-crumpler ................................................. 38 



Its proper scientific name, 38 It is hardly noticed in summer time, 38 

 lujury caused by it, 39 It hibernates as larva, 39 Habits of the larva, 

 39 The larval case, 39 Characteristics of the moth, 39 Food plants, 

 39 Remedies, 40 Natural enemies, 40 LeBarou's description of 

 Tachinaphytitce, 40 Limneria fugitiva, 41 Description of imago, larva 

 and chrysalis of the Rascal Leaf-crumpler, 41 Description of the 

 variety nebuleUa, 42. 

 The Walnut Case-bearer ____ : ............................................. 42 



Other case-bearers enumerated, 42 The case of the Walnut case-bearer, 

 . 42 Differences between the moth and that of the Rascal Leaf-crumpler, 



43 Natural enemies, 43 Description of Perilitus indagator, 43. 



The Apple-leaf Skeletonizer ............................................... 44 



Its work on the leaves of Apple trees, 44 The worm and the chrysalis, 



44 Appearance of the moth, 45 Mr. Hammond's account of the inj ury 

 caused by the worm, [45 The European Acrobasis comociella, 45 

 Remedies and parasites, 45 Description of imago, larva and pupa, 46. 



The Green Apple Leaf-tyer ................................................ 46 



It occurs almost always in company with the foregoing, 46 Characters 

 and habits of the worm, 46 The Chrysalis, 47 Description of imago, 

 larva and chrysalis, 47. 



