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INDEX. 



Oxyporus 5-punctatus, Sexual characters 

 of, 147. 



Pachylommatoidse, Notes on the family, 55. 



Paralsesthia, 3D. 



Parasitic Hymenoptera, Some important 



structural characters of, 202. 

 Parasitism, Definition of, 1 ; Discussion on, 



7 ; Spurious, 4, 17. 



Patton, W. H., Notes upon wasps. I, 45. 

 Pelecinella, Its position among the Chal- 



cididse, 230; howardi n. sp. , 233 ; phan- 



tasma, 232 ; westwoodi n. sp., 233. 

 Pepsis hesperise n. sp., 46; marginata, 47; 



sommeri, 47. 

 Pergande, Theo.. Additional observations on 



the habits of Ammophila gryphus Sm., 



168. 

 Phloeotribus frontalis in Paper mulberry, 



146. 



Photopsis, 318. 



Phylogeny of Hemiptera, 185 ; of Hymenop 

 tera, 323 ; of Hexapod Insects, 327. 

 Pitcher-plant, Insects braving the dangers 



of, 314. 



Pityophthorus coniperda n. sp., 144. 

 Platypus, Borings of, in Orange wood, 291. 

 Pontania, Notes on, 266 ; hospes, 266 ; inqui- 



lina, 266. 

 Poulton, Prof. E. B., Communication by, 



139. 



Pristiphora sycophantaa, 267. 

 Pterostichus covered with Laboulbenia, 94 ; 



Malformation in, 39. 

 Pulicidae, Structural characters of, 38. 



Retropluma, new name, 183. 



Retroplumida, new family, 183. 



Eheuniatobates rileyi, 317 ; tenuipes, 318. 



Rhodobsenus, Remarkable species of, 72. 



Rhopalosoma poeyi, 303. 



Rhopalosomidae, new family, 303. 



Rhynchoprium spinosum, 199. 



Riley, Dr. C. V., Further notes on Lachnos- 

 terna, 64 ; Notes on Coccidse, 65 ; Notes 

 upon Belostoma and Benacus, 83 ; The 

 eggs of Ceresa bubalus Fabr. and those 

 of C. taurina Fitch, 88; Presidential 

 Address for 1893 : Longevity in Insects, 

 108 ; Notes from California : Results of 

 Mr. Koebele's second mission to Austra 

 lia, 250 ; On oviposition in the Cynipidse, 

 254; Shorter communications, 92, 148, 

 160, 172, 181, 182, 184. 



Riley, Dr. C. V., Obituary of, 293. 



Sarcophaga sarracenise, 315. 



Sarracenia flava, 314 ; psittaciua, 315. 



Schistocerca americaua, Distribution of, 225. 



Schwarz, E. A., A "pai-asitic" Scolytid, 15; 

 Note on the oviposition of some species 

 of Donacia, 24 ; Descriptions of two 

 Rhynchophorous Coleoptera from semi- 

 tropical Florida, 42; Additions to the 

 lists of N. A. termitophilous and myrme- 

 cophilous Coleoptera, 73; Some notes 

 on Melsheimer's Catalogue of the Coleop 

 tera of Pennsylvania, 134 ; Description 

 of the pine-cone-inhabiting Scolytid, 

 143 ; Notes on Nomaretus, with descrip 

 tions of two new species, 269; Shorter 

 remarks, 9, 39, 53, 72, 94, 145, 146, 147 

 170, 171, 178, 194. 



Scolia impaled upon a thorn, 292. 



Scolioneura, The American species of, 234 ; 

 canadensis n. sp.. 235; populi n. sp., 

 235. 



Scolytid, A " parasitic," 15 ; The pine-cone- 

 inhabiting, 143. 



Scolytids infesting pine trees, 192. 



Serropalpus striatus, 82. 



Sexual characters, Value of, 93, 



Silpha lapponica, 9. 



Simulium, egg-laying habits, 317. 



Smith, Dr. John B., Communication by, 38. 



Spalangia, Synopsis of, 34 ; haematobise n. 

 sp., 37 ; rugosicollii n. sp., 36. 



Spalangiinse, Synopsis of North America, 27. 



Sphserius gibbioides, 39. 



Sphex philadelphica, 315, 316. 



Spiders, Degeneration by disuse of certain 

 organs of, 26. 



Spiders' web, Gossamer, 191. 



Steniola edwardsii, 45. 



Stenopelmatus, Note on mouth-parts of, 102. 



Stenopelmus rufinasus, 185. 



Stiles, Dr. C. W., Parasitism, 1 ; Shorter re 

 marks, 127, 320. 



Swingle, W. T., Communication by, 279. 



Tenthredinidae, Neuration of the wings of, 

 78. 



Termite, A diurnal species of, 182. 



Termitophiloiis Coleoptera, 73. 



Thelyphonus giganteus, 54. 



Timber-worms of West Virginia, 82. 



Townsend, C. H. Tyler, Note on the Coruco, 

 a hemipterous insect which infests poul 

 try in southern New Mexico, 40. 



Toxoneura, Synopsis of North America, 47 : 

 calif ornica n. sp., 50; floridana n. sp., 

 50; plutou. sp.,49. 



