TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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INTiJODUCTORY 101 



Triviisiuittal, 101, Work of the Depaitiueiit, 101. The Sun ,los6 

 Scale, lOl. Its recent introdncHon, 101. Proposed legislation for 

 its arrest, 102. It may not extend over all of New York, 102. Bnlle- 

 tiu relating to it, 102. The elm-leaf beetle in Albany, 102. Benefit that 

 may result from its ravajjes, 103. Arrangement and classification of the 

 State collection, 103. Work ujion the Andreiii(hi> and Apidse, 103. 

 Study o( Bomhiis and I'sithyrKs, 104. The Odonafa of the State of New 

 York, 104. Assistants enii>loyed, 105. The jiublications of the Ento- 

 mologist, 105. The collections made in the Adirondacks, 106. Unusual 

 abundance of some insects, 106. The small number of Lepidoptera at- 

 tr.icted to light, 106. Scarcity of Cifindelida>, Coccine11ida\ Syridiidro, 

 etc., 106. Contributions to the Uepartnient, 107. Ackuowh-dgiueut to 

 the Board of Regents for their aid, 107. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS 109 



JMONOMORIUM Phauaonis, the Little Red Ant 109 



Bibliography, 109. A household pest in foods, 110. An European Insect, 

 110. Long known as .l///»"Hiu;« Hio/e»/rt, 110. Its descrii)tion, 110. Figures 

 of the insect, 111. The nuvle and female rarely seen, 111. An annoyance 

 from its ubiquity, 111. When accidentally eaten not unpalatable, 111. 

 Its siing. 111. Attracted to almost everything in the house, 111. Per- 

 sistent in search of food, 111. Where their nests are made. 111. Snuill 

 quantity of fooil consumed, 112. Other insects eaten by them, 112. Its 

 injuries to young blades of corn in gardens and fields, 112. Its service 

 in destroying bed-bugs, 112. Numbers occurring in a nest, 112. When 

 the sexes and neuters appear, 112. Pairing of the sexes, 11:^. Wonder- 

 ful i)rolilicacy of the species, 113. Camponotits herculaneus, al.so a house- 

 hold pest, 113. May overrun rooms and infest clothing, 113. Two other 

 pests that are often troublesome in houses, 113. How to kill them when 

 their nests can be reached, 113. Nests of the little red ant often in the 

 walls or foundations of buildings, 114. Can then best be killed by 

 attracting to b.iits, 114. Baits that may be used, 114. Repellanta 

 for preventing their entrance into houses, 114. May be killed by pyreth- 



