INDEX 



261 



Knapsack sprayer 44 



Lace-wing fly, figured 11 



Lachnostcrna arcuata 76 



cribrosa Tl 



farcta 77 



fusca 76 



Ladybird, convergent, figured .... 6 



spotted 95 



Ladybirds 13 



Laphygma exigua 125 



frugiperda ..56 — 59, 208, 209 



Leaf-beetles 62 — 66, 121—124 



-hoppers .85—87, 117, 127, 128 



-miners 127, 153, 154 



Lebia grandis 13, 217 



Lepidoptera, defined 7 



Lcptiiwtarsa deccmlineata .214 — 217 



Lettuce earth-louse 249 



insects injurious to ..248, 249 



Ligyrus gibbosus 185 — 187 



Lime 34 



Lixus concavus 247 



Locusts 69—73 



London purple il 



Loxostege similalis 61, 62 



sticticalis 125, 126 



Lygus pratensis 87, 88 



Macrobasis unicolor 119 



Mancasellus brachyurus, figured ..4 



May beetles 73 — 79 



Mealy-bugs 243 



Mechanical methods of destroy- 

 ing insects 26 — 29 



Megilla maculata 95 



Melanoplus differentialis 71 



femur-rubrum 70 



spretus 9, 70, 71 



Melanotus communis 80, 81 



Melittia satyriniformis ....168 — 171 



Meloida 66 — 69 



Melon aphis ■. 85, 165—168 



caterpillar 1 73 — 175 



insects injuring 155 — 175 



Millipedes, briefly defined 5 



Milyas cinctus, figured 12 



Mites, defined 4 



Monocrepidiiis vespertinus, fig- 

 ured 212 



Monoxia conspwta 123 



piincticollis 122, 123 



Moths, defined 7 



Murgantia histrionica ....148 — 150 



Myriopoda, defined 5 



Natural elements in control of 



insects 1 1 — 1 5 



Nectarophora cucurbitce 165 



destructor 114 — 117 



erigeronensis 229 



Negro bug, little 183 



Neuroptera, defined 10 



Nicotine extracts and powders . .41 



Noctita clandestina 51 



c-itignim 210, 211 



Nozzles, spraying 47 



Nysius angiistatus 150, 151 



minu^us 151 



Ogdoconta cinereola 113 



Okra, insects injurious to 249 



Oncometopia undata 249 



Onion fly, black 245 



insects injuring 244 — 246 



maggot, imported 245 



thrips 89, 90 



Orthoplera, defined 9 



Papaipcnia nitchi 199 — 201 



Papilio polyxeiics 179, 180 



Parasites, useful 14 



Paris green 30 — 32 



Parsley, insects injuring ..184 — 188 



Parsnip leaf -miner 184, 185 



webworm 187, 188 



Parsnips, insects injuring .184 — 188 



Pea aphis 114 — 117 



moth Ill, 112 



weevil 100-^102 



Peas, insects injuring 100 — 119 



Pegomya brassiccr 131 — 135 



cepetorum 245 



fusciceps 106—109, 135 



Pemphigus bctcc 129 



Pepper, insects injuring 250 



Peridroma saucia 53, 54 



Phadon ccruginosa I47 



Phlegcthontius quiiiquemaculata 



229—232 



sexta 232, 233 



Phlyctcrnia ferrugalis 180 — 182 



Phthoriina-a opercutcUa ...224 — 226 



Phyllotreta pusilla 147, 148 



vittata 146, 147 



Physopoda, defined 10 



Pickle worm 171 



Pie-plant, insects injuring. .246 — 248 



Plant-bug, brown, figured 10 



tarnished, figured 11 



Plant-bugs ..10, 83, 87, 88, 117, 



. 118, 127, 128, 148—151 

 Planting to avoid insect injury 



17, 158 

 Plant-lice, see Aphis and Aphides 



Plusia simplex 182, 183 



Plutella macuHpennis 144, 145 



Podisus maculiventris 95 



Poisoned baits 54, 83 



Poisons, contact 36 — 39 



stomach 30, 35 



Polistes bellicosus, figured 5 



Pontia napi 139, 140 



protodice 139 



rapcp 136—139 



Potato beetle, Colorado ..214 — 217 



flea-beetle 217 — 219 



insects injuring 213 — 228 



scab gnat 226 



stalk weevil 221 — 224 



tuber worm 224 — 226 



Potherb butterfly 139, 140 



Preventives _ 16, 78, 79 



Proprietary insecticides 42, 43 



Protection of plants 55 



Pruning, as insect remedy 28 



Psita rosce 1 76 — 1 79 



Psylliodes punctidata 248 



Pteromalus puparum.lA, IS, 137, 138 

 Pyrethrum..39, 40, 65, 138, 159, 167. 



