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INDEX. 



Asilus, 605, G06. A. wstuaiip, 17. A. se- 

 riceus, 6o5. 



Astasia torrefiicta, 437. 



Aster gall-flics, 620. 



Asterias butterfly, 265. 



Attaci, 340. 



Attacus Atlas, 338, 390. A. Cecropia, 

 385, 387, 389. A. Luna, 382 - 384. 

 A. Polvphenius, 384, 386. A. Prome- 

 theus, '390, 391. 



Attelabians (.Xttelabidse). 65. 



Attelabus analis, 65. A. bipustulatus, 66. 



Azalea sphinx, 328. 



Babia quadriguttata, 135. 



Bacteria arumatia, 146. B. phyllina, B. 



rubispinossi, 146. 

 Bacunculus femoratus, B. Sayi, 146. 

 Balaninus, 74. 

 Baridius trinotatus, 81. 

 Bark-beetlci, 85. 



Bark-lice, 194, 204, 248, 250, 252, 256. 

 Barley injured by insects, 551, 6-1. 

 Basket worms, 415. 

 Bathyllus skipper, 312. 

 Batia flavifrontella, 494. 

 Bat-ticks, 625. 

 Beach-grass, use of, 57. 

 Beans attacked bv insects, 138, 229. 

 Bear-caterpillars," 343, 349. 

 Bee-flies, 603. 

 Bee-moths, 489. 

 Bees, 612, 514. 



Beeswax devoured by worms, 491. 

 Beetles, 10, 23, 28, 29. 

 Bellona butterfly, 287. 

 Bird-flies, 624. 

 Bittacomorpha, 600. 

 Bittacus, 600. 



Blackberrv-bush borer, 114. 

 Black flv,"601. 

 Black weevil, 83. 

 Blatta oricntalis, 145. 

 Blennocampa, 528. 

 BUght beetle, 90. 

 Blight of pear-trees, £8. 

 Blistering beetles, 135. 

 Boisduval's butterfly, 305. 

 Bomboptera, 535. 

 Bombyces, 340. 



Bombylians (Bombyliadaj), 603. 

 Bombylius a;qualis, B. major, B. albi- 



pectus, B. fratellu«, B. vicious, 604. 

 Bombvx, 340. B. cossus, 412. B. grata, 



427."' B. mori, 380. 

 Bordered skipper, 308. 

 Borers, 46, 92, 331, 410. 

 Bostrichians (Bostrichidss), 91. 

 Bot-bees, Bot-flies, 622. 

 Bots, 624. 



Brenthians (Brenthidaj), 67. 

 Brenthus maxillosus, B. septemtrionis, 



B. septcmtrionalis, 68. 

 Brizo skipper, 309. 

 Bruchians (Bruchidx), 62. 



Bruchus pisi. 61, 62. 

 Bud-moths, 480, 482. 

 Bug, chinch, 198; plant, 200; squash, 



194. 

 Bugs, 193, 194. 

 Bulla, 185. 



Buprestians (Buprestidaj), 45, 116. 

 Buprestis cliaracteristica, B. dentipes, 49. 



B. divaricata, 48. B. Drununondi, B. 

 femorata, B. fulvoguttata, 50. B. lu- 

 rida, B. obscui'a, 49. B. Virginica, 48. 



Butalis. 499, 507. B. cerealella, 500, 509. 



Butterflies, 262, 263 ; four-footed, 279, 

 282. 



Button-wood trees attacked by caterpil- 

 lars, 363, 404; by wood-wasps, 537. 



Cabbage butterfly, 270. C. caterpillar, 

 270, 451. C. cutworm, 443, 445, 449 



C. plant-louse, 238. 



Calandra, 09, 82. C. granaria, S3. C. 



Oryzte, ib. 

 Callidium, 99. C. antennatum, C. baju- 



lus, C. violaceum, 100. 

 Callimorpha Carolina, 344. C. Lecoutei, 



345. C. militaris, 344. 

 Calliphora vomitoria, 614. 

 Caloptenus, 174. 

 Calosoma scrutator, 470. 

 Camel-crickets, 146. 

 Canephorse, 414. 

 Canker-worm. 461, 470. 

 Cantharidcs (Cantharididje), 135. 

 Cantharis atrata, 139. C. cinerea, 138. 



C. marginata, 137. C. vittata, 136, 139. 

 Capricorn beetles, 92, 94, 96, 116. 

 Capsus oblineatus. 200. 

 Caradrina cubicularis, 453. 

 Carolina sphinx, 322. 

 Carpenter moths, 412. 

 Carpet-moth, 493. 

 Carpocapsa Pomonella, 484. 

 Carrot-caterpillars, 263. 

 Cassida aurichalcea, 122. 

 Cassidadce, 131. 

 Catalogue, reference to, 32. 

 Caterpillars are the young of butterflies 



and moths, 257. C. described, 258. C. 



false, 516. C. food of, 258. C. habits 



of, 259. C. injurious to gardens, 349. 



C. numbers of,' 257. C. spiny, 284. C. 



transformations of, 5, 260. C. wheat, 



452, 455. 

 Cecidomyia, 554, 568, 570, 583. C. cul- 



micola, 582. C. destructor, 506, 568, 



583. C. Pvobini£B,567. C. Salicis, 566, 



567. C. Tritici, 453, 566, 587, 592. 

 Cecidomyiad^, 565. 

 Cedar (red), insects attacking, 87. 

 Celtis sphinx, 328. 

 Cephalemyia ovis, 624. 

 Cephus, 516. C. Pygmteus, 517. 

 Cerambycidtc, 92, 9'4, 96. 

 Cerambyx, 94. C. cinctus, 97. C. pal- 



liatus,' 115. C. violaceus, 100. 



