CONTENTS. 



PASB. 



Transmittal 293 



General Notes for the Year 395 



Injurious Insects : 



Anthrenus scrophulariee and Attagenus piceus, two Carpet Beetles 299 



Tenebrio obscurus (Fabr.) — The American Meal-worm 307 



PoUenia rudis (Fabr.) — The Cluster Fly 309 



Murgantla histrionica (Halm.) — The Harlequin Cabbage-bug 315 



Psylla pyricola (Foerster) — The Pear-tree Psylla 317 



Chortophaga viridifasciata {De Geer)— The Green-striped Locust 330 



Notes on Various Insects, etc. 



Eriocampa cerasi (Peck) — The Cherry-tree or Pear-tree Slug 335 



Papilio Cresphontes (Cramer) — The Yellow-banded Swallow-tail 336 



Podosesia syringae (Harris) — The Syringa Borer 338 



Carpocapsa pomonella {Linn.) — The Codling Moth 338 



Dynastes Tityus {Linn.), as a Fruit-eater 343 



Crioceris asparagi {Linn.) — Tlie Asparagus Beetle 343 



Systena frontalis {Fabr.) — Injuring Gooseberry Foliage 343 



Chauliognathus Pennsylvanicus, the Pennsylvania Soldier-Beetle 344 



Pissodes strobi {Peck) — The White-pine "Weevil 344 



Myzus cerasi (Fabr.) — The Cherry-tree Aphis 345 



Pemphigus tessellata {Fitch) — The Alder-blight Aphis 346 



Phylloxera vitifoliaa {Fitch) — The Grapevine Phylloxera 347 



Crangonyx mucronatus {Forbes), a Blind Shrimp in Wells 347 



Insectivorous Birds for Protection 349 



Insect Attacks : 



Resistance of Fleas to Insecticides 353 



White Grubs Injuring Nursery Stock 353 



The White Grub Eaten by the Robin 356 



A Maple-tree Pruner, Elaphidion parallelum Nervm 357 



The Striped Cucumber beetle, Diabrotica vittata (Fabr.) 361 



The Grape CurcuUo, Crapomus inajqualis {Say) 364 



