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Plum insects — ^Continued). 



Phorodon huinuli, 210. 



Telephorus bilineatus, 174. 

 Podisus spinosus, 238, 300. 

 Podura, abundance of, 266. 

 Pointer, Mrs. E.. insect from, 299. 

 Pollenia rudis infesting a dwelling-house, 297. 

 polygama, Catoca'a, 29i. 

 polygoni, Gastroidea, 298. 

 pomifoliella, Buceulatrix, 123, 135, 136, 137, 218, 



281, 283. 

 pomonella, Ca'-pocapsa, 174, 24,5, 290, 297. 



Trypeta, 215-249. 

 pomorum, Mytilaspis, 2E6, 293. 

 Poplar insects: 



Cossus Centerensis, 294. 



Fcoliopteryx libatrix, 17J. 



Potato aphis, 288. 

 Potato insc' ts : 



Colorado potato beetle, 122. 



cut-worms, 236. 



Epicau^a cinerea, 2?4. 



Gortyna nitela, 191. 



Lygus pratensis, 291 . 



Lytta ICantharis], Nuttalli, 294. 



Macrv. basis unicolor, 291. 

 Powell, George T,, reference to, 123, 166, 219. 

 Practical Entoniol'^gist cited, 159(2). 

 pratensis, Lygus, 125, 291. 

 pretiosa, Catucala, 292. 

 Preventives against 



^•Egeria exiiiosa, see Sannina. 



Ana-atristis, 205, 206. 



Aphis cucumeris, 212, 283. 



apple maggot, 248. 



asparagus beetle, 252. 



cow-horn fly, 194. 



Craponius inasqualis, 286. 



Crioceris asparagi, 2.53. 



cut-worms, 239, 2)0, 241. 



Glycobius speciosus, 202-205. 



grape curculio, 286. 



grapevine Thrips, 255, 250. 



Haematobia seriata. 194. 



hop-vine aphis, 209, 2 0. 



Macrodactylus subspinosus, 202. 



maple-tree borer, 203. 



melon aphis, 2l2. 



peach-tree borer, 182, 183, 184, 185, 284. 



Phorodon humuli, 208, 210. 



quince-tree borer, 280. 



rose-bug, 202. 



rose-leaf "Thrips," 257. 



Sannina e.\itiosa, 183, 183, 184. 



squash-bug, 205, 206. 



Tettigf nia rosae, 857. 



tobacco-worms, 243, 244. 



Trypeta pomonella. 218. ■ 



wire-worms, V.u, 198 2<0, 28;J. 

 Preventives of insect aitack: 



bagging grapes, :;86. 



breaking tip breeding grounds, 201. 

 * buckwheat crop, 197, 283. 



Preventives of insect attack — (^ConVd). 



burning refuse material, 210. 



carbo ic acid and Paris green wash, 184. 



carbolic acid wash, 183. 



copperas water, 239. 



destroying eggs, 266. 



gas-tar, 205. 



mounding, 185. 



mustard crop, 198. 



paper frames, 241. 



paper wraps, 241. 



preventing egg-deposit, 203. 



salt, 239. 



Shaker peach-tree borer wash, 185. 



soft soap and carbolic ac d wash, 280. 



soft soap and water, 186, 19J. 



starvation, 197, 242. 



tar-coating seed, 200. 



tin-bands, 241. 



traps for hibernating insects, 206. 



whale-oil and carbolic acid, 194. 



wire netting tree protector, 185. 

 Prionotus cristatus, £94. 



Proceedings of the .■Albany Institute cited, 293. . 

 Proceefiings of the American Ass'^ciation of 



Adv. Science cited, 155, 160(2). 

 Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of th& 

 Western N. Y. Horticultural Society cited^ 

 281. 

 Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural 



History cited, 155. 

 Proceedings of the Entomological Society of 



Philadelphia cited, IS., 1.59(2). 

 prolifli a, Chloropisca, 297. 

 Protecting the birds, •-79. 

 Protection from insect inju ies, 278. 

 Provancher, TAbbe, cited, 152, 154, 166. 

 pruni. Aphis, 125, 299. 

 pseudargiolu , Lycsena, 291. 

 Psyche ciied, 155. 157, 160(2). 

 Psylla pyri, 280, 281 285. 

 Psylla pyricoli, 124, 219 285, 299. 

 Ptinidse 285. 



pulicaria, Corimelama, 213-314, 283. 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 110, 177, 178, 216. 

 Pumpkins attacked by cut-wornrs, 2c6. 

 punctatus, Phyconomu<5, 300. 

 punctistrigi, Artace, 237. 

 Purchas', Icerya, 275. 



Purslane-speedwell eaten by Corimel«^na puli- 

 caria, 213. 

 pygmeu', Cephus, 167. 

 Pyralis farinalis 300. 

 pyramidoides, Amphipyra, 29'. 

 pyricola ? Cecidomyia, 140. 

 pyricola, Ps.. Ua. 124, 219, 285, 299. 

 Pyrethrum powder, 212, 213, 274, 283. 

 pyri, Lecanium, 299. 

 pyrivora, Diplosis, 106, 124, 140, 151,28.3, 288,297. 



a. 



Quince attacked by Corimelaena pulicaria, 213. 

 Quince-tree borer, 280. 

 quinquemaculata. Sphinx, 243. 



