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INDEX. 



beneficial insects in, 41, 78, 106, 

 185, 230, 237, 319, 339, 353, 440, 

 473, 541, 542, 583, 590, 611 ; 

 bionomics of Bibionids in, 41, 

 527 ; pests of bush-fruits and 

 strawberries in, 11, 294, 367, 382, 

 464, 475 ; cereal pests in, 10, 77, 

 166, 247, 366, 382, 383, 475, 536, 

 542, 556 ; food-plants of Oscinella 

 frit in, 475 ; flax pests in, 339, 

 589 ; forest pests in, 237, 367, 368, 

 382, 383, 476, 498, 562, 602, 605 ; 

 pests of grasses and forage crops 

 in, 11, 76-78, 177, 218, 230, 285, 

 336, 473, 474, 590 ; greenhouse 

 pests in, 42, 110, 284, 296, 319, 

 362 ; miscellaneous pests in, 177, 

 296, 393, 440 ; pests of mush- 

 rooms in, 47-49 ; orchard pests 

 in, 11, 50, 307, 336, 339, 366, 367, 

 382, 383, 413, 414, 562, 607, 608 ; 

 insects concerned in polhnation of 

 fruit in, 232, 391 ; pulse pests in, 

 11, 177, 284, 285, 367, 383, 414, 

 473, 474, 583 ; pests of cucumbers 

 in, 110, 284, 362, 557 ; Stephanitis 

 rhododendri in, 554 ; pests of 

 stored products in, 32, 106, 238, 

 258, 296, 541, 542 ; Thysanoptera 

 in, 107, 203 ; pests of timber in, 

 525, 579, 590 ; vegetable pests in, 

 11, 49, 105, 108, 237, 241, 284, 

 285, 367, 382, 383, 414, 464, 526 ; 

 economic importance of the little 

 owl in, 242, 608 ; plant pest 

 legislation in, 536 ; preparation of 

 nicotine insecticides in, 256, 406 ; 

 pests from, intercepted in U.S.A., 

 71,90,311,332,380. 

 broadwayi, Philephedra [Pidvinaria) . 

 Broadway's Mealy-bug (see Phile- 

 phedra broadwayi) . 

 hromeliae, Diaspis [Coccus) ; Pseudo- 

 coccus. 

 Broniius (Adoxus) obscurus (Cali- 

 fornia Grape Root- worm), in 

 Italy, 592 ; in U.S.A., 239. 

 Bromus sterilis, winter food-plant 

 of Oscinella frit in British Isles, 

 475. 

 Bronze Birch Borer (see Agrihis 



anxius). 

 Broom Corn, need for quarantine 

 regarding, against Pyrausta 

 niibilalis in Canada and U.S.A., 

 138 ; restrictions on importation 

 of, into Canada from U.S.A., 293 ; 

 Pyrausta niibilalis intercepted on, 

 iri U.S.A., 71 ; a food-plant of 

 Aphis maidis, 347. (See Sorghum.) 

 Broomella ischnaspidis, infesting 

 Ischnaspis longirostris, 604. 



Brown Apricot Scale (see Eulecanium 



armeniacurn and E. corni). 

 Brown Bug (see Saissetia hemis- 



phaerica) . 

 Brown Day Moth (see Pseudohazis 



eglanterina) . 

 Brown Grape Aphis (see Macro- 



siphuni illinoisensis). 

 Brown Lacewing (see Hemerobius 



pacificus) . 

 Brown Pine Beetle (see Hylurgops 



palliatus) . 

 Brown Rot of Peach, measures 



against, in U.S.A., 20, 245. 

 Brown Span Worm (see Epelis 



truncataria var. faxonii). 

 Brown-tail Moth (see Nygmia 



phaeorrhoea) . 

 Browning Disease of Flax (see Poly- 



spora lini). 

 Bruchidius obtectus (see Bruchus). 

 Bruchid?, in pods of Caesalpinia 

 coriaria in ]\Iexico, 104 ; measures 

 against, in stored pulses in U.S.A., 

 207. 

 Bruchobius laticeps, parasite of pests 

 of stored grain in British Isles, 

 106. 

 Bruchophagus funebris (Clover Seed 

 Chalcid), on lucerne and clover in 

 New Zealand, 29, 468. 

 Bruchophagus gibbus, on clover in 



Russia, 116. 

 Bruchus, parasites of, in stored grain 



in British Isles, 106. 

 Bruchus amicus, intercepted in A ca- 



cia seeds in California, 90. 

 Bruchus chinensis, intercepted in 

 California, 90, 251 ; in field and 

 stored pulse in Ceylon, 165 ; 

 intercepted in Hawaii, 446, 632. 

 Bruchus irresectus, in Phaseolus 



lunatus in Egypt, 619. 

 Bruchus limhatus, intercepted in 



Acacia seeds in California, 90. 

 Bruchus nucleorum [see Pachymerus) . 

 Bntchus obtectus (Bean Bruchid), 

 outbreak of, in Austria, 205 ; 

 in imported products in British 

 Columbia, 126 ; intercepted in 

 California, 90 ; in stored pulses 

 in Ceylon, 165 ; in beans in 

 France, 288, 426, 427, 591 ; an 

 introduced pest in Germany, 259 ; 

 in Italy, l48 ; in stored beans in 

 Kenya Colony, 448 ; in Phaseolus 

 vulgaris in Peru, 427 ; in U.S.A., 

 43, 356, 610 ; bionomics of, 43, 

 148, 426, 610 ; measures against, 

 356, 449 ; method of separating 

 beans infested by, 591. 

 Bruchus pisi (see B. pisorum). 



