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INDEX. 



spirifex, Tarsonemus. 



spirothecae, Pemphigus. 



Spittle-bug (see Philaenns lineatus). 



splendida, Lonchaea ; Rutilia. 



splendidella, Dioryctria. 



splendor if evella, Coptodisca. 



Spodoptera mauvitia (Rice Stem- 

 borer, Rice Swarming Caterpillar), 

 in Ceylon, 110, 165 ; in India, 85, 

 153, 359, 360 ; in Dutch East 

 Indies, 375 ; measures against, in 

 Philippines, 74 ; a minor sugar- 

 cane pest in Queensland, 477 ; 

 bionomics of , 153. 



Spondias dulcis (Otaheite Apple or 

 Kadondong), Podontia quaiuor- 

 decimpunciata on, in Malaya, 412. 



Sporobolis airoides (Bunch Grass), 

 Typocerus sinuatus on, in U.S.A., 

 452. 



Sporotrichmn globuliferum, infesting 

 Dysdercus in Belgian Congo, 283 ; 

 utilisation of, against noxious 

 insects in France, 603. 



Spotted Bollworm (see Earias fabia 

 and E. insiilana). 



Spotted Locust (see Anlavches 

 miliar is). 



Spray Calendars, notice of, for use in 

 Nova Scotia, 21 ; notices of, for 

 use in U.S.A., 20, 21, 316, 327, 

 599. 



Sprayers, types of, for use against 

 leafhoppers, 306. 532 ; des- 

 cription of, for use against Aphis 

 gossypii on melons, 548. 



Spraying, dusting compared with, 

 20, 29, 68, 114, 115, 188, 199, 229, 

 245, 305, 317, 325, 335, 363, 364, 

 378, 379, 414, 439, 511, 512, 549, 

 610 ; survey of waters for, in 

 California, 288. 



Spraying Mixtures, notice of history 

 of, 317, 632 ; notice of instruc- 

 tions for preparation and appli- 

 cation of, 477 . (See under various 

 Insecticides.) 

 spretus, Melanopliis. 



Spring Grain Aphis (see Toxoptera 



graminum) . 

 Springtails, intercepted on iris bulbs 

 in California, 251 ; spraying 

 against, in cranberry bogs in 

 Massachusetts, 55. 

 Spruce, pests of, in British Isles, 

 383, 476, 498, 562 ; pests of, in 

 Canada, 3, 162, 576, 577 ; Cher- 

 mes abietis on, in Connecticut, 

 333 ; distribution of Hylobius 

 abietis on, in Europe, 498 ; pests 

 of, in Germany, 142, 498 ; Mono- 

 chanius spp. in, in Lithuania, 146 ; 



pests of, in Sweden, QQ, 203, 460, 

 498 ; Pinus cembra planted with,, 

 against Enarmonia diniana in 

 Switzerland, 13. (See Picea.) 

 Spruce, Sitka (see Picea sitchensis). 

 Spruce Bark-beetle (see Ips typo- 



graphns) . 

 Spruce Budworm (see Tortrix fumi- 



ferana) . 

 Spruce Cone Moth (see Dioryctria 



abietella) . 

 Spruce Gall Aphis (see Chermes 



abietis). 

 spnrius, Apanteles. 

 sputator, Agriotes. 

 squalidus, Sciaphobus {Sciaphilus) . 

 squamipes, Syagrius. 

 squamosus, Erineosinus. 

 Squash, Diabrotica separata on, in 

 British Guiana, 562 ; pests of, in 

 U.S.A., 47, 56, 79, 103, 132. 

 Squash Ladybird (see Epilachna 



borealis) . 

 Squash Stink Bug (see Anasa tristis). 

 Squash- vine Borer (see Melittia 



satyriniformis) . 

 Squirrels, Ground, destroying 

 Chorizagrotis auxiliaris in Colo- 

 rado, 429 ; experiments with 

 chlorine gas against, in Russia, 

 431. 

 stabidans, Miiscina. 

 Stachys silvatica, Agromyza pusilla 



on, in Russia, 433. 

 Stagmatophora serratella, bionomics 

 of, on Antirrhinum niajus in 

 France, 118. 

 Star Apple (see Chrysophyllum 



cainito). 

 Star Plum (see Chrysophyllum mono- 

 pyre num). 

 Starch, in baits for Lepisma, 355 ; 

 spraying with, against mites, 259. 

 Starling, destroying noxious insects 



in Germany, 501, 569. 



Starling, Wattled [Creatophora 



carunculatus) , destroying locusts- 



in South Africa, 549. 



Stauroderus scalaris, measures, 



against, on cereals in Siberia, 430 . 



Stauronotus maroccanus (see Docio- 



staurus) . 

 Stauropiis alternus, bionomics of, on 

 Cajanus in India, 86, 182 ; on 

 tea in Sumatra, 375. 

 Steam, as a soil-steriliser against 

 Allorrhina nitida, 165 ; as a 

 means of destroying Cydia pomo- 

 nella in railway cars, 578. 

 Stefaniella falcaria, sp. n., forming 

 galls on Avicennia officinalis in 

 Java, 92. 



