IlfDEX. 



377 



vicina, Pegomyia, 209. 



villosum, Llaphidion, 330. 



Vinegar-fly, '200. 



Vinelaud Weekly, N. J., cited, 116. 



Vineyards, large Californian, 21. 



violaceous, Ferilampus, 146. 



Violet Nephelodes (N. violans), 99-110 



associated with Crambus, 99. 



bibliography of, 99. 



caterpillar described, 100, 102. 



caterpillars in Illinois, 104. 

 Missouri, 103. 

 St. Lawrence county, 100. 



cut-worm, habits of, 108. 



diseased larvic, 105. 



distribution of, 108. 



eaten by birds, 105. 



failure to rear larvse, 101. 



geographical distribution of, 108. 



larvas described, 100, 102. 



Miss Clarkson on, 100, 101. 



moth described, 106. 



natural history of, 108. 



notes on larval occurrence, 103. 



parasites of, 101, 109. 



Podurinse infesting, 101. 

 • possibly a variety of N. minians, 107. 



preventives of, 110. 



published notes on, 104. 



pupa described, 103. 



rarity of, usually, 107. 



remedies for, 110. 



worn condition of the moth, 107. 

 Virgilius, Nisoniades, 334. 

 Virginia ermine-moth, 328. 

 Virginica, Ctenucha, 317. 



Spilosoma, 328. 

 vitifoliiB, Pemphigus, 322. 



Phylloxera, 4. 

 vittata, Cantharis, 300. 



Diabrotica, 331. 



Epicauta, S3. 



Orchestris, 195. 

 vituli, Hajmatopinus, 48. 

 Volucella, 212. 



vomitoria, Calliphora, 69, 170, 299. 

 Voracity of Sphinx quinquemaculata, 73. 

 vulgaris, Chlorops, 225. 



Sapromyza, 225. 



Vespa, 380. 



W. 



Walker, [F.], cited, 211, 218. 

 Walking-sticks, 79, 111. 

 Walnut insects, 3. 



Walsh, [B.D.], cited, 8, 85, 138, 160, 161, 171, 

 172, 219, 227, 253, 254, 255, 257, 258, 264, 

 291, 328(2), 830, 331(3), 344. 

 writings of, 16. 

 Walsh-Riley cited, 81, 110, 116, 227, 239, 271, 



281. 

 Walsingham, Lord, cited, 157, 163, 308, 329, 



330. 

 Wanzenartigen Insecten, cited, 264. 

 Warringtonellus, Crambus, 150, 151. 

 Wash for preserving herbaria, 65. 

 Wasps, effect of pyrethrum on, 40. 

 resemblance of Syrphida to, 168. 

 smelling organs in, 69. 

 Watertown Daily Times, 127, 140. 

 Watson, George C, insects from, 252. 



48 



Watson, W. C, on black ant, 321. 



Weaver, 328. 



Weevil in seeds from the Patent Office, 304. 



wrong name for wheat-midge, 310. 

 Weidemann (should be Wiedemann), 191. 

 Weismann, Dr. August, 341. 

 Wendell, C, Legislative Printer, 295. 

 Westcott, [0. S.J, on Noctuidie, 340. 

 Western Diptera (Uhler), cited, 211. 

 Westwood, [J. 0.], cited, 172, 173, 239,(243, 

 248, 284, 324. 



researches of, referred to, 20. 

 Whale-oil soap, 65, 309. 

 Wheat-bulb worm, 344. 

 Wheat-tields, large, 12. 

 Wheat-fly, 297, 298. 

 Wheat insects, 300, 320. 

 Wheat-louse, 298. 

 Wheat-midge, 6, 8, 9, 201, 224, 295, 305, 306, 



308, 310, 311, 313, 314, 316, 321. 

 Wheat seeding in New York, time of, 63. 

 Wheat-stem fly, 226. 

 Wheat-stem maggot, 221-227. 



bibliography of, 221. 



common name of this and other insects, 

 226. 



description and figure of, 223. 



difficult to control, 227. 



imperfect knowledge of OscinidiB, 225. 



larva described and figured, 222. 



literature of, 223. 



mistaken for joint-worm, 222. 



nature of attack, 222. 



occurrence in Missouri, 224. 



preventives, 227. 



pupal form of, 222. 



similar flies in Europe, 224. 



time of appearance, 222. 



unobserved for several years, 224, 

 Wheat-thrips, 303. 

 White-ants, 79, 301. 

 White-faced hornet, 330. 

 White flower-cricket, 332. 

 White grub, 54, 61. 

 White-Hned sphinx, 119, 327. 

 White-marked tussock-moth, 33, 61, 64, 



328. 

 White-pine worm, 42. 

 Whitman Fountain pump, 30. 

 Wiedemann cited, 191, 211. 

 Wild-cherry leaf miner, 330. 

 Wild-crab, 10, 77. 



Williston, S. W., cited, 212, 215, 216, 217. 

 Wingless female moths, 64, 72. 

 Winter Insects (Fitch), 298, 323. 



musketoe, 298. 

 Wire-worms, 63, 296, 322. 

 Wisconsin moving for a State Entomologist, 



21. 

 W-marked cut-worm, 328. 

 Wood-ashes, 26, 37, 60. 

 Writings of economic entomologists, 15. 



X. 



Xanthus, Pyrgus, 336. 

 Xvleborus pvri, 310, 331. 

 Xylina antennata, 137, 328. 



Bethunei, 828, 341. 



cinerea, 137. 



disposita, 341. 



petulca, 341. 



