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INDEX. 



Carnivorous habit of Lema trilineata, 135. 



Carolinensis, Tyrannus, 8. 



Carpocapsa pomonella, 11, 120, 122, 123,229. 



Carpet-beetle, 46, 232. 



Carpet-fly, 44. 



Carter, Col. Landon, on the fly-weevil, 105. 



castaneum, synonym of Trib. ferrugineum, 



136, 138. 

 Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of America, 

 214. 



of Orthoptera of N. A. (Scudder), 188. 

 Caterpillar nuisance in Philadelphia, 69. 

 Cayenne pepper as an insecticide, 34. 

 Cecidomyia leguminicola, 2, 31. 



salicis-batatus, 231. 

 Cecidomyidte, 125. 

 Cecropia, Samia, 77. 

 Cedar-birds feeding on canker-worms, 7. 

 cedrorum, Ampelis, 7. 

 Centerensis, Cossus, 216. 

 ceparum, Phorbia, 28. 

 cerasi, Myzus, 19, 20, 21, 122. 

 cerealella, Alucita, 102, 107. 



Anacampsis, 102. 



Butalis, 102. 



Gelechia, 102. 



Sitotroga (see Angoumois moth), 102-110. 

 Ceto, Melittia, 57. 

 Chalcididffi, 79, 110, 219. 

 Chatfield, A. F., on Fuller's rose beetle, 142, 



144. 

 Check List of N. A. moths, 57, 58. 

 Chermes abietis, 185. 



abieticolens, 185. 



atratus, 185. 



corticalis, 184. 



laricifoliaj, 184. 



laricis, 183, 185, 187. 



pini, 184. 



pinifolise, 180. 



pinicorticis (see pine-bark Chermes), 

 180-187. 



strobilobius, 185. 

 Chickadee, feeds on canker-worm, 8. 

 Chilocorus bivulnerus, 186. 

 Chimarocephala viridifasciata (see Green- 

 striped locust), 4, 187-198, 223. 

 Chinch-bug, 4, 148-164, 166, 232, 233. 



abundance of, 151, 157. 



attack on grass in Northern New York, 

 149. 



bibliography, 148, 149. 



bug (imago) described and figured, 150, 

 i62. 



cessation of attack, 163. 



circular relating to, 161, 162. 



common name, derivation of, 152. 



dimorphic form, 155. 



early stages figured, 153. 



endurance of cold, 154. 



food-plants, 161. 



hibernation, 154. 



history of the insect, 151, 152. 



increase under unfavorable conditions, 

 158. 



injuries from, 156, 157, 160, 162. 



life-history, 153. 



losses from, estimated, 156, 157. 



observations on the New York attack, 

 159, 160. 



observed in other northern localities, 164. 



Chinch-bug, occurrence in Northern New 

 York, 149. 



operations in New York, 157. 



prolificacy of, 158. 



rarity, particularly in New York and 

 Massachusetts, 150. 



remedial measures, 160, 161. 



Say's original description, 151. 



short-winged form, 155. 



synonymy, 148, 149. 

 Chinco, Chintz, Chink-bug — names for the 



Chinch-bug, 152. 

 Chionaspis pinifolias, 184. 

 Chionea valga, 236. 

 Chironomus nivoriundus, 242. 

 Chortophila floccosa, 225. 

 Chrisman, Mrs. L. G., on the rose-beetle, 48. 

 chrysanthemi, Aphis, 20, 21. 

 Chrysobothris femorata, 25, 27. 

 chrj^somelas, Gryllus Locusta, 187. 

 Chrysomelidse, 132. 

 Chrysopa sp. ? 186. 

 Cicada canicularis, 179. 



septendecim (see seventeen-year lo- 

 cust), 167-179. 



tredecim, 169. 

 Cicadas, 35. 

 Cicadidje, 213. 



cicadina, Massospora, 171, 178. 

 Cimex caruifex, 144. 



lectularia, 17, 152. 



succinctus, 164. 

 cinctus, Largus, 165. 

 cingulatus, Oncideres, 87. 

 cinnamomeum, synonym of Trib. ferru- 

 gineum, 136. 

 cinnaniopterus, Camaronotus, 186. 

 Circular upon the chinch-bug published, 161, 



162. 

 circumciuctns, Perillus, 146. 

 Cistelidae, not obnoxious, 226. 

 Clay pole, Prof. E. W., on the potato-beetle, 3. 

 Clemens (Dr. B.), referred to, 102, 214. 

 Clisiocampa Americana, S3. 



sylvatica, 83. 

 Clothilla picea, 201. 



pulsatoria, 201, 202. 

 Clover-seed midge, 31, 125. 

 Cluster-flies, 117. 



Coal ashes for the currant-worm, 24. 

 Coal-oil refuse as an insect preventive, 27. 

 Coal-tar to prevent insect attack, 65-68. 

 Coccidaj, 140, 230. 

 cocciformis, Parmula, 116. 

 CoccinellidEC or lady-birds, 186, 234. 

 coccineus, Adelges, 184. 

 Cocoon of Apanteles congregatus, 229. 



Melittia cucurbitae, 60. 



Orgyia leucostigma, 71, 85. 



Plusia dyaus, 95. 



squash-vine borer, 60. 

 Cocoons, structure of, 95. 

 Coccus, pine-bark Chermes mistaken for, 

 183. 



pinicorticis, 180, 184. 



species, 140. 

 Coccygus Americanus, 82. 



erythropthalmus, 82. 

 Codling moth, 11, 14, 120, 123, 125, 229. 

 Coe, Dr. C. M., on Otiorhynchus ligneus, 51. 

 cognataria, Amphidasys, 97-101, 227. 



