254 



Megilla maculata, 233, 234. 

 Melittia Ceto, 67. 



cucurbita3 (see squash-vine borer) 57-68. 

 Mermis, an apple-worm, 230. 

 Merula migrutoria, 8, 82, 113. 

 Meske, O. von, referred to, 231. 

 Meteorological conditions attending winter 



grasshoppers, 190-191. 

 Mice, naphthaline for repelling, 36. 

 Michigan Agricultural College, 64. 



State Board of Agriculture Report, 157. 

 Micrococcus bombycis, 40. 

 Microdon apiformis in ants' nests, 116. 

 Microdou globosus, 116, 117. 



associated with ants, 116. 



bibliography, 116. 



distribution, 117. 



hibernation of, 117. 



larva figured, 116. 



larva mistaken for a mollusc, 116. 



synonymy, 116. 

 Microdon mutabilis, 116. 



tristis, 116. 

 Microgaster Atalanta;, 39. 



carinata, 39. 



gelechise, is Apanteles gel., 39. 



sp.? 41. 

 Micropus leucopterus, 148, 149. 

 Mid-winter Boreus, 238. 



Trichocera, 243. 

 Li^gratoria, Merula, 8, 82, 113. 

 Milk and kerosene oil emulsion, 36. 

 Miller, Dr. W. S., on beet-leaf miners, 46. 

 Milliken, N. J., on the 17-year Cicada, 172. 

 ministra, Datana, 83. 

 minuta, Trichogramma, 220. 

 misella, Pentilia, 186. 

 Mites on Angoumois moth, 110. 



infesting a poultry-house, 227. 



on timothy grass, 224. 

 Moffatt [J. A.], referred to, 142. 

 Mole cricket, 233. 

 molitor, Tenebrio, 1S8. 

 Molobrus mali, 125. 



Molting, additional in female larvre, 74. 

 Molting operation of Caloptenus spretus, 



193-195. 

 Monographic der Psociden (Hagen), 198, 201. 

 Monograph of Geometrid Moths, 97. 

 Monohammus confusor, 49, 51, 55. 



titillator, 50. 

 Mormon lice, 152. 

 Morris, Dr. Jno. G., referred to, 205. 



Synopsis of Lepidoptera of N. A., 68. 

 Morris, Miss, on the 17-year locust, 168, 171. 

 Morton, Miss E. L., on the currant Amphi- 



dasvs, 98, 1^0. 

 Mosquitoes, 112, 241, 242. 

 Mounding for peach-tree protection, 6. 

 Mulio globosus, 116. 

 Muller, Albert, on Tribolium ferrugineum, 



139. 

 Murgantia histrionica, 55-6, 92, 145. 

 Musca, Dr. Dimmock on, 223. 

 musca\ Entomophthora, 179. 

 Muscidffi, 117. 

 museorum, Liposcelis, 198. 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cam- 

 bridge, Mass., 45, 137. 

 Museum pests, 36. 

 mutabilis, Microdon, 116. 



Mycetophilidae, 125. 

 Myriapods, 6. 

 Myrmeleon sp., 233. 

 Mytilaspis pomorum, 232. 

 Myzus cerasi, 19, 20, 21, 122. 

 persicie, 19, 20. 



N. 



Naphtha, as an insecticide, 35. 



for root-insects, 35. 

 Napthaline as an insecticide (Riley), 35-36. 



for root-insects, 85. 



preventive of insect attack, 36, 65, 66. 

 Natural History of theLepidopterous Insects 

 of Georgia, 68. 



of New York — Agriculture, 102. 

 navalis, synonym of Trib. ferrugineum, 136. 

 Neal, Dr.J. C, on aphis, cited, 20. 

 nebulosa, Nemoura, 241. 

 Nematus ventricosus, 217, 229. 

 Nemoura nebulosa, 241. 



nivalis, 240. 

 nenuphar, Conotrachelus, 6, 11, 13, 14. 

 nerii, Aspidiotus, 32. 

 Nether-inserter for insecticides, 22, 34. 

 Netting, to prevent insect attack, 58, 64. 

 New England Farmer, referred to, 57. 



Homestead, cited, 28. 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 24, 26, 67, 102, 118. 



Herald, cited, 171. 



State Agricultural Society, 1, 44, 114, 

 149, 150. 



State Museum of Nat. History, 233. 



Tribune, cited, 127. 

 nimbatana, Penthina, 228, 230. 

 ni, Plusia, 89, 90, 92. 

 Nisoniades, sexual feature in, 214. 

 nitela, Gortyna, 226. 

 nitida, Allorhina, 114. 

 nivalis, Nemoura, 240. 



Podura, 244. 

 nivicola, Achorutes, 203. 



Perla, 239. 



Podura, 203, 244. 

 nivoriundus, Boreus, 238-9. 



Chironomus, 242. 

 Noctuidffi, 89, 90, 94. 

 Norman [George], referred to, 42. 

 Norton, E., on saw-fly, 5. 

 Nysius angustata, 166. 



destructor, 166. 



O. 



obscurus, Hymenorus, 226. 

 obsoletus, Bruchus, 49. 



synonym of Brachytarsus variegatus, 140, 

 141. 

 ochracea, synonj^m of Trib. ferrugineum, 



136. 

 oculatus, Alaus, 230. 

 (Ecophora granella, 102. 

 (Edipoda Virginiana, 188. 

 Oestlund, O. W., cited, 92. 

 (Estridas, 46. 



Oil of tar, for root-insects, 35. 

 Olivier in Enclopedie Methodique, 102, 107, 



132, 187. 

 Oncideres cingulatus, 87. 

 Onion maggot, 28. 



