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INDEX. 



Melon Fruit-fly (see Dacus brevi- 



stylus and D. cucurhitae). 

 membranaceus, Brachytrypes ; Lep- 



toglossus. 

 Membranaria, gen. nov., in South 



Africa, 447. 

 Membranaria pretoriae, sp. n., on 



grass in South Africa, 447. 

 mendicana, Pteronidea. 

 Meniscus nonagriae, sp. n., parasite 

 of N onagri a geminipuncta in Ger- 

 many, 408. 

 Meniscus scapular is, parasite of 



Nonagvia in Germany, 408. 

 Meraporus, parasite of Calandra 



granaria in Germany, 331. 

 Meraporus calandrae (see Ptero- 



malus) . 

 Meraporus graminicola, parasite of 

 Calandra oryzae in Germany, 331. 

 Mercury Bichloride (Corrosive 

 Sublimate), 444 ; for protecting 

 timber and furniture from beetles, 

 265, 443 ; against Phorbia 

 brassicae and Hylemyia antiqua, 

 4, 281, 323, 362 ; experiments 

 with, against termites, 40 ; effect 

 of, on underground insects, 482. 

 merdarius, Henicospilus. 

 Meridarchis reprobaia, food-plants 



of, in India, 84. 

 Merisus destructor, parasite of Maye- 



tiola destructor in Russia, 106. 

 Meriimi proteus, in Arctic Canada, 



192. 

 Merodon equestris, intercepted on 



bulbs in U.S.A., 307. 338. 

 Meromyza americana (Greater 

 Wheat-stem Maggot) , variation 

 in life-cycle of, in Canada, 3. 

 merrilli, Haplothrips ; Targionia. 

 mesembryanthemi, Pulvinaria. 

 niesentina, Belenois. 

 Mesepora onukii, on citrus in For- 

 mosa, 86. 

 Mesochorus brevipetiolatus, parasite 

 of Panolis flammea in Holland, 

 226. 

 Mesochorus pallidus, parasite of 

 Microgaster connexus in Britain, 

 57. 

 Mesochorus semirufus, parasite of 



vine moths in Austria, 353. 

 Mesograpta geminata, in California, 



8. 

 Mesograpta niarginata, in California, 



8. 

 Mesolecanium rhizophorae, on man- 

 grove in Brazil, 302. 

 Mesoleius gymnonychi, sp. n., para- 

 site of Gymnonvchus californicus 

 in U.S.A.. 381. 



Mesopotamia, cereal pests in, 372 ; 

 miscellaneous pests in, 478 ; 

 Ocnerogvia amanda on figs in. 

 500 ; vine pests in, 346. 



Mesosa myops, in dead oak in Rus- 

 sia, 106. 



Mesostenus albopictus, parasite of 

 Cirphis unipuncta in New Zea- 

 land, 63. 



mespiliella, Myzus. 



Mespilus, food-plant of Porthetria 

 dispar in Switzerland, 202. 



Mesquite (see Prosopis). 



Mesquite Bruchid (see Bruchus 

 prosopis) . 



messoria, Euxoa. 



Metallus (see Fenusa). 



Metamasius hemipterus, on sugar- 

 cane in British Guiana, 55, 471 ; 

 imported into Queensland on 

 banana from Jamaica, 337. 



Metamasius niosieri, sp. n., in Cuba 

 and Florida, 371. 



Metamasius ritchiei (Pineapple Wee- 

 vil), intercepted in Hawaii, 431. 



Metamasius sericeus, in Antigua, 

 296 ; food-plants of, 371. 



Metarrhizium, infesting Adoretus 

 tenuimaculatus in Fiji. 297. 



Metarrhiziuyn anisopliae (Green 

 Muscardine Fungus) , possible 

 value of. against Monecphora 

 bicincta in Cuba, 228 ; infesting 

 insects, 175, 276, 354. 



IMeteorological Conditions and their 

 Effects, on insect pests in South 

 America, 366 ; on Eriophyes ribis 

 in Britain, 350 ; on insect pests 

 in Canada, 1,3; on Melolontha 

 spp. in Central Europe, 254 ; 

 on insect pests in Germany, 270, 

 468 ; on Perkinsiella snccharicida 

 and its parasites in Hawaii, 20, 

 21 ; on Panolis flammea in 

 Holland, 225, 226 ; on Helopeltis 

 theivora in India, 204 ; on mites 

 in Dutch East Indies, 454 ; 

 on cotton pests in Korea, 320 ; 

 on Lepidiota albohirta in Queens- 

 land, 465 ; on Heterodera radici- 

 cola in South Rhodesia, 194 ; 

 on Novius cardinalis in Sicily, 

 122 ; on Porthetria dispar in 

 Switzerland. 202 ; on Xylebonis 

 quadripes and its enemies in 

 Tonkin, 221 ; on Tomaspis sac- 

 charina on sugar-cane in Trinidad, 

 131 ; on insect pests in U.S.A., 

 17. 19, 34. 43, 46, 116, 117, 184, 

 218, 279, 303, 376, 382, 403; 

 on fumigation with liquid hydro- 

 cyanic-acid gas, 230 ; on the 



