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289. Two only regarded as valuable, 290. Arsenical spraying, 



290. How it reaches the curculio, 290. When to spray, 290. May 

 honey-bees be poisoned by the spraying ? 290. London purple or 

 Paris green ? 291 . Dr. Weed's experiments with London purple, 



291 . Proper strength of the mixture, 291 . How Paris green may 

 be mixed, 292. Suitable spraying pumps, 292. Beneficial results 

 of spraying reported by Dr. Lugger, 293. Jarring for the cur- 

 culio, 294. How to arrange for jarring, 294. The curculio catcher, 



294. Oviposition of the curculio, 295. Not correctly described by 

 Harris, Fitch, Walsh, and others, 295. Eiley's correct account of it, 



295, The egg not placed in the crescent cut, 295. Mr. Haywood's 

 observations on the mode of oviposition, 296. Time required for 

 oviposition, 296. 



Cicada septendecim, the Periodical Cicada 296 



Bibliography, 296. Its unexpected appearance at Tivoli, N. Y., 

 297. The insect illustrated, 297. Number of broods in the 

 State of New York, 297. The year 1890 not a locust year for 

 this State, 297. Examples taken by Mr. Clarkson, 298. Visit 

 to Tivoli for their observation, 298. Information obtained in 

 regard to its presence, 298. The insect not abundant, 298. 

 Its song described, 299. At first supposed to be an advance of 

 the 1894 brood, 299. Reported, also, from Saratoga county, 299. 

 If confirmed, would show them to belong to the "Hudson 

 river Brood," 299. Dr. Riley on precursors of the regular 

 broods, 299. The Tivoli insects not referable to Brood viii, 300. 

 Are they the remnant of an unrecorded brood ? 300. Dr. Riley on 

 the broods to which they may possibly pertain, 300. The " Galway 

 Cicadae " (Saratoga county), a newspaper story, 301 . An undecided 

 question, perhaps to be settled hereafter, 301. Is there a New 

 York thirteen-year brood to which the Tivoli examples may 

 belong? 301. Mr. Clarkson's views upon the present occurrence 

 of the insect, 301.. 



BRIEF NOTES ON VARIOUS INSECTS 302 



OcNERiA DisPAB, the Gypsy Moth 302 



Criticism on figures of the moth, 302. Its possible introduction in 

 New York through railroads, 302. The New York World on its 



