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General Index. 



Pear midge, 935. 



Peas: insect attacking ; 



Bruchus ruflmanus, 281, 



scutellaris pisorum = Chinensis, 

 282. 

 Pea-weevil, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 280. 

 Peck, Prof. C. H., insects from, 355, 384. 

 Pentatomidee, 238. 

 Periodical Cicada, 218, 296-301. 

 Periplanata orientalis, 325. 

 Perophora Melsheimerii, 381. 

 perpolita, Agrotis, 375. 

 PersietB, Lecanium, 379, 380. 

 Persius, Nisoniades, 375. 

 persplcua, Datana, 381. 

 Pest of the Carriage Trimming Shop, 311. 

 PhaiJton, Melitasa, 219. 

 Phaseoli, Bruchus, 263. 

 Philadelphia, Odynerus, 229. 

 Phloeotribus liminaris, 352, 361. 

 Phobetron pithecium. 381. 

 Phorodon humuli, 331, 335. 

 Phyllophaga pilosieoUis [ = LachnOsterna 



tristis], 369. 

 Phylloptera oblongifolia, 369. 

 Phylloxera vastatrix. 371(2). 

 Phymata erosa, 371. 



afflniS, 242, 245. 246. 

 Phytomyza chrysanthemi, 242-246. 



diminuta, 243. 



lateralis, 242, 244. 



nigricornls, 242. 



solita, 243. 

 PhytomyzidaB, 242. 

 phytonomi, Entomophthora, 315. 

 Phytonomus punctatus, 315. 

 Phytoptus pyri, 365. 

 piceus, Attagenus, 382. 

 Pierce, G. F., insects from, 320. 

 Pieris caterpillar killed by a fungus, 316. 

 Pierip oleracea, 219. 



rapte, 219, 335. 

 Pigs for eating infected fruits, 290. 

 Pine insect: 



Chionaspis pinlfolias, 366, 384. 



Pinipestis Zimmermani, 373. 



Thrips, sp., 384. 

 pinifoliaB, Chionaspis, 366, 384. 

 pisi. Bruchus = pisorum, 263. 

 pisorum, Bruchus, 268, 280, 286. 

 pithecium, Phobetron, 381. 

 plagiatus, Cossus, 375. 

 Plant-lice, 217, 345. 



Plant-lice killed by Phymota erosa, 371. 

 Plaster of Paris for insect attack, 336. 

 Plattsburgh Morning Telegram cited, 234, 



358. 



Plowing under locusts, 339. 

 Plum curculio, 288-290, 343, 374. 

 Plum-gouger, 293. 

 Plum: insect attacking; 



Conotrachelus nenuphar, 289. 



Plum : insect attacking, ( Continued) : 



Tmetocera ocellana, 306, 355. 



Xyleborus dispar, 350. 

 Podisus cynicus, 356, 361. 

 Podisus modestus, 353. 

 Podisus sp., 361. 

 Podura aqiuatica, 374. 

 PoduridsB in a cistern, 374. 

 Poisoning insects, 359. 

 Poisonous bite of Cermatla, 327. 

 polita, Mesograpta, 233. 

 pomifoliella, Bucculatrix, 216, 354, 359, 368. 



387. 

 pomonella. Carpocapsa, 3lo. 

 Pomroy, Norman, on pear-blight beetle, 



348. 

 Popenoe, Prof. E. A., on bean-weevil, 255, 



260, 264, 265. 266, 270. 

 Poplar insect: 



Cladius viminalis, 223, 224. 



Cossus Centerensis, 373. 



(Ecanthus niveus, 384. 

 Poplar saw-fly, 223. 

 Popular Gardening cited, 361(6). 

 Popular Science Monthly cited, 247. 

 Popular Science News cited. 304, 308. 

 Potato insect: 



Coptocycla aurlchalcea, 376. 



Coptocycla guttata, 369. 



Epicanta vittata, 376. 



Gortyna nitala, 377. 

 Powell, George T., galls from, 382. 



insects from, 383. 

 Practical Entomologist cited, 288, 295. 

 Prairie Farmer cited. 321. 

 pratensis, Bryobia, 321-324, 365. 

 Praying mantis. 357. 

 Precursors in Cicada broods, 299. 

 pretiosa, Catocala, 375. 

 Preventives of apple-tree borer, 313. 



chinch-bug, 332. 



cow- horn fly, 332. 



grapevine flea- beetle, 332. 



locust-tree borer, 363. 



peach-tree borer, 374. 



plumb curculio, 290, 346. 



striped cucumber beetle, 368. 

 Preventives of insect attack: 



breaking up hybernating quarters, 332. 



brine lime wash, 332. 



carbolized plaster, 346. 



dusting foliage, 289. 



excluding by netting, 368. 



gas-tar water, 290. 



ground bone dust, 368. 



heavy rains, 332. 



lime-dust, 289. 



lime-wash, 289, 332. 



mounding about base of trees, 374. 



oil application, 333. 



plaster of Paris, 346. 



soap and carbolic acid, 363. 



