General Index. 



399 



Preventives of insect attack — ( Continued) : 

 strong odors, 289. 

 wrapping tree-trunks, 313. 

 Proceedings of Academy of Natural 



Sciences of Phiiladelphia, cited, 255. 

 Proceedings of American Philosophical 



Society cited, 228. 

 Proceedings of California Academy of 



Science cited, 225. 

 Proceedings of American Entomological 



Society cited, 225. 

 Proceedings of Entomological Society of 



Washington cited, 217(3), 296(2), 297, 317. 

 Proceedings of Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Society cited, 342, 358. 

 Procris Americana, 379. 

 prodromus, Aphodius, 312. 

 Progress in economic entomology, 342. 

 Progress in insect studies, 337. 

 proliflca Chloropisca, 216. 234-241. 358, 359, 



382. 

 Prolific Chlorops, 234 241. 

 Propagation of contagious diseases of 



insects, 341. 

 pseudargiolus, Lycsena, 375. 

 Psoroptes equi, 362. 

 Psyche cited, 225(2), 256, 279, 818, 380. 

 Psyllidic? infesting maples, 367. 

 Ptyelus lineatus, 383. 

 Pteromalinfe, 307. 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 384. 

 punctata, Diabrotica, 315. 

 punctatus Phytonimus, 315. 

 Punky of the Adirondacks, 364. 

 Purchasi, Icerya, 340. 

 pygmeus, Cephus, 334. 

 Pyrameis cardui eaten by Pyrrharctia 



Isabella, 228. 

 Pyrethrum powder, 236, 290. 

 Pyrethrum water for insect attack, 315, 344, 



3fi0. 

 pyri, Phytoptus, 365. 

 pyri, Xyleborus, 348, 370. 

 pyrivora, Diplosis, 335. 

 Pyrrharctia Californica = Isabella, 225 228_ 



368. 



a. 



auerciperda, Cossus, 220, 375. 

 Quince : insect feeding on ; 



Thyridopteryx ephemeraaformis, 306. 



Limouius confusus, 351, 361. 



Saperda Candida, 314. 

 Quince on Crata3gus stock proof against 



apple-tree borer, 314. 

 auin(iuemaculata. Sphinx, 379. 



B. 



Raeder, Frank N., insects from, 383. 

 Randall, J. M., on jarring for curculio, 294. 

 Ransom & Son, W. H.. insects from, 382. 



RanunculaceEe mined by Phytomyza 



afflnis, 246. 

 rapte, Pieris, 219, 335. 

 Raspberry cane-borer, 369. 

 Raspberry insect 



Limonius auripilis, 351. 



Oberea bimaculata, 369. 

 Rathbone, A. B., insects from, 382. 

 Rathvon Dr. S. S., cited, 255, 257. 279. 



on Cermatia forceps, 325, 326. 



on the rhinoceros beetle, 253. 

 Rat-tail larvaj. 363. 

 Red mites, 323, 365, 

 Red spider, 324. 

 Relnecke [Ottomar] cited, 285. 

 Reinecke and Zeseh's List of Coleoptera 



in the vicinity of Buffalo, cited, 285. 

 Reitter's Catalogus Coleoptorum Europse, 



etc., cited, 256, 279. 

 Remedies for insect attacks ; 



alkaline solutions, 344. 



arsenical spraying, 216, 290-293, 807, 336, 

 353, 355, 360, 361, 363, 368. 



attracting to vinegar and molasses, 363. 



balloon hopper-dozer collecting, 336. 



benzine, 364. 



bisulphide of carbon, 276. 277. 365, 367. 



burning infested stock, 301, 363, 367. 



burning stubble, 339. 



burning rubbish, 353, 365. 



carbolic acid, 357. 



coal ashes, 344. 



cold water, 285. 



cold water spraying, 344, 360. 



crushing larvte, 363. 364, 379. 



curculio-catcher, 294. 



cutting out the larva?, 363. 



hand-picking, 246, 311, 379. 



heat, 275. 



hellebore powder, 352. 



hopper-dozer collecting, 338. 



hot water, 241, 374. 



jarring from tree, 289, 294. 



kerosene, 276, 351, 352, 354, 355, 364. 



kerosene emulsion, 318, 360(2). 



lime, 333, 352, 372. 



lime-water. 366. 



London purple poisoning. 339. 



nitrate of soda for slugs. 366. 



Paris green and flour, 351. 



paving or flagging under trees. 290. 



pigs to eat infested fruit. 290. 



planting fruit trees over water. 290. 



plaster of Paris. 333. 



plowing under. 339. 



propagation of contagious diseases. 341. 



pyrethrum powder. 236. 290. 



pyrethrum water. 315. 344, 360. 



soap-suds, 372. 



sulphur, 365. 



sweetened water In bottles, 289. 



tobacco water. 344. 372. 



