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General Index. 



Pissodes strobi, 20, 23. 

 pithecium, Limacodes, 206. 

 Planck, Dr. M. G., galls from, 65, 205. 

 Plant-bug attack on pears, 200. 

 Plant-bugs, 156, 165. 

 Plant-lice, 81, 83, 85, 165, 190, 194. 



eaten by Mantis, 161. 

 Plateau on vision in insects, 180. 

 plota, Sphinx, 137. 

 Plum-curculio, 86, 201. 

 Plum-gouger, 17. 

 Poecilocapsus lineatus, 200(2). 

 Poisoning by insect stings, 51, 52, 53. 

 polygrapha, Corythuca, 109. 

 pometaria, Anisopteryx, 15, 139, 206. 

 pomieorticis, Mytilaspis, 185, 195. 

 Pomologist of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, i-eport of, 191. 

 Pomology, evils attending progress, 183. 



progress in, 183. 

 pomonella, Carpocapsa. 85, 127, 152, 206. 



Trypeta, 174. 

 pomorum, Aspidiotus, 114. 



Mytilaspis, 114-120. 

 Popenoe, Prof., on Leptocaris trivittatus, 

 156, 157, 193. 



on oviposition of Ceresa, 146. 

 oplar saw-fly, 44-46. 



description of larva, 45. 



description of saw-fly, 45. 



double-brooded, 46. 



figures of, 45. 



generic reference, 46. 



larval habits, 44. 



oviposition, 46. 



pupation, 45. 



social habits, 44. 

 Popular Gardening cited, 194. 

 Potato bugs, 142. 

 Potato-stalk weevil, 204. 

 Poultry for insect attack, 203. 

 Powell, George T., insects from, 16, 260. 

 Practical Entomologist cited, 28, 107, 109, 

 114(2), 124. 



notice of, 192. 

 Praedores, number of described species, 



181. 

 Prairie Farmer, mention, 180. 

 Praying Mantis, 160, 193. 

 Prentiss, Prof. A. N., hemlock leaf- miner, 

 from, 59. 



monograph of the hemlock by, 19. 

 Present State of Entomological Science in 

 the United States, 163-172. 



anatomical studies, 166. 



bibliography, 160. 



early studies, 163. 



economic studies, 167. 



embryological studies, 167. 



entomological collections, 169. 



entomological libraries, 170. 



entomological societies, 169. 



entomology in schools, 171. 



Present State of Entomological Science in 

 the United States — ( Continued) : 



histological studies, 107. 



life-histories of insects, 166. 



literature of the science, 165. 



number of described insects, 165. 



palosontological entomology, 170. 



publications by the general govern- 

 ment, 165. 



serial publications, 166. 



Smithsonian Institution publications, 

 165. 



special studies in orders, 164. 



State and national aid, 168. 

 Presidential Address before the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Washington (Riley), 

 mention of, 177. 

 Preventive of broad-striped flea-beetle, 156. 



cabbage maggot, 194. 



cotton beetle (Systena), 198. 



pear blight beetle, 203. 



rose-bug, 198. 



Scolytus, 107. 



ship-timber borer, 195. 

 Preventives of insect attacks : 



air-slacked lime, 198. 



ammoniacal liciuor, 194. 



ashes, 156, 198. 



bark-peeling, 195. 



barn-yard manure, 194. 



burdock decoction, 194. 



carbolic acid and soap wash, 107. 



carbolic acid wash, 107. 



cow-dung, 194. 



creosote, 195. 



dust, 156, 198(2), 199. 



gas-lime, 194. 



hellebore solution, 194. 



killing before egg-laying, 200. 



night-soil, 194. 



repellant washes, 203. 



sand, 156. 



shell-lime, 194. 



soot and water, 194. 



spirits of turpentine, 19. 



submergence, 195. 



tansy decoction, 194. 



tobacco, 103, 194. 

 pretiosa, Trichogramma, 194, 197, 205. 

 Prie-Dieu (Mantis), 160, 162. 

 Prionotus cristatus, 113. 

 Prionus laticollis, 22. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 

 Science of Philadelphia cited, 84, 88, 

 101(2), 109,111, 112, 155(2). 



Albany Institute cited, 151. 



American Philosophical Society cited, 

 103. 



Boston Society of Natui-al History, 93. 



Entomological Society of London cited, 



72. 



Entomological Society of Philadelphia 

 cited, 41, 42(2), 50, 51, 57. 88, 123-4. 



