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INDEX. 



Bombax malaharicum, Tanymecus 



on, in India, 439. 

 Boinbiis terresiris, attacking bees in 



Eussia, 199. 

 Bomhyx diego (see Hypsoides). 

 Bombyx mori (Mulberry Silkworm), 

 in Egypt, 264 ; parasitised by 

 Tricolyga sorbillans in India, 126 ; 

 in Madagascar, 78 ; experiments 

 in the effect of chemicals on, 334 ; 

 attempts to rear, on plants other 

 than mtdberry, 353 ; (see Seri- 

 culture and Silkworms). 

 Bombyx pini (see DendroUmus). 

 Bombyx radama (see Hypsoides). 



Bondia nigella, sp. n., on plum roots 

 in Australia, 320. 



Bonin, Ehabdocnemis obscurus prob- 

 ably introduced into, from Hawaii, 

 53.^ 



Borax, in bait for Iridomyrmex 

 hti7nilis, 98. 



Bordeaux Mixture, against Aphids 

 andCoccids, 39, 138, 312 ; against 

 fungi, 14, 71, 193 ; against Ho- 

 mona coffearia, 395 ; against 

 mites, 577 ; against orchard 

 pests, 107, 177, 185, 186, 230, 250, 

 344, 369, 370, 372, 381, 383, 403, 

 441 ; against potato pests, 141 ; 

 a2;ainst thrips, 171 ; against vege- 

 table pests, 80, 134, 322, 337, 354, 

 364, 370, 371, 381, 388 ; against 

 vine moths, 32, 352, 389, 390, 485, 

 508 ; toxic value of, 347 ; and 

 lime, not preventing oviposition 

 of Tibicen septemdeeim, 206 ; and 

 lead arsenate, 14, 134, 185, 186, 

 230, 250, 305, 337, 364, 370, 381, 

 383, 429, 485, 527 ; and Paris 

 green, 250, 337, 441 ; and tobacco 

 extracts, 32, 171, 290, 351 ; acid 

 and alkaline, relative efficacy of, 

 as fimgicides, 193 ; formiilae for, 

 14, 39, 83, 134, 138, 161, 177, 230, 

 250, 337, 351, 364, 371, 508, 527. 



borealis, Dendroctonus ; Epilachna ; 

 Pemphigus. 



Borkhausenia minvtella (Tinea zea- 

 ella), a supposed pest of maize, 

 159 ; synonymy of, 159 (note). 



Borneo, insect pests of bananas and 

 palms in, 54 ; lignicolous beetles 

 from, 129. 



Bornetina corium, associated with 

 Pseudococcus vitis on vines in 

 Palestine, 376. 



Borocera madagascariensis, food- 

 plants of, in Madagascar, 78. 



Bosnia, Iridonlyrmex humilis in, 

 97. 



BostrycJius bicolor (see TapJirorJiyn- 

 chus). 



Bostrychus capucinus, infesting tim- 

 ber in Europe, 280, 281. 



Bothynoderes punctiventris, on beet 

 in Eussia, 199. 



botrana, Polychrosis (Eudemis). 



Botryonopa sanguinea, on coconuts 

 in Dutch East Indies, 418. 



Botrytis, infesting vine moths in 

 Italy, 32 ; infesting Brachartona 

 catoxantha in Malaya, 521. 



Botrytis necans, infesting Brachar- 

 tona catoxaMha in Java, 419. 



Botrytis rileyi, infesting Anticarsia 

 gemmatalis in U.S.A., 114. 



Botrytis tenella, ineffective against 

 Melolontha in Germany, 33. 



Botys nubilalis (see Pyrausta). 



Botys guadripunctalis (see Pyrausta). 



Botys silacealis (see Pyrausta nubi- 

 lalis). 



Botys sticticalis (see Phlyctaenodes). 



boucheanus, Dibrachys. 



Bougainvillea, control of Orthezia 

 insignis on, in Br. Guiana, 170. 



bourbonica, Prenolepis. 



Box (Buxus), Ilonarthropalpus buxi 

 on, in Italy, 180 ; Monarthro- 

 palpus buxi on, in Maryland, 404 ; 

 pests imported into U.S.A. on, 

 182, 219, 229, 267, 269. 



Box-elder (see Acer negundo). 



Box-elder Aphis (see Chaitophorus 

 negundinis). 



Boxwood Leaf-miner (see Monar- 

 throp)alpus buxi). 



Boy Scouts, utilisation of, to destroy 

 Hemerocampa in Ohio, 258. 



boyeri. Pemphigus. 



Brachartona catoxantha, bionomics 

 and control of, on coconuts in 

 East Indies, 418, 443, 521. 



Brachyacantha decempunctata, pre- 

 daceous on scale - insects in 

 Br. Guiana, 503. 



brachycera, Mellesis. 



Brachycolus stellariae, on Stellaria in 

 Britain, 236. 



Brachy glottis, pests intercepted on, 

 in California, 146. 



Brachymena annulata, predaceous 

 on Anticarsia gemmatalis in 

 U.S.A., 114. 



brachyntera, Thecodiplosis. 



Brachystola magna, control of, in 

 U.S.A., 241, 541. 



Brachytrypes, on coffee in Dutch 

 East Indies, 443. 



Bracon, monograph of nearctic 

 species of, 245 ; parasite of Pecti- 

 nophora gossypiella in Brazil, 437. 



Bracon fletcheri, parasite of Carpo- 

 myia vesuviana in India, 51. 



Bracon mellitor (see Microbracon). 



Bracon vulgaris, parasite of Phlyc- 

 taenodes sticticalis in U.S.A., 245. 



bradyi, Helopeltis. 



Bradynema, 543. 



