INDEX. 



227 



Spider-legged Soldier-bug. 



Food-biibits, 78, 191. 

 Lilo-biattiry, 79. 

 Parasite, 79. 

 Spiders transporting Eu8t-iuit«8, 111. 

 Scale-insects, 43. 

 Splitting of fruit, 4. 

 Spotted Mite, 83,210. 



Description, 216. 

 Stenomesius (?) apbidicola, 159. 

 Stinging cateri)illars, 14i/. 



Sulpliatt) of iron as a remedy for Scale-insects, 99. 

 Sulphur as a remedy for llust-mite, 116. 



Scale-insects, 91. 

 Sulpbur-nolored Tortricld, 154. 

 Sulphurated lime as a remedy for Scale-insects, 98. 

 Snli>huric acid as a remedy for Scale-insects, 99. 

 Syrpbus, 7, 181. 

 Syrphus-fly larvas, 181. 



Characteristics, 181. 

 Change of color, 181. 

 Mode of feeding, 181. 

 Number of broods, 181. 

 Rapid development, 181. 

 Transformations, 181. 

 Tachina-fly parasitic on Orange Dog, 130. 

 Tap-root boier.i, 121. 

 Telenoraus, 215. 

 Ternies Uavipes, 122. 

 Termites (see White ants). 

 Tetrastichns, 59, 215. 

 Thick-legged Metapodiua, 162. 

 Egg, 1C3. 



Insectivorous habits, 163. 

 Young bug, 163. 

 Thrips tritici, 1G4. 

 Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, 147. 



Coition of, 214. 

 Tineid, Case-bearing, on Orange, 193. 



larvaj preying on Scale-insects, 69, 77, 7*. 

 The Orange-eating, 178. 

 Scale-eating, 77. 

 Tomocera californica, 55. 

 Tortricidit) injurious to the Orange, 151. 

 Tree cockroach associated with Orange 'Web-'wom, 



15C. 

 Tree-inhabiting ants, 170. 

 Trichogramuia minuta, 153. 

 pretiosa, 153. 

 Trioxys testaccipes, 159. 

 Turtle-back Scale, 14, 48, 61. 



Attended by .ants, 50. 

 Brood periods, 50. 

 Excretion of honey, 50. 

 Food-plants, 52. 

 Full-grown insect, 48. 

 Geographical distribution, 52, 

 Gregarious habits, 49. 

 Injury, 61. 

 Jletaniorphosis, 49. 

 Parasites, 50. 



Turtle-back Scale. 



Young larva, 49. 



Twice-stabbed L.ldybird, 71. 



Habits, 72. 



Larva, 71. 



Pupa, 72. 



Twig-girdler, 128. 



Food-plants, 128, 

 Katur.ll history, 128. 

 Remedies, 129. 

 Typhlodromus oleivorus, 107. 

 Tyroglyphus (7) gloverii, 82. 

 mali, 84, 85. 

 sp., 216. 

 Vase-maker wasp, 187. 

 Cell, 187. 

 Habits, 187. 

 Parasites, 188. 

 Voyle, Jos., on effect of cold on Scale-insocte, 47. 



on Mealy-bug, 197. 

 ■Wax Scale, 56. 



Adult female, 56. 

 Eggs, 57. 

 Food-plants, 58. 

 Geographical distribution, 58. 

 Life-history, 57. 

 Natural checks, 59. 

 Nature of waxy covering, 58. 

 Number of annual broods, 58. 

 Parasites, 59. 

 Young Larva, 57. 

 Waxy Scales (see Lccaninte). 

 Web-m.akers injurious to the Orange, 154. 

 Whale-oil soap as a remedy for Rust-mites, 115. 

 Scale-insects, 95i> 

 Table of experiments with, 202. 

 Wheel-bng, 192. 



Characteristics, 192. 

 Eggs, 192. 

 White ants, 3, 6, 9, 121, 178. 



Found in the fruit, 178. 

 Habits, 121. 

 Injuiies, 122. 



Nature of their g-alleries, 123. 

 Precautionary measures, 123. 

 Remedies, 124. 

 White Scale, 3.^, 56. 



Distribution, 35. 

 Food-plants, 36. 



Number of annual gener.ations, 37. 

 Scales of male and female, 35. 

 Winged male, 35. 

 WOey, Prof. H. W., on reactionB of sulphur oik 



lime, 217. 

 Williston, Dr. S. W., on an Anthomyid fly, 185. 

 Wine Fly of the Orange, 176. 



Life-history, 177. 

 Winter-killed branches, 5. 

 Wood-lice (see Wliite ants). 

 Yellow-banded Ichneumon, 147. 



