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CONTENTS. 



Philosamia cynthia, 43 ; spleudidus, 



43 

 Phloeodes demarniana, 199 ; immun- 



dana, 146 

 Phorodesma bajularia, 202, 224, — larva 



(tig.), 801 : pustulata, 222, — larva 



(lig.), 301 ; smaragdaria, 202 

 Photliedes captiuncula, 85 

 Pliotography without shadow, 265 

 I'hotopsis mesillensis, sp. n., 137 

 Plioxopteryx lactana, 72 ; uucaiia, 199 

 Pliycis betulffi, 199 

 Pliyllocrania illudens, 300, 325 

 Phyllodromia gernianica, 142 

 Phytometra £enea, 108 

 Pieris brassicffi, 9, 19, 50, 94, 108, 241, 



324 ; attracted by artificial flowers, 



197; callidice, 209; cheiranthi, 94; 



daplidice, 9 ; melete, 276 ; napi, 19, 



56, 209, 241; rapae, 9, 19, 56, 107, 



209, 241, 266 

 Pigments of Lepidoptera, the probable 



cause and physical nature of the, 51 

 Pionea strameutalis, 74 

 Plagithiuysus from the Hawaiian 



Islands, species of, 21 

 Platetrum depressum, 32, 278, 280 ; 



quadrimaculata, 70 

 Platycleis brachyptera, 28, 76 ; roselii, 



28 

 Platycnemis pennipes, 35, 282 

 Platypezidfe, IJritisli, 221 

 Platy^Jteryx lacertula, 108; uuguicula, 



108 

 Platyptilia tesseradactyla, 74, 84, 86 

 Platysamia ceanothi, 42 ; cecropia, 42 ; 



Columbia, i'i ; gloveri, 42 

 Plebius (Lycajna) :tgon, 275 

 Pleurota pyropella, 22 

 Plusia bractea, 20 ; chrysitis, 67, 110, 



116: festucjE, 67, 110, 273; gamma, 



271 ; iota, 73, 110, 116, 145 ; moneta, 



221, 271, 298, 324; orichalcea, 180; 



pulchrina, 110 

 Poecilocampa populi, 68, 72, 115, 116 

 Poecilochroma ratzeburghiana, 74 

 Polia chi var. olivacea, 22, 68 ; Havi- 



cincta, 95, 326 

 Polygouia c-album var. hutchinsoni, 16 ; 



comma, 172 ; iuterrogatiouis, 172 

 Polyommatus corydon, 274, 275; dis- 



par, 102 ; hippothoe, 80 ; phlceas var. 



eleus, 9 

 Porthesia auriflua, 20 ; (Euproctis) 



chrysorrhcea, 20, 230, 232, 31(j 

 Prays curtisellus, 73, 273 

 Protection of insects, 18, 144, 146, 148, 



150, 198, 229, 232 

 Prothoracic gland of D. vinula, 147 

 Protopassus walkeri, 300 

 Psamotis hyalinalis, 242 ; pulveralis, 



242 

 Psecadia pusiella, 21 



Pseudopanthera bimaculata, 245 ; pe- 



traria, 246 

 Pseudopontia paradoxa, 178 

 Pseudoterj)na pruinata, 129, 250 

 Psilura monacha, 108, 226 

 Psyche cases, 327 

 Pterostoma palpina, 48 

 Ptocheuusa inopella, 273 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis var. occiden- 



talis, 13 • 

 Pycnoscelus indicus, 21, 28 

 Pyralis glaucinalis, 72, 74 

 Pyrisitia proterpia, 2U2 

 Pyrrhosoma minium, 35, 29 (lig.), 149, 



271, 273, 277, 283 ; tenellum, 35, 278, 



283 



Kanatra vicina, 188 

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Farmer and Fruit-grower, and for 



use as a Text-book in Agricultural 



Schools and Colleges,' by John B. 



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