CONTENTS. 



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The Southern Grain Louse {Toxoptera graminum Rond. ) (illustrated). 



Theo. Pergande. 7 



Report of an Investkjation of Diseased Cocoanut Palms in Cuba. 



August Busck. 20 



The Palm and Palmetto Weevils (illustrated) F. II. Chitttenden.. 23 



Notes on the Rhinoceros Beetle [Dynastes tityus Linn.) (illustrated). 



F. H. Chittenden. 28 

 Notes on Enemies of Mushrooms, and on Experiments with Remedies. 



August Busck. 32 



Notes on Colorado Insects A. N. Caudell. . 35 



Grasshopper Notes for 1901 Laurence Bruner. . 39 



Killing Destructive Locusts with Fungous Diseases ...Lawrence Bruner.. 50 

 The Conflict of the Russian Zyemstvos with the Enemies of Agriculture, 



(abstract) T'. Moraclievski . . 61 



The Tobacco Stalk Weevil {Trichobaris mucorea 'Lec.)...F. H. Chittenden.. 66 

 The Leaf-Mining Locust Beetle {Odontota dorsalis Thxxub.) with Notes on 



Related Species (illustrated) ' F. II. Chittenden. . 70 



General Notes 90 



On the Erroneous Belief that Common Native Insects are Introduced from 

 Abroad in Seed (p. 90) ; Cajjture and Possible Introduction of the Nun 

 Moth in America (p. 90); Estimate of Losses Occasioned by the Varie- 

 gated Cutworm in 1901 (p. 91); Occurrence of the Mediterranean Flour 

 Moth in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (p. 92); The Angoumois 

 Grain Moth in 1901 (p. 93) ; Recent injury by the Cigarette Beetle (p. 

 94); Injurious Occurrence of an Exotic Dermestid in the United States 

 (p. 96); Some Blister Beetles Injurious to Fruit Trees (p. 97); Notes on 

 Vine-chafers (p. 99); The Colorado Potato Beetle in the South (p. 100) ; 

 The Rice Weevil an Important Factor in the Failure of Germination of 

 Corn in the South (p. 101); The Sandwich Islands Sugar Cane Borer 

 Again (p. 102) ; Umbrella Ants in Cuba (p. 103) ; The Gage Bug (p. 104) ; 

 The Probability of the Occurrence of the Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil 

 in Brazil (p. 105); The St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer (p. 106) ; Stoppage of 

 Electric Lights by Insects (p. 107) ; A Variety of Wheat Said to be 

 Immune from Hessian Fly (p. 107) ; A Western Cricket in Oregon 

 (p. 107). 



Notes from Correspondence 108 



Tobacco for Mushroom Fumigation (p. 108) ; Insect Injury in Texas (p. 108) ; 

 The Apple Twig Borer {Amphkerus bicaudatus Say) Injuring Honej" 

 ■Locust (p. 108); The Pear Blight in the Pacific Region (p. 108); Peculiar 

 Larval Habits of a Leaf-beetle Affecting Prickly Ash (p. 108); Blister 

 Beetles Attracted to Lights (p. 109); Parasites of the Tent Caterpillar 

 (p. 109); Parasites of the Plum Curculio (p. 109); 'Note on Pogoyiomyr- 

 mex barbatus, one of the Agricultural Ants of Texas (p. 109) ; A Cimbex 

 in British Burma (p. 109); the Ox Warble in Mississippi (p. 109); 

 Christian Science for Cattle (p. 109); Scavenger Flies as a Creamery 

 Pest (p. 109); Notes on Kissing Bugs (p. 109); Tobacco as a Remedy 

 for Grape Leaf -hoppers (p. 110); The Use of Harvest Spiders in Medi- 

 cine (p. 110); Negro Superstition in Regard to Stinging Ants (p. 110); 

 Successful Infection of a Wireworm with Cordyceps Fungus (p. 110); 

 Cutworm Injury to Ginseng (p. 110) ; The Unicorn Worm in a New Role 



(p. 110). 



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