CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 The Southerx Grain Louse {Toxoptem gramimim Rond. ) (illustrated). 



Theo. Pergande. 7 



Report of ax Investigation of Diseased Cocoanut Palms in Cuba. 



August Busck. 20 



The Palm and Palmetto Weevils (illustrated) F. H. CMtttenden.. 23 



Notes on the Rhinoceros Beetle {Di/nastes titgus 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. . 89 



Killing Destructive Locusts with Fungous Diseases Laurence Bruner . . 50 



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



(abstract) T'. Morachevski .. 61 



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

 The Leaf-Mining Locust Beetle {Odontota dorsalisThnrib.), with Notes on 



Related Species (illustrated) F. H. Chitfende7i.. 70 



General Notes 90 



On the Erroneous Belief that Common Native Insects are Introduced from 

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

 Moth in America (p. 90); Estimated Loss Occasioned by the Varie- 

 gated Cutworm in 1900 (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. 104) ; The Gage Bug (p. 104); 

 The Probability of the Occurrence of the INIexican 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 {Amphicerud hicaudatus Say ) Injuring Honey 

 Locust (p. 108); The Pear-blight Beetle 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 Cater- 

 pillar {Clisiocampa americana Harr. ) (p. 109); Parasites of the Plum 

 Curculio (p. 109); Note on Pogonomyrmex barbatus, one of the Agricul- 

 tural 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 Medicine (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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