83 
Pine worm, 60. 
Phobetron pithecium, 49, 
Phyllotreta sinuata, 47. 
vittata, 47. 
Phylloxera, experiments with resin compounds 
on, 37. 
Plant lice, 47. 
Plochionus timidus, 50. 
Plum curculio, 47. 
Plusia brassicz attacking beets, 14. 
Potato stalk weevil, 60. 
Proteopteryx spoliana, description of larva and 
adult, 52. 
Psychomorpha epimenis, 55. 
Psylliodes convexior on leaves of beets, 15. 
Purshia tridentata, 42. 
Purslane bug, 16. 
Quercus agrifolia, 42. 
Red scale destructive to citrus trees, 19. 
gas treatment for, 20. 
Red spider, 26. 
Remedies against beet insects, 18. 
Resin compounds on phylloxera, 37. 
wash for San José scale, 27. 
Rhamuous californica, 43. 
Rhus copalina, 49, 
glabra, 49. 
Saddle-back caterpillar, 49, 
San José scale, 26. 
resin wash for, 27. 
Salt and lime wash, 32. 
and sulphur wash, 32. 
wash for scale insects, 31. 
Saturnia io, 49. 
Scale insects, methods for destroying, 19. 
Schizoneura lanigera, 26, 54. 
Selandria cerasi, 60, 
rose, 55. 
Silpha opaca, occurrence in beet fields, 17, 
Silver-top in grass, 58. 
Siphonophora avene, 47, 54. 
cratzgi, 54. 
Siphonophora pisi, 17. 
rose, 56. 
rudbeckiz, 54. 
Snout-beetles attacking beet, 15, 16. 
Sodworm, 58. 
Solanum nigrum, 15. 
Spharagemon equale feeding on sugar-beet, 14. 
Sphinx quinque-maculata, 55. 
Spilosoma isabella injuring beet leaves, 13. 
virginica injuring beet leaves, 13. 
Steganoptycha sp., description of larva, 52. 
description of imago, 53. 
salicicolana, 53. 
Stinging larve, 48, 
Striped flea-beetles, 47. 
Sugar beet culture, suggestions in regard to, 11. 
insects, 11. 
Sulphur wash for scaie insects, 32. 
Systena frontalis, 15. 
teniata var. blanda, 15. 
Tachina flies parasitic on clisiocampa, 43. 
Teniocampa, 43. 
Tetranychus telarius, 26. 
Tomonotus sulphureus, 59. 
Trapezonotus nebulosus, 16. 
Trichobaris trinotatus, 60. 
Trimerotropis latifasciata, 14. 
Trioxys, 48. 
Turf web-worm, 58. : 
Turnus butterfly, 59. 
Vedalia cardinalis, 19. 
Washes for scale insects, 27, 30, 31, 34. 
experiments with, 31. 
Webster, F. M., report by, 63. 
White grubs attacking beet roots, 17, 
pine worm, 60. 
Wickson, E. J., letter, 75. 
Wire-worms on beets, 17. 
Wisteria, 49. 
Woolly Aphis, 26. 
X. O. dust, experiments with, 54, 
Yellow scale, 29. 
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