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[from Harris], p. 60. k. The Strength of Insects [review of and com- 

 ments upon Plateau's experiments, p. 64. /. Utilizing the Grasshoppers 

 [as food for animals], p. 68. m. Grass Planted by Grasshoppers, p. 81. 

 n. The Currant and Raspberry Moths [descrii^tion and figures of pupa of 

 Abraxas grossularia and of Lamproiiia capitella, two English moths], p. 115. 

 0. The Colorado Potato Beetle [various plants eaten by it], p. 116. p. The 

 Chemical Fire-Fly [object and production of light of fire-fly], p. 121. q. 

 Flies in a coffin sealed 15 years, p. 123. r. The Grasshopper Plague [lux- 

 uriant growth of grass after gi-asshopper invasion] (G. P. Zaleski), p. 132. 

 .<!. The Cobweb Apple Moth [figui-es Hyponomeuta, an English species, and 

 its web] (from The Garden)^ p. 135. t. Are Potato Bugs Poisonous? [notes 

 on the paper cited in Rec, No. 587], p. 153. u. A Pro^josed Insect Com- 

 mission [recommendation of Amer. Assoc. Advanc. Sci.], p. 153. v. 

 Locusts as Food [note on the paper cited in Rec, No. 584], p. 153. w. 

 Excommunicated Insects [theology against insect plagues], p. 166. x. In- 

 ternal Parasites of the House FIj' [trom Nature'], p. 241. y. Education of 

 the Flea, p. 370. z. What flies do [tiiey do not eat animalcules], p. 388. 



*^ 863. The Sci. Amer., vol. xxxiv, contains the following. 



a. A Neglected Industry. — Bee Culture, p. 81. h. A New Insecticide 

 [camphor in methylated spirits for killing insects on house plants], p. 134. 

 c. The Extermination of the Phylloxera by Alkaline Sulpho-carbonates, 

 p. 135, fig. (/. The Secret of Educating Fleas, p. 136. e. Insects added 

 to American Museum, New York, p. 136. f. A New Utilization of the 

 Grasshoppers [by crushing and using them for sardine bait], p. 143. g. 

 AVasps [on Vespa maculata and Spliex ichneumonea: extract from an article 

 by Prof A. J. Cook in Annual Register of Rural Affairs, for 1876], p. 146. 

 k. Electricity as an Aid to Hatching Silk-Worms, p. 271. /. Improve<l 

 Insect-destroyijig Compound, p. 29 7. j. Two Bee Questions Answered, 

 p. 311. k. The Grasshopper Scourge of 1876. p. 321. /. Do Bees i\lake 

 Honey? (by II. L. Eades), p. 388. m. The Grasshopper Pest (by J. F. 

 Dunwoody), p. 388. 7i. Moths, p. 404. o. Exterminating Bedbugs, p. 

 405. p. The Mygales — Door Building Spiders, p. 407, fig. 



*i 864. The Sci. Amer., vol. xxxv, contains the following. 



a. The Farmer's Foes [Colorado potato beetles and grasshoppers, and 

 means against them], p. 3. b. The Scorpions of Egypt [describes contest 

 between a mouse and a scorpion] (by F. Biickhind), p. 7, fig. c. The Lo- 

 cust Pest [effect of water and cold on the eggs of Calopteiius spretus] (by 

 C. V. Riley), p. 9. d. Various Species of Ant Lions, p. 39, fig. e. Elec- 

 troplating of Leaves, Insects, etc., pp. 47, 341. /. Facts about Potato 

 Beetles (from S. R. M., in Scientific Farmer), p. 63. g. A Few more 

 Words About Locusts, p. 84. h. Some Well Known British Moths [brief 

 description of a lew Sphingidae referred to an accompanying figure on 

 which are represented British species of Argynnis only; the figure is 

 labelled " British Moths "], p. 87. i. Potato Bug Sailors [on sea weed]^ 

 p. 91. j. Kdling Entomological Specimens [with ether], p. 91. k. New 



1 Hec'ord uiade liv Mr. Geoi'E;e Diiiimock. 



