136 



Field and Forest, v. 3. 



[habits of a Mygale; its battle with a toad], p. 129-130. r. Death trap 

 to bees [bees die wedged in the corglla-tube of Tritoina, in England,] p. 

 132. s. Decortication as a remedy for the Phylloxera, p. 132. t. Winter 

 butterflies \_Melilaea phaeton flying 25 Dec. in Texas ; fruit of Quercus 

 ohtusiloba destroyed by Balaninus], p. 132. u. Method of arrangement of 

 the collection illustrating economic entomology sent by the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture to the Paris Exhibition, p. 133. v. Notice of the 

 forthcoming re])oi't of the U. S. Entomological Commission, p. 133. 



* 947. C: R. Dodge. Collecting nets for insects, p. 4- 

 8, fig. 1-6. (July, 1877.] 



Descriptions and figures of various nets. 



* 948. Ja: S. Johnson. Response to " Good words." p. 

 31-32. [Sept., 1877.] 



Description of a collecting net which can be carried in a pocket ; of a 

 gig for moths; of the way to kill large-bodied moths. 



* 949. Nature. The subject of insect warefare in Great 

 Britain, p. 32-35. [Sept., 1877.] 



Minutes of a conference of British agriculturists ; paper by Mr. Andr: Mur- 

 ray; besides occasional great injuries insects cause a continual drain of 

 agricultural products; cooperative measures against insects, especially in 

 the rotation of crops, are necessary ; the general government must secure 

 the needed cooperation. 



* 950. M. E. Banning. Notes on the fungi of Maryland, 

 p. 42-47. [Oct., 1877.] 



Growth of fungi upon insects. 



* 951. W. L. Carpenter. Lepidoptera of Big Horn 

 Mountains, p. 48. [Oct., 1877.] 



List of 3 7 spf). of butterflies collected in Big Horn Mts., Dakota; de- 

 scription (by W: H. Edwards) of Thecla sheridonii n. sp. 



* 952. N. Coleman. Insect longevity, p. 53-54. [Oct., 

 1877.] 



The larva of a cnpricorn beetle living in a lath fourteen years. 



* 953. Rev. A. Lakes. Predatory flies, p. 54-55. [Oct., 

 1877.] 



A Pompilid wasp carrying and burying a caterpillar. 



* 954. H. A. Hagen. Lead boring insects, p. 55. [Oct., 

 1877.] 



Notice of article cited in Rec, no. 944. Citation of previous writings 

 upon the subject. 



Nos. 45-46 were issued June 14, 1878. 



