60 
Cotton Worms, real influence of ants upon, 47 
report upon, by Lawrence John- 
son, 53 
Zamia solution on, 40 
Cow-pea, insects injuring, 37. 
Crematogaster lineolata eating pear leaves, 35 
Crickets injuring cotton, 44 
Crucifere insects injuring, 37 
Cueumber, insects injuring, 37, 53 
D. 
Diabrotica, Pyrethrum most effectual against, 53 
the striped, on cucumbers and mel- 
ons, 53 
Dactylopius, on Persimmon, 36 
Dragon fly attacked by an Asilid, 40 
Dysdercus suturellus, 14, 39 
E 
us 
Eggs of Aletia eaten by ants, 49 
Elaphidion inerme, larva of, boring in orange, 9 
Emulsions, effects of upon the cotton plant, 42 
effects of upon the laryze of Aletia, 42 
kinds and cost, 32 
of certain native plants, experiments 
with, 31 
Epeira fera on cotton, 40 
Epicauta strigosa on cotton flower, 4 
Eriobotrya japonica, Leaf-folder on, 
Eudamus, injuring the bean, 36 
peanut, 37 
Euonymus, decoction of bark of, 51 
Eupatorium perfoliatum, decoction of, 51 
Euphoria melancholica injuring orange trees, 10 
5 
i) 
FE. 
Fungus on Parlatoria and Mytilaspis, 25 
smut, where found, 13 
Gasteracantha, species on cotton, 40 
Geometer larvee on Oak, 36 
H. 
Harlequin bugs, effects of kerosene emulsions 
upon, 53 
pyrethrum upon, 53 
mode of warring against, 54 
Heliothids, notes in reference to, 57 
Heliothis armigera, 50 
food plants of, 57 
injuring corn, 37 
broom-ecorn, 37 
sorghum, 37 
cotton bolls, 44 
Hemerobius, larva of, eating Lecanium, 13 
Hibiscus eseulentus, emulsion of, 3 
Hogs, as destroyers of certain insects, 538. 
Hominy scale, 26 
Hubbard, H. G., miscellaneous notes on orange 
insects by, 9 
report by, on the use of kero- 
sene emulsions, 6 
Hubbard’s formula, 33 
INDEX 
Ie 
Invasion of Cotton Worm, 44 
ay 
Jatropha manihot, decoction of, 31 
Johnson, Judge Lawrence, Report of, 53-7 
Jute has no effect on Cotton Worm, 41 
UG 
Kerosene and whale-oil soap emulsions, esti- 
mate of cost, 18 
Kerosene, how best combined, 32 
emulsion, application to cabbage, 53 
emulsions compared with arsenious 
poisons for Cotton Worm, 
55 
effect of, in 
weather, 17 
effect of, upon cucumber 
eold, damp 
and melon vines, 53 
experiments with, 
Cotton Worm, 55 
experiments with,on pur- 
ple seale, 17 
notice of the use of, in de- 
stroying insects, 5 
on cotton, 41 
on roots of orange, 6 » 
preparation of, 53 
reference to, 5, 18, 17 
results of experiments with, 
in California, 5, 6 
uses of, in destroying Scale- 
insects, 6 
upon 
L. 
Laphria thoracica vs. Cotton Worm, 40 
Larve destroyed by ants, 38 : 
Leaf-folder injuring apple, 35 
the pear, 35 
the quince, 35 
Leaf-mining larva on mulberry, 36 
Lecanium destroyed by Chrysopa larva, 13 
larva of Hemerobius, 13 
hesperidum, 13, 19, 3 
persicee, 36 
scales of, how loosened, 22 
on orange, LL 
Lemon, infested with rust mite, 11 
insects damaging, 36 
Lepidopterous larva, rind of oranges perforated 
by, 12 
Leptoglossus 
stems, 36 
Lime, insects injuring, 36 
Lizzards in cotton-fields, 40 
phyllopus puncturing orange 
Locusts feeding upon orange leaves, 13 
Loggerhead shrike as a Cotton Worm destroy- 
er, 40 
London purple for destroying Cotton Worms, 51 
Long scale, effects of Neal’s mixture upon, 11 
Laphygma, reference to work of, 58 
Lophyrus on pine, 36 
Lye, applications of, 5 
concentrated solutions of, 7 
effects of, on orange, 10 
potash, experiments with, 7 
