INDEX. 
Lye, various applications of, for destroying 
Seale-insects, 5 
Lytta, a species of, injuring the potato, 37. 
on beans, 36 
M. 
Macrosila cingulata ys. sweet potato, 37 
quinquangulata vs. tomato, 37 
Mamestra picta injuring cabbage, 37 
Maranta aurundinacea, 31 
Metapodius femoratus, 36 
on artichoke, 36 
Milk and soaps in emulsions, 33 
condensed in emulsions, 32, 33 
used with kerosene in making emulsions, 
6: 13, 32, 42 
Misumena vatia on cotton, 40 
Mite, larvee of Aletia infested with, 45 
Mock-orange, decoction of, 51 
Mulberry, insects injuring, 36 
leaf-mining larva on, 36 
leaf-rolling larva on, 36 
Murvite, conditions necessary for its greatest effi- 
cacy, 22 
cost of, at Gainesville, 38 
experiments with solutions of, 19, 35 
modes of applying, 19, 20, 21 
solution, effect of upon the Rust mite, 25 
experiments with, notes on, 
25, 33 
not injurious to parasites, 25 
results obtained by the use of, 
25, 26 
Myrmica molesta and cotton aphis, 47, 48 
Mytilaspis citricola, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 3 
gloverii, 10, 11, 12, 19, 26, 27, 29, 30 
how removed, 22 
smut on, 25 
N. 
Native plants experimented with for Cotton 
Worm remedy, 31 
Neal, Dr. J. C., experiments on insects affecting 
the Orange, 35 
general observations on destruct- 
ive insects, 35 
Neal’s mixture, results of experiments with, 10 
Nezara, destroyed by Diogmites, 40 
Nitidulid beetle, attacking injured oranges, 12 
Notolomus basalis, eating orange leaves, 13 
* O. 
Oak, geometer larvie on, 36 
Oiketicus. girdling orange twigs 36 
Orange, coleopterous borer in, 9 
colored Reduyius, 13 
Dog, the 37 
effects of blue-stone on LO 
fruit of, perforated by Lepidopterous 
larve, 12 
injured fruit of, attacked by a Nitidulid, 
12 
insects affecting the, 36 
leaves eaten by locusts, 15 
Lecanium seales on, 11 
61 
Orange, the Red Bug an enemy of, 14,38 
trees injured by the web-worm, 36 
twigs girdled by Oiketicus 36 
Oxyope viridans on cotton, 40 
Pp. 
Palma Christi, the, in cotton-fields, 41 
Papilio cresphontes laryv:e on orange, 36 
plum, 36 
Parasites of Cotton Worm, abundance of, 40 
uninjured by muryite 
solutions, 25 
Parasitized Cotton Worms, how distinguished, 41 
Paris green, proportions of, for destroying Cotton 
Worms, 50 
-arlatoria, fungus on, 25 
Parlatoria pergandii, experiments on, 20, 25, 26 
how removed, 22 
Peach trees injured by A®geria exitiosa, 36 
Peanut injured by Eudamus, 37 
Pear, leaf-folder injuring, 35 
Persimmon, Dactylopius on, 36 
Pieris, the European, early appearance of, 53 
Pimpla conquisitor vs. Cotton Worms, 41, 50 
Pines injured by Buprestis larva, 36 
Pine, Lophyrus on, 36 
Plum injured by Papilio cresphontes, 36 
Plusia brassicce, cabbage injured by, 37 
Podisus destroyed by Diogmites, 40 
Polistes, three species of, preying upon Aletia 
larvee, 40 
Pomolo-citron roots, insects infesting, 36 
Potato injured by a species of Lytta, 37 
Prodenia larva on sweet potato, 13 
Proctocanthus milberti, 40 
Prunus caroliniana, decoction of, 51 
Pteris aquilina, emulsion of, 31, 42 
Pyrethrum, experiments with, on Cotton Worms, 
51 
experiments with the diluted extract 
of, 9 
water preparation of, 51 
Q. 
Quinee, leaf-folder injuring, 35 
’ , 
R. 
Raphigaster hilaris vs. Boll Worm, 50. 
Red Bug as an enemy of the Orange, 14, 35 
Reduvius on trees infested with Lecanium hes- 
peridum, 13 
the orange-colored, 13 
Rust mite, experiments on, 9, 12, 17. 
destroyed by Cecidomyidous larva, 
11, 18 
infesting tire citron, 11 
infesting the lemon, 11 
signs of presence of, 9 
s. 
Seale-insects, effects of Benham’s mixture upon, 
12 
experiments upon those affecting 
the orange, 19 
how loosened, 22 
loosened by storm, 25 
