are 
’ ve 
TN, Ore, 
A. 
Acrobasis nebulo in Florida, 35 
JHgeria exitiosa, peach tree injured by, 36 
Argiope fasciata, on cotton, 40 
Agrotis annexa, on cotton, 44 
A grotis larve, injuring cotton, 44 
sorghum, 37 
tomato, 37 
Aletia eggs eaten by ants, 48 
experiments on, 49 
habits of, reference to, 55 
larvee, destroyed by Asilus flies, 40 
destroyed by Polistes, 40 
destroyed by Tree-frog, 40 
destroyed by Vespa, 40 
effects of emulsions upon, 42 
injured by mites, 45 
two species of Sphex preying upon, 
40 
pup and eggs destroyed by frost, 
38 
pupe of, how affected by kerosene emul- 
sions, 56 
xylina, 47, 48 
Anisoscelis albicinctus, puncturing orange, 36, 
40, 45 
Ant, eating holes in orange leaves, 11 
feeding on exuding gum, 10 
injuring roots of the banana, &c., 35 
species of, nesting in gallery made by larva 
of Elaphidion inerme, 9 
the small yellow, in houses, 38 
Ants, attending Aphides, 47 
feeding on Aletia eggs, 48 
species of, on cotton, beneficial, 40 
Aphides, on cotton, 47 
Aphis, on cabbage, 37 
melons, 44 
orange, 11,17 
peach, 36 
Apple, leaf-folder injuring, 35 
Artichoke, insects injuring, 36 
Metapodius on, 36 
Asilid fly attacking a dragon-fly, 40 
flies, three species of, destroying larvie 
of Aletia, 40 
Attus audax on cotton, 40 
B. 
Batrachedra rileyi in cotton-bolls, 44 
Bean, a species of weevil injurious to, 36 
injured by Eudamus, 36 
insects injuring, 36, 37 ’ 
Seirarctia larva on, 36 
| Benham’s mixture, supposed composition of, 12 
effects of, upon scale, 12 
Blue-stone, effects of, on orange, 10 
Boll Worm, 50, 57 
Boneset, decoction of, 51 
Borer, coleopterous, in orange, 9 
Bran-scale, 10 
effect of Neal’s mixture on, 11 
mode of spreading, 11 
where found, 11 
Brooks, Mr. J. M., some views of, on Boll Worm, 58 
Broom-corn injured by a weevil, 37 
injured by Heliothis, 37 
insects injuring, 37 
Buprestis larva, injuring pines, 36 
C. 
Cabbage injured by Mamestra picta, 37 
Plusia brassice, 37 
insects injuring, 37 
Candytufts, Diabrotica, injurious to, 53 
Carpophilus ferruginous attacking injured fruit, 
13 
Cecidomyidous maggots feeding upon the Rust- 
mite, 11, 13 
Cerambycid, unknown, on grape vine, 35 
Cercis canandesis and Penstemon, food-plants of 
Heliothis, 57 
Ceroplastes floridensis, 19 
how destroyed, 25 
how removed, 22 
Chapin, Mr. S. F., reference to report by, in Pacific 
Rural Press, 5 
China berries, decoction of, 51 
Chufa, roots injured by termites, 37 
Chrysopa larva, feeding upon lecanium, 13 
Citron, infested with Rust-mite, 11 
Coleopterous borer in orange, 9 
Corn injured by a weevil, 37 
by Heliothis, 37 
insects injuring, 37 
Cotton-bolls injured by Heliothis, 44 
fields, the Palma Christi in, 41 
injured by crickets, 44 
Louse (Aphis), 47 
planter, when to begin his vigilance, 55 
spiders on, 40 
stainer, 39, 44 ' 
Worms, destroyed by parasites, 50 
invasions of, 44 
none until August, 54 
observations and experiments 
upon, 38-45 
paradise of, 57 
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