36 
i. 
Lemophleus alternans in stored grain, 32 
Lepidoptera, scarcity of, in Dakota, 9 
Leucania unipuncta in Louisiana, 27 
Locust, Rocky Mountain—see Caloptenus spre- 
tus 
in air, 5, 10 
numerous species of young, noticed at 
Fort Buford, 9 
Roeky Mountain, Is there a 
for? 22 i 
Lonsdale, Edwin, letters from, 27, 28 
Lueas, C., letter from, 32 
Lyons, Rev. J. A., letter from, 30 
remedy 
M. 
Mansfield, G. W., letter from, 29 
Melanoplus devastator, habits of, 11 
Meloidz on blossoms of sunflower and thistle, 9 
Mockett, J. H.,jr.; reference to, 7 
Mytilaspis gloverii, aid of spiders in the spread 
of, 31 
N. 
Northern Pacifie R. R. Co., favors from, 8 
Ps 
Palorus depressus in stored grain, 32 
Parlatoria pergandii, aid of spiders in the spread | 
of, 31 
Petrochelidon lunifrons, nests of, 19 
Pezotettix dodgei, species resembling, 16 
obesa, species resembling, 16 
Phytonomus punctatus, spread of, 28 
Plateau du Coteau du Missouri, 10 
Plurfer, Wm., letter from, 32 - 
Prickly Pear, probable insectivorous habits of, 10 
Pronuba yuccasella at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
Pyrameis huntera at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
R. ‘ 
Read, M. C., letter from, 30 
“ Riley’s Peak,’’ naming of, 12 
Robinson, Lieut., Hospitalities from, 8 
INDEX. 
| Tetranychus telarius, a mite near, 29 
_ Schizoneura imbricator, 30 
| Seorias spongiosa on honey-dew, 30 
| Smilax injured by insects, 27 
Snook, L. D., letter from, 28 
| Spiders, aid of, in spread of seale insects, 30 
| Triodites, species collected in ‘Dakota, 9 
Ss. 
Salix longifolia, Zerene catenaria feeding on, 13 
Sand hills south of the Niobrara, locusts hatched 
in, 5 ) 
Seale insects, aid of spiders in the spread of, 30 
effect of frost upon, 33 hy 
Seventeen-year cicada in New York, 31 
Silk-spinning mite, 29 
Silvanus surinamensis in stored grain, 32 
Sioux City, young locusts reported as hatching 
in vicinity of, 9 
Starner, J. A., letter from, 30 
Stenobothrus, spp. at Bismarck, Dak., 9 
St. P., M. and O. R. R., favors from 8 
Sugar-cane, reported case of, saving crops from 
C. spretus, 8 
Systoechus, sp. found at Ft. Buford, Dak.,9 
aby 
Talbot, D. H., statement by, 8 
Thistle, an insect enemy to, 29 
Tinea ze injuring confectionary, 28 
Treat, Mrs. Mary, letter from, 29 \ 
Ve 
Voyle, Jos., letter from, 33 
W. 
Wheat Isosoma in Washington Territory, 30 
White, Dr. C. A., notice of observations on C. 
spretus, 5 : 
Wickersham, J. W., letter from, 28 
Wistaria-borer, 30 
ie 
Yucea angustifolia, moths on blossoms of, 9 
Z. 
Zerene catenaria, larva of, feeding on Salix lon- 
gifolia, 13 ; 
