A. 
-Agrotis inermis injuring smilax, 27 
Ants, inquilinous beetles in nests of, 15 
s several species of, on yucca blossoms, 9 
Army Worm, at Saratoga, 1882, 27 
in Louisiana, 1882, 27 
Artemesia ludoviciana, a sage resembling, 20 
Aughey, Prof. Samuel, notes on C. spretus, 5 
B. 
Bad lands, what composed of, 9 
Baker, I. G., & Co., favors from, 8 
Bee-fly, on sun-flower and thistle, 9 
Broadwater’s Landing, geological 
near, 11 
_ Broom-corn, keeps off C. spretus, 8 
Bruner, Lawrence, letter from, 29 
- reference to report by, 5 
report by, 7-22 
_ Burning possible at Ft. Buford, 10 
formation 
C. 
Caloptenus bivittatus at Bismarck, Dak., 9 
differentialis similar to Melanoplus 
devastator, 11 
larvee of, noticed, 9 
occidentalis at Bismarck, Dak., 9 
pup of, noticed, 9 
spretus, localities collected, 5, 7, 8, 9, 
_* 10 
4 breeding locality of, 7, 11 
possibility of its continued 
Fort Buford, 10 
Camunula atrox, habits of, 15 
_ Chinch Bugs, experiments on, 23 
_ Chipman, Col., post commander, 
= — ‘from, 8 
- Cicada, the Seventeen-year, in N. Y., 31 
_ Cicindela cinctipennis, captured at Ft. Buford, 10 
Circotettix carlingiana collected near Ft. Me- 
Leod, 13 
Clover-leaf Weevil. spread of, 28 
Conder; W. J., letter from, 27 
Cook, A. J., letter from, 32 
- Corn-meal Worm ys. Confectionery, 28 
Correspondence, extracts, from, 27 
Cotyle riparia, nests of, 19 
Cotton Worm, East Indian remedy for, 32 
_ Coulson Steamer Line, favors from, 8 
Curtis, F. D., letter from, 27 
hospitalities 
breeding in the vicinity of | 
TONG Dr eX 2 
D. 
Davis, Mr., statements as to history of Locust in- 
vasions, 17 
E. 
Elaphidion villosum, boring wistaria, 30 
Emulsions of kerosene, used on Chinch Bugs, 23 
Entilia sinuata eating thistle, 29 
Ephestia zeae eating confectionery, 28 
Epicauta callosa, collected at Ft. Buford, Dak. 9 
sericans, collected at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
Extracts from correspondence, 27 
Eufitchia ribearia in Dakota, 9 
F. 
Forbes, Prof. S. A., report of experiments on 
Chinch Bugs, 23 
Forshay, Simon, letter from, 31 
Fort Buford, geological formation near, 11 
Fort McLeod, appearance of country about, 14, 
16, 17, 18, 19 
insect fauna near, 15 
Frost, effects of, upon scale insects, 33 
Fuchsias, Graptodera carinata injuring, 27 
Fungus growth on honey-dew, 30 
G. 
Geometrid larvz on wild gooseberry, 9 
Gladstone, Wm. S., interview with, on Migratory 
Locusts, 17 : 
Gooseberry, wild, Geometrid larve on, 9 
«Government saw-mill, camp located at, 7 
Grain, enormous numbers of beetles in, 32 
Graptodera carinata injuring Fuchsias, 27 
H. 
Hagen, Dr. H. A., information from, 5 
Haltica pallicornis injuring smilax, 27 
Henshaw, Mr. Samuel, information from, 5 
Hippiscus coralipes, collected at Bismarck, Dak. 
9 
Hirundo horreorum, nests of, 19 
Hubbard, H. G., letter from, 31 
i 
Insecticide, a water-proof, 32 
Isosoma tritici in Washington Territory, 30 
K. 
Kerosene emulsions. used on Chinch Bugs, 23 
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