INDEX. 
L. 
Lachnosterna tristis, 79. | 
Lecanium, an undescribed species on oak, 84. 
Lockwood, Rey. Samuel, letters from, 84, 90. 
Locusts in Yucatan, 92. 
injuring the cranberry, 30. 
injurious to cotton in Brazil, 65. 
migratory, in New Mexico, 53. 
“native,” of Rocky Mountain region, 56- 
60. 
remedies against depredations by, 31. 
ditching, 53. 
gathering and 
sheets, 53. 
kerosene, 31-53. 
pyrethrum, 31. 
turkeys, 31. 
special food plants of, 58, 59. 
Lophyrus, a species of, injuring pines in Arkan- 
sas, 76. 
Lucas, C., letter from, 88. 
crushing in wagon 
'M. 
Macrocentrus delicatus parasitic upon Teras oxy- 
coccana, 25. 
Mamestra picta, hand-picking a remedy for, 92. 
injuring pea vines, 91, 92. 
Mealy bug, the, 85. 
Melanoplus cinereus, 58. 
devastator, 58. 
Mellichamp, J. H., letter from, 84. 
Menelas, C., letter from, 80. 
Moore, Alfred H., letter from, 88. 
report on Pyrethrum, 95. 
Moseley, W. A., letter from, 76. 
Murvite solution, mode of application, 86. 
a remedy against the mealy 
bug, 86. 
Mytilaspis citricola, 71. 
destroyed by cold, 75. 
gloverii, 71. 
N. 
Neal, Dr. J. C., letter from, 87. 
Newlon, W.S., letter from, 78. 
O. 
(Edipoda aequalis, 30. 
collaris, 30. 
eucerata, 30. 
maritima, 30. 
Orange rust mite, 85. 
tap-root disease, how caused, 86. 
tree injured by Raphigaster hilaris, 81-83. 
Orgyia leucostigma, description, 41. 
injuring the hop, 41. . 
remedies, 41. 
Oxytropis lambertii, 52. 
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Papilio cresphontes destroyed by a species ot Mu. 
Mutilla, 87. | 
destroyed by ‘sugar ants,”’ 87. | 
101 
Paria aterrima injuring strawberries, 88, 89. 
Paris green, 76. 
Parlatoria pergandii, 71. 
Petroleum, crude, versus kerosene and creosote, &7. 
Pezotettix a)bus, 58. 
borekii, 58. 
dodgei, 57. 
Phyllotreta vittata, 50. 
Phylloxera, supposed importation of. 93. 
Plumer, William, letter from, 74. 
Psinidia wallula, 59. 
Psylliodes punctulata, 50. 
Pyrethrum as an insecticide, 74. 
further reports on the growth of, 95. 
on roaches, 87. 
R. 
Raphigaster hilaris injuring the orange tree, 81- 
83. 
red rust attributed to, 82. 
Riley, C. V., on dimorphism in Teras oxycoceana, 
24. 
unity of habit in parasites, 25. 
supposed importation of Phyliox- 
era, 93. 
Robertson, W. H., letter from, on Phylloxera, 93 
Rust mite, the orange, 85. 
7) 
Sand bee, 78. 
Sarcophaga georgina, killing animals and human 
beings, 78. 
remedies: 
calomel, 79. 
° earbolie acid, 79. 
chloroform, 79. 
Saw-fly, a pine, from Arkansas, 76. 
larvee of, on wheat heads, 76, 77. 
Seardia cloacella, in gried fungus, 77. 
Scale insects, report on the effects of cold upon, in 
Florida, 70. 
tables, giving results of cold artifi- 
cially produced, 72, 73. 
Serew worm, the, 78. 
Smith, John B, report by, upon cranberry and 
hop insects, 9. 
Spilosoma cunea injuring the hop, 41. 
remedy, 41. 
Stelidota strigosa injuring strawberries, 81. 
Stenobothrus maculipennis, 30. 
occipitalis, 58. 
Strawberry fruit-beetles, 80. 
Sugar cane, diseased, 66. 
Syrphus fly mistaken for the parent of the hop 
grub, 34. 
Systena frontalis, 50. 
TT. 
Tachinid, a species parasitic upon Teras oxycoe . 
cana, 25. 
Tansy, oil of, as an insecticide, 87. 
Tenebrio molitor, 90. 
obscurus, 90. 
