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Pl{<H'lCKl>IN(iS Ol' nil', PlOUMANKNT CoMAIlTTEK (iN ENTOMOLOGY, KTC. — 



CoiiMiukmI. 



rnictical Notes on thd Use of Insocticidtis M. IT. licvkwith.. 2G9 



liife-liistoi'y of I'impla inqiiisUor CM. Weed . . 275 



The Host Relations of Parasitic Hyiiicuoptora L. O. Howard.. 277 



Experiments for the Destruction of Chinch Bugs in the Field l»y the Arti- 

 ficial Introduction of Contagious Diseases F. H. Snow.. 279 



Fifth Contribution to a Knowledgk of Ckhtaix Little-known Apiiid- 

 ID.E CM. Weed.. 285 



EXTIiACTS FROM CoRRESPONDKNCE 293 



The Clover-seed Midge in England, and other Notes — The Mantis not Poi- 

 sonous — A Rose Cecidoniyiid — The Habits of Phorodon in Oregon — 

 Schizoneura tessellata— Woodpeckers rs. the Tussock Moth — Abnormal 

 Oviposition of Microcentruni — Dimorphism in liutterflies, and Miscella- 

 neous Notes — Kerosene Emulsion agiiinst the Sheei) Scab — On Nola" 

 sexmacnlata and the Jai>aneso Gypsy Moth. 

 General Notes 297 



A Fig-leaf Beetle in Australia — Will Ramie support the Silkworm of Com- 

 merce — Damage by the Red Scale growing less — A Grape-vine Pest — 

 Tin Cans vs. Crickets — Notes on Fruit-tree Insects — Gall-producing 

 Heteroi)tera — ^Tliripidie injurious to cultivated plants — A Systematic 

 Work on (Jall-mites — More facts concerning the Katipo — Popular Names 

 of Insects. 



CONTENTS OF NO.S. 7 AND 8. 



Special Notes 305 



The Xanthium Trypeta — Trypeta .equalis (illustrated)... C L. Marlatt.. 312 



Variations in the Braconid Genus Lysiphleiujs D. W. Coqiiillett.. 313 



Birth of a p.eautiful exotic Lepioopterous Insect in New York (illus- 

 trated) Henry Edwards . . 31G 



The Straw'berry-leaf Flea-beetle, Haltica ionita, in Indiana — 



F. M. Weister.. 317 



Another parasitic Rove-beetle D. IV. CoquiUett . . 318 



Phosphorescent Myriopods Lawrence Bruner.. 319 



The Preparatory Stages of Eustrotia caduca D. S. KeUicott .. 321 



A List of Sphingid.e and Bombycid.e taken by electric lamps at 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y Harrison G . I)t/ar . . 322 



Steps towards a Revision of Chambers' Index, Jirc. Lord Walsingham.. 325 



Extracts from Correspondence 329 



The Iccrya in Honolulu — List of Coleopterous Larvae sent by C. V. Riley to 

 F. Meinert, of Copenhagen, for the University Museum, in exchange 

 for European specimens from the Schiodte Coliectious — Eggs of the 

 American Meromyza : A Correction — Beetles and Moths infesting Stored 

 Corn in Venezuela— Sweet Potato Root-borer— The Whip-tail Scor- 

 pion — Horse-llies in Texas — A Borer in a Tree Fungus — Migration of 

 Callidryas eubule — The Brassy Flea-beetle injuring Corn — The 

 Banded Sand Cricket — ^ Curious Bed-bug Find — The Poisonous Spider 

 of Australia — Notes from Mississippi — Carnivorons Habits of Locusts — 

 Gelechia cerealella in Virginia — Appearance of Wheat infested with 

 Hessian Fly— Ilonse-fiy Parasites — Night Swarming of Lace-wing 

 Flies. 



General Notes 341 



Recent Papers on European Grape Insects — Codling-moth Legislation in 

 New Zealand— Feeding Habits of the Bee-moth— Tineid Moths with 

 Piercing Ovipositor —Alterations in the Form of Plants due to Coc- 

 cidiB— Insect Injury to Barrel Staves- Cocaine for Insect Stings — 



