50G 



Locusts, migratory, in Australia, note, 119. 



st()ni)ing; trains, iiiiii, ITS. 

 London purple, and lime mixture, discussed, -tjl. 



c fleets on foliage, 28. 



for codling; moth, 272. 



for destruction of curculio and gouger, 228. 



for harvesting-ants, 46G. 



in New Jer.sey bulletin, 361. 



less known in London, 31. 



not protective against rose-chafer, 221. 



ref., 3G0. 

 Long scale, see Scale. 



Losses, estimated, occasioned by insect.s, 397. 

 Lueilia, hibernation of, mm, 31)7. 



macellaria, bulletin on, 131. 



niacellaria,niore injurious than buffalo gnat, 

 mm, 453. 



on -stock in Mississippi, 406. 

 Ludius atteiiuntus, larva on corn, mm, 246. 

 Lutrochus luteus, exhibited, 431. 

 Lyg;eus lineatus, damaging chrysanthemums, 



ref., 351. 

 Lygus lineolaris, <lamaging chrysanthemums, 

 ref, 351. 



pratensis, injuring strawberry, ref., 364. 



devoured by spiders, 150. 

 Lysiphlebus, bred species, 60. 



variations in species of, art., 313. 



M. 



Macrobasis unicolor, in Nebraska, ref., 437. 

 Rlacrocentrus, bred species, 59. 

 Macrodactylus subspinosus, see Kose-chafer. 

 Mallophaga, bulletin on, notice, 367. 



period of development, art., 115. 

 Mamestra confusa, description of larva, 63. 



picta, eating corn silk, 119. 

 Mantis, not poisonous, 294, 



preying or Carolina, mm, 303. 

 Marseul, Abbe S. A., obituary, 3. 

 Maseoehara valida, living in puparia of Syrphid 



fly, art., 319. 

 Maskell, rev. of, articles by, 252. 

 May beetle. Fitch quoted, 241. 



in Mass. bulletin, 365. 



of Europe, remarks on, 491. 

 Mealy bug, hydrocyanic acid gas for, 404. 

 Mediterranean (lour moth, see Flour moth. 

 Megilla maculata, destroying plant-lice, 75. 

 habits of, 430. 



Perilitusamericanus, bred from, ref., 492. 

 Meina bird, attempted introduction of, 345. 

 Melanactes piceus, mm, 320. 



puncticoUis, identified, 165. 

 Melanoplns diftcrentialis, in Indiana, 300. 



flavo-annulatns, in Idaho, 140. 

 Melanotus americanus, mm, 246. 



communis, mm, 246, ref., 4.37. 



cribulosus, mm, 240. 



depressus, mm, 246. 



fissilis, mm, 246. 



infaustnis, mm, 246. 



jiarumpunctatus, mm, 246. 



pertinax, mm, 246. 

 Melanoxanthus bicolor, deser. of forms, 290. 



flocculosus, n. sp., 291. 



?.relanoxanthus bicolor, salieis, m, 92. 



salicti, m, 92. 

 Melittia ceto, injuries in ^Mississippi, 337. 

 Meloboris, bred species, 156. 

 Meloe, on history of, 3. 

 Melolonthas, European, remarks on, 491. 

 Melon worm, in Mississippi, 337. 

 Melophagus ovinus, treated by f 'urtice, 91. 

 Meniscus, bred species of, 461. 

 Meromyza, infesting grains, 82. 



americana, egg of, 332. 

 in Texas, 453. 

 in Canada report,ref., 359. 

 Mesochorus, bred species, 155. 

 Mesoleius, parasite of Cheimatobia, 77. 

 Mesoleptus, bred species of, 461. 

 Mesostenus, bred species, 153. 

 Meteorus, bred species, 57. 

 Metopius, ovipositor, 177. 

 JMlcrocentrum retinerve, abnormal oviposition 



of, 29G. 

 Micrococcus of cabbage worm, 197. 



pieridis, attacking boll worm, 198. 

 Microdus, bred species, 17. 

 Microgaster, bred species, 17. 

 Micrognathid;e, proposed family name, 356. 

 ]\Iicro-lepidoptera, -Vfrican, jiaper on, rev.,4sl. 



on Solanum, mm, 357. 



piercing ovipositor in, mm, .343. 

 Microplitis, attacking Leucania, 113. 



bred species, 17. 

 Micropteryx seiulpurpurella, oviposition and 



piercing ovipositor of, 342. 

 Migrating locust, in Australia, 353. 

 Milvus olgyptius, eating locusts, G6 

 Mirax, bred species, 15. 

 Mile, clover, article, 45. 



infesting .Simulium, mm, 454. 



orange rust, in Australia, ref., 434. 

 Mites, in a warm-house, 162. 



infesting Eros hamatus, 468. 

 Mole cricket, in N. Y. report, ref., 252. 

 Monostegia, on strawberry, ref., 437. 

 Monoclenus juniperi, name preoccupied, 356. 



unicolor, proposed name for juniperi, 350. 

 INIonohammus contusor, ram, 247, 417, 

 Monophld'bid.T?, m., 98. 

 Monostegia ignota, notes on history, li). 



description of male, 12. 

 Morgia gigantella, incorrect determination of 



Cryptophasa, 386. 

 Mosquitoes, in boreal latitudes, 403. 



remedies for, 470. 

 Mule-killer, see Walking stick. 

 Murgantia histrionica, on cabbage, 466. 

 Muscardine, disease of cabbage worm, 409. 

 Muscidae, causing myiasis, 39. 

 Muscid.bred from swine dung, 357. 

 Tuuseum pests, 405. 



Myelois guarinella, referred to Ulophoi-a, 32. 

 Myiasis, review of a p.aper on. 39. 

 Mylabris, on history of, 3. 

 Myriopods, phosphorescent, art., 319. 

 Mytilaspis citricola, from West Indies, 99. 



in California, 23,182. 



in New Zealand, ref., 253. 



in Russia, 393. 



