GENERAL INDEX. 



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B. 



Baccha fascipennis, enemy of Pseudococcus aceris, 

 m., VII, 239. 

 larval habits of, I, 5. 

 Bacon beetle, in New York report, ref., Ill, 252. 

 Bacteria, normal to digestive organs of llcmiptera, 

 rev., IV, 2.35. 

 attacking parsnip webvvorm, m., V, 108. 

 Bacterial cultures, against insects, experiment with, 

 III, 4(35. 



diseases, of insects, mm., Ill, 25!); V, 70. 

 of Pieris, III, :!.33. 

 of chinch bug, extr., IV, 88. 

 of corn root-worm, ref., IV, 293. 

 Bieus americanus n. sp., descr., II, 270. 

 parasite of spider's eggs, II, 359. 

 clavatus, note on, II, 359. 

 seniinulum, in Europe, II, 271. 

 Bagworm, Abbott's, damage by, VII, 270. 

 London purple against, I, 193. 

 on tea, in India, II, 62. 

 in New York City, IV, 60 ; VII, 135. 

 injurious in Kansas, V, 116. 

 parasites of, VI, 1 :;2 ; VII, 280. 



(See also Tliyridoptery.x ephemcr.«eformis.) 

 Bagous sellatus, exhibited. III, 431. 

 Bailey's spraying device. III, 175. 

 Balaninus carya;, habits of, IV, 93. 



caryatrypes = ]irobocideus, IV, 93. 

 nasicus, in granulated sugar, I, 253. 

 habits of, IV, 93, 130. 

 parasitized by Trichacis rufipes, IV, 125. 

 obtusus, on hazelnuts, m., IV, 130, 131. 

 popular names proposed for species, IV, 130. 

 probocideus, habits of, IV, 93, 131. 

 quercus, habits of, IV, 93, m., 130 ; VI, 319. 

 rectus, habits of, IV, 93, 130. 



(in "Can. Enl.'" Vol, III, pp. 137-8) = B. 

 uniforniis, IV, 93. 

 uniformis, habits of, IV, 93, m., 130 ; VI, 319. 

 sp., in acorns, VI, 221. 

 Ballard, Mrs. Julia P., obituary, VI, 379. 

 Baltimore oriole, eating Sphinx catalpa?, V, 350. 

 Baly, J. S., obituary. III, 3. 

 Bamboo Sinoxylon, in bamboo box, I, 57. 

 Barbitistes serricauda, self-mutilating, IV, 349. 

 Baridins trinotatus. [See Trichobaris trinotata and 

 Potato stalk weevil.) 

 sp., attacking cabbage in England, m., V, 296. 

 Baris confinis, breeding in Bidens frondosa. III, 261. 

 sp., bred from Xanthium, mm.. Ill, 312. 

 sp., in cotton blossoms, VII, 247. 

 Bark-beetle, destructive pine, damage to forests by, 

 art., V, 187-189. 



spruce, believed to have been destroyed liy 



enemies, V, 188. 

 fruit, parasite reared with, V, 250. 

 Bark borer, juniper, in Nebraska, corr., VI, 38. 

 Barnacle scale, on persimmon, 1, 54. 



in Louisiana, VII, 280. 

 Bark-lice, spraying against, II, 276. 



chalcidid parasites of, IV, 411. 

 destroyed by a moth, art., A'l, 6-10. 

 and birds, VII, 428. 

 Bark-louse, transparent-scaled, on tea plant in Cey- 

 lon, II, 193, 



Bark-louse, from ants' nests, l\, 158. 

 new, on orange, V, 202. 

 on LeConte pear, IV, 397. 

 oyster-shell, in Australia, ref., IV, 2, 89. 

 in Tasmania, ref., V, 216. 

 in Louisiana, ref., VI, 2. 

 introduction and spread of, VII, 333. 

 scurfy, in New Mexico, ref., IV, 91. 

 Barnard's insect trap, account of, ref., IV, 354. 

 Barrel staves, insect injury to. III, 343. 

 Baryconus a>canthi, bred from eggs of (Ecanthus 



niveus, IV, 124. 

 Barypithes pellucidus in Massachu.setts, VII, 430. 

 Bass, insect diet of, 1, 159, 160, 101. 

 Bassus agilis, bred from syrphid puparium. III, 460. 

 euura>, parasitic on Euura sp.?. Ill, 460. 

 maculifrons, parasitic on byrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 orbitalis, parasitic on Syrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 scutellatus, parasitic on Leucania unipuucta. Ill, 

 460. 

 parasite of Diptera, mm., IV, 48. 

 species of, parasitic on Cheimatohia brumata, 



111,77. 

 sycophanta, bred from gall on oak. III, 460, 

 syrphicola, parasitic on syrphid with rose 



aphides, III, 460. 

 xauthopsis, parasitic on Syrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 Bathystomus u. sp., parasitic on tortricid leaf-roller, 



11,350. 

 Batrachidea cristata, on cotton, VII, 26. 

 Batracopus tibialis, in Chile, ref., VI, 47. 

 Baumhauria, parasite of Arctia, II, 235. 

 Bean beetle, spotted, in Colorado, ref., IV, 355. 



(.See also Beau ladybird and Epilachua cor- 

 rupta). 

 cutworm, in Mississippi, II, 283. 

 ladybird (Epilachna), in New Mexico, m., TV, 



26,355; VII, 210. 

 leaf-beetle in Southern Ohio, YII, 204. 

 seed weevil in Africa, II, 2. 

 weevil, common in California, 1, 316. 

 in Canada, 1,356. 

 in America, II, 2. 

 remedy against, II, 2 ; IV, 90, 302. 

 in Ohio bull., ref , II, 340. 

 in Kansas, III, 44. 



in Massacluisetts bull., ref., Ill, 365. 

 arts., IV, 297 ; V, 80, 87. 

 nomenclature and oviposition of, art., V, 



27-33. 

 "American," rev., V, 133. 

 "common," at World's Fair, A'l, 220. 



(See also Bruchus obtcctus.) 

 European, in Wiudsor beans, VI, 220. 

 red-footed in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 Beaver, parasites and guests of, I, 300 ; m.. Ill, 356 : 



IV, 394. 

 Bedbug, in Chile, I, 154. 

 life history of, II, 104. 

 under bark, III, 21. 

 supposed, in swamp. III, 336. 

 transmitter of contagion, V, 210. 

 red ants vs., note, VI, 340. 

 Bedellia somnulentella, note on, II, 326. 



parasitized by Orthopelmu bedellia', III, V"* 

 Bee, carpenter, liibernation oi, rein. IV, 352 

 honey, poison of, I, 282. 



