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GENERAL INDEX. 



Melanotus dopresaus, life history of, ref., 111,246. 

 fissilis, life liistory of, ref., Ill, 24fi. 

 infiuistus, paper on, ref.. Ill, 246. 

 piirumpunctatus, rof. to paper on, in,24t'). 

 pertiuax, note on, m., 111,246. 

 Melanoxanthns bicolor, descr. of forms, 111,290. 

 floccnlcsns n.sp., IIT,2f)'. 

 salicis, m.. Ill, 92. 



willow grove plant-louse, ref., 111,92,290. 

 Melasoma, correct genus for Lina scripta and trem- 



uliv, VII, 419. 

 Melipona, wax-producing organs of, VI, 360. 

 fasciculata, in British Honduras, V, 258. 

 Meliponjv^, curious defenses constructed t>y, rfef., V, 



288. 

 Melissopus latiferreana, attacking acorns, VI, 319, 



320. 

 Melita>a anicia, parasitized by Apanteles koebelei, 

 III, 15. 



jiarasitized by Charops sp., Ill, 155. 

 chalcedon, parasitized by Hemiteles nielit888e, 

 111,152. 

 Melitara prodeuialis, oviposition of, VI, 282. 

 Melittiaceto, in Mississippi, II, 283; III, 337. 



(cucurbita"), habits, and remedies against, 



art., IV, 30. 

 (cuourbitw), treatment of, IV, 271. 

 notes on biology of, V, 82, 8.5. 

 egg-laying of, V, 96-98. 

 trap crops against, VI, 94. 

 in Now Jersey, ref., VI, 209. 

 Melittobia chalybii, bred from cells of Thalybion 

 cteruleum, ni., IV, 162. 



pelopaji, bred from dipterous puparia in mud 

 dauber's nest, IV, 134, 162, 229. 

 synopsis of paper on, IV, 162. 

 habits of, m., IV, 229. 

 Meloboris sp., parasitic on pyraliJ on nettle, III, 156. 

 Meloe, history of. III, 3. 

 Meloida;, nomenclature of, II, 288. 

 Melolontha, European, remarks on, III, 491. 

 hippocastaiii, remedies against, II, 200. 

 vulgaris, abundance in Pomerania, II, 30. 

 remedies against, II, 300. 

 larval life of, II, 374. 

 Melon aphis. (See Melon plant-louse.) 



beetle, striped, in Oklahoma bull., ref., V, 148. 



12-spotted, trap for, VI, 37. 

 louse. {See Melon plant-louse. ) 

 plant-louse, in New .Tersey, V, 97; VT, 209; VII, 

 151, 195. 

 bisulphide of carbon against, VI, 161; VII, 



109. 

 remedy against, VI, 210. 

 in West Virginia, VII, 150. 



(See also Ajihis cucumeris.) 

 Avorm, in cantaloupes, II, 376. 

 in Mississippi, III, 3.37. 

 in .Jamaica, m., IV, 157. 

 Melophagus ovinus, in Chile, I, 155. 

 treated by Curtice, III, 91. 

 Melsheimor's catalogue of Coleoptera, ref., VI, 282. 

 Meml)racida>, North American, food-plants of, art., 

 V, 02, 93. 

 of North America, rev., V, 282, VI, .339. 

 Meniivody, poisonous spider, II, 273. 

 Menesta, charactere and relations, II, 150, 154. 

 erected for au aberrant gelechiid, II, 303. 



Menesta, melanella n. sp., descr., IT, 304. 

 tortricella, typo of genus, ni., II, 304. 

 tortriciformc'lla, synonymy, II, 154. 

 Meniscus clogans, hosts of. III, 461. 



dakruma>, parasitic on Dakruma loccidivora. 



Ill, 464. 

 poutcUaris, parasitic on (Jelechia pseudacaciella. 

 in, 464. 

 Menoiion, afBnities o'', IV, 188. 



consanguineum, parasite of pelican, V, 284. 

 pallidum, habits of, m., IV, 188. 

 Meraporus sp., bred from gypsy moth, ref., IV, 354. 

 sp., parasite of Bruchus 4-maculatus, VI, 223. 

 (?) sp., at World's Fair, VI, 223. 

 Merisus intei-medius, Hessian fly paras'te, I, 132. 



isosomatis, parasite of wheat pest, V, 90. 

 Mermiria bivittata, in New Mexico, VI, 31. 

 Merniis, infesting Melanoplus atlanis, II, 68. 



acuminata, parasite of codling moth, IV, 140. 

 Meromyza americana, and grass injury, I, 374; IV, 

 198; VI, 73. 



parasitized by Coelinius meromyza?, II, 280, 



III, 59. 

 on wheat, II, 87; III, 82. 

 in Canada report, ref.. Ill, 3.">9. 

 in Texas, III, 4.53. 

 in Iowa, ref., IV, 87. 

 early published references to, IV, 263. 

 mites on, mistaken for eggs, IV, 263. 

 causing "silvertop," V, 124. 

 eggs of, correction, III, 332. 



{See also Wheat stem maggot.) 

 sp., confounded with Hessian fly prior to 1776, 

 I, 86. 

 Mesites, food habits of, I, 98. 



Mesochorus americanus, bred from Microgaster co- 

 coons, III, 155. 



aprilinus, hosts of. III, 156. 



(?) chrysopa^, bred from Chrysopa cocoon, III, 



1.5';. 

 reared from Microgaster cocoons, II, 211. 

 gracilis, parasite of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 luteipes, parasitic on Notodonta sp.. Ill, 156. 

 melleus, parasitic on Cimbex, V, 5. 

 microgasteris, parasitic on Microgaster cocoon 



on Empretia stimulea, III, 156. 

 obliquus, parasitic on Euchfetes egle, III, 156. 

 pectoralis, parasite of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 seitulus, parasitic on Leucania unipuncta. III, 



156. 

 sp., bred from rotten grape berry. III, 156. 

 splendidulus, parasitu of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 Mesographe rimosalis, parasitized by Apanteles oro- 



beniv, III, 16. 

 Mesograpta polita, art., 1, 5-8. 

 in Missouri, II, 115. 

 feeding on pollen, VII, 326. 

 Mesoleius, parasite of Cheimatobia, III, 77. 



Bchizoceri, parasitic on Schizocera ebena. III, 

 461. 

 Mesoleptus sp., parasitic on elm leaf-roller. III, 401. 

 Mesops, taken in Dakota, I, 66. 



Mesostenus albomaculatus, parasitic on Crambu.s sp., 

 Ill, 153. 

 arvalis, parasitic on Polistes sp.. Ill, 153. 

 gracilis, parasitic on Dakruma coccidivora, III, 

 153. 



