GENERAL INDEX. 



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Rodolia iceryte, African Icerya enemy, I, l;i(); IV, 

 344; V, 295. 

 not equal to Vedalia, VI, 41. 

 Roller-worm, destructive appearance of, \, 196. 

 Root-borers, irrigation not useful against, V, 80. 

 (Priouus Slip.), iu New Jlexico, ref., IV, 295. 

 Root-knot disease, liuUetin on, I, 3G0. 

 in Florida, bulletin on, II, 3. 

 suppo.sed, on apple, II, 315. 

 on trees and vines, rev., V, 214. 

 worm, iu Florida bulletin, ref.. Ill, 250. 

 Root-worm, corn. (6V" Diabrotica longicornis and 

 D. 12-punGtata.) 



louse, of corn. III, 233. 



on apple, ref., Ill, 437. 



Leis couformis most important enemy of, 



IV, 1G4. 

 woolly, of apple, IV, 210-212. 

 in Tasmania, ref., V, 21fi. 

 maggots, in New Jersey, m., IV, 44. 

 of cabbage, etc., V, 94, 124. 



{See also Cabbage maggot, etc.) 

 rot, a new disease of cotton, art.. Ill, 262. 

 webworm, in Pennsylvania, VII, 54. 

 Rose beetle or rose-chafpr, eau celeste against, I, 32. 

 swarming of, I, 91; III, 113. 

 method of killing, II, 19. 

 preventive of injury, II, 92. 

 cooperation iu investigating breeding hab- 

 its, II, 183. 

 articles on, II, 295-302; III, 220-224. 

 Bordeau.v mixture useless against, II, 387. 

 London purple against, III, 100. 

 remedies tried against, III, 1G5, 221, 271; 



IV, 2, 3, 7G, 84; V, 94, 95. 

 on clay land-. III, 170. 

 food-habits of. III, 220, 271. 

 preference for Andromeda flowers. III, 271. 

 killed by sludge oil soap, ref., Ill, 362. 

 unslaked lime against, III, 411. 

 hot water against, III, 474. 

 in New Jersey, rev., IV, 2, 3; m., 44. 

 biological notes on, m., IV, 3. 

 species of, iu New Mexico, m., IV, 2fi. 

 pyrethro-kerosene emulsion against, m., V, 



94, 98. 

 alum against, notes on, V, 358. 

 carbolic acid against, VI, 35. 

 arsenitea useless against, VI, 93. 

 bug. (See Rose beetle or rose-chafer.) 

 Diaspis, notes on, IV, 213. 

 Icerya. {See Icerya rosa;.) 

 leaf-hopper, in Ohio, ref., II, 340. 

 sawflies, in United States, art., V, G; ref., 117. 

 scale, notes ou, IV, 213. 

 slug, iu Ohio, I, 319. 

 remedy for, II, 252. 

 American, habits of, V, 10. 

 illustrations of, V, 273. 

 worm, bristly, art., \, G. 

 coiled, habits of, V, 11. 

 Round scale, found in Jamaica, m., IV, 157. 



(See also Lecanium ha-misphrericum.) 

 Rove beetles, parasitic, art.. Ill, 318. 

 Rues n. gen., ref., IV, 350. 



Rumina decoUata, destroying gardens iu Bermuda, 

 IV, 334. 



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Russet oranges, the best keeping, VI, 344. 



Russian moth, local nameof Anthrenusscrophularia;, 



V, 271. 

 Kust-mite, of the orange, a tea-mite closely related 

 to, II, 193. 



of orange, in New South Wales, ref., IV, 89. 

 no injury to oranges, A'l, 344. 



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Saddle-back caterpillar, on Helianthus, \, 203. 

 Saga serrata, self-mutilating, IV, 349. 

 Sagittaria curculio, breeding habits of, II, 201. 

 Saitis pulex, Acoloides saitidis bred from eggs of, II, 



209; IV, 124, 202. 

 Salt, as insecticide, V, 74. 

 Saltbush scale, of Australia, IV, 408. 

 Salticus, devouring army worm. III, 56. 

 Salutatory, I, 3. 

 Samia cecropia, silk of. III, 83. 



(Attacus) cynthia, Spilochahis niaria! from co- 

 cojns of, V, 350. 



experiments with, ref., VI, 274. 

 power of sembling iu, VII, 39. 

 (Saturnia) cynthia, ref., IV, 115. 

 Sand-flies, remedies against. III, 470. 

 Sandwich Islands sugar-cane borer, article on, I, 



185-189. 

 San Jose scale, origin of, II, 312; VI, 254; VII, 290. 

 iu Oregon bulletin, ref., Ill, 25G. 

 fruit dealer fined for selling fruit in- 

 fested with. III, 426. 

 remedies for, IV, 83; V, 2S0; VI, 362. 

 in California, ref., IV, 167. 

 enemies, V, 53, 128; VI, 250, 362, 363, 



367. 

 reported poisonous, V, 203. 

 in Australia, ref., V, 214, 282. 

 said to be introduced from Chile, V, 282. 

 in the East, VI, 2, 253, 286, 303; VII, 1.53- 



163, 284. 

 in Virginia, art., VI, 247, 363. 

 food plants of, VI, 248, 363. 

 mode of importation of, VI, 249. 

 habits of, VI, 250. 

 art. on, VI, 360. 

 literature on, VI, 360-362. 

 lime-sulphur-salt against, VI, 362. 

 appearance of infested trees, VI, 365. 

 how distributed, VI, 367. 

 destruction of, at various points,VI, 368. 

 structural characters, VI, 369. 

 in New Jersey, art., VII, 163-167. 

 in Idaho, VII, 202. 

 in New Mexico, VII, 209. 

 further notes ou, art., VII, 283-295. 

 proposed law against, VII, 284. 

 work against, VII, 286, 292, 365-374. 

 life history of, YII, 287. 

 parasites of, VII, 289. 

 future spread of, VII, 292. 

 probably of Australian origin, VII, 333. 

 on loquat, VII, 360. 



{See also Aspidiotus perniciosus.) 

 Sannina exitiosa, parasites of, II, 348 ; III, 152, 

 attacking cherry, III, 298. 

 in California, III, 392. 

 remedies against, IV, 43; V, 79. 



