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GENERAL INDEX. 



Smicroiiyx, tychioidcs; imriisitiziMl liy Bnicoii n. sp., 



II, 350. 

 Sinilia canielu.s, fooil-plants ^f, V, 'M. 

 Smuts, iu herbariuni, destroycil by LatliridiuB filifcu- 



niis, A', 2C;i. 

 Smyntliunis, destroying red lust of wheat, IT, 259. 



horteusis, on cucumber and tobacco, III, 151. 

 Snail, broken-tail, in Bermuda, IV, 334; V, 269. 



Zaitha devouring, II, 201. 

 "Snake-worms," gregarious, IV, 214. 

 Snow flea, swarming of, ni., V, 202. 



insects found on, IV, 33,"). 

 Snowia, notes on genus, ref., V, 280. 

 Soaji, remedy against Aiiliis, ref.. Ill, 257. 



sludge oil, in New Jersey bulletin. III, 361. 

 fish oil, in New Jersey bulletin, III, 301. 

 against cabbage lice, ref., V, C2. 

 against hop louse, VI, 1-1, 15. 

 against the San Jose scale, expts. with, VII, 293, 

 370. 

 Soda, nitrate of, as an insecticide, A'l, 96. 

 Soft peach scale, in New Mexico, ref., V, 65. 

 Soldier beetle, in Yucca flowers, I, 370. 



feeding on sugar-cane borer. III, 362. 

 bug, destroying gypsy moth, IV, 3.54. 

 as enemy of bollworm, V, 242. 

 also called huckleberry bug, V, 271. 

 bull-horned, feeding on cotton aphis, VII, 



321. 

 clubbed, feeding on cotton aphis, VII, 321. 

 crowned, destroying cotton worms, VII, 321. 

 glassy-winged. {See Ilyaliodes.) 

 green, on sweet potiitoes, V, 261. 

 feeding on cotton, VII, 320. 

 (See also Nezara hilaris.) 

 mosquito-shaped, feeding or caterpillars, 



VII, 322. 

 single-spotted, puncturing cotton, VII, 320. 

 social, feeding on cotton aphis, VII, 322. 

 two-spined green, feeding on cotton aphis, 

 VII, 322. 

 Solenaspis hyaliuus, preying on Me ograpta polita, 



VII, 326. 

 Soleuobia walshella, jiarasitized by Limneria sole- 



nobire. III, 158. 

 Solenopsis fugax, destroying blackberries. It, 257. 



geminata, on cotton, VII, 242. 

 Soi'ghum borer, in India, II, 61. 

 South Australian insects, note on, VII, 266. 

 Sow bugs, feeding on living plants, HI, 69, 402; 

 IV, 401. 



in a well, VII, 429. 

 Spalacopsis, synopsis, ref., IV, 350. 

 Spalangia, hosts of, IV, 123. 



dn sophilai, hosts of, IV, 123. 

 hfematobia;, parasitic on Il.'vraatobia serrata, 

 IV, 123. 

 Spalangiinre, synopsis of, ref., V, 2S8. 

 Spalgis, carnivorous habits of, III, 482. 

 Span-worm, gooseberry and currant, ref., IV, 355. 

 new, on apple trees, ni., V, 17. 

 on plum, V, 18. 



on corn in New Jersey, VI, 188. 

 Sparrow, chipping, as insect destroyer, V, 266. 

 English, traits of. III, 393. 



favorable view of, IV, 153 ; V, 349. 

 vs. horse botfly, V, 342. 



Sparrow hawk, good service in Colorado, 11,146. 



destroying the white grub, II, 195. 

 Sparthocerus diffusus, on grape, m., V, 17. 

 Spathiin.T?, bred parasitic, II, 350. 

 Spathius abdominalis, parasitic on Phkfosinus den- 

 tiitus, 11,350. 

 brevicandus, parasitic on Dryociotes auto- 

 graph us, IV, 258. 

 brnnneus, hosts of, IV, 257. 

 canadensis, hosts of, IV, 258. 

 clavipennis, parasitic on Polygraphus rulipen- 



nis, IV, 257. 

 sequoia', parasitic on coleopterous larva on red- 

 wood, II, 350. 

 simillimus, hosts of, IV, 258. 

 unifasciatus, parasitic on Scolytus 4-spiiiosus, 

 IV, 2.58. 

 Species, what constitutes a, V, 352. 

 Spermophagus pectoralis, in stored beans, VII, 328. 

 robinia?, not on locust, IV, 94, 131. 



on Gleditschia triacanthos, V, 106. 

 sp. (= pectoralis) in beans, VI, 220, 223. 

 Spermophilus 13-lincatus, parasite of, IV, 147. 



insectivorous, V, 5. 

 Sphtenothecus, generic synopsis, ref., IV, 350. 



suturalis, on Mesquite, V, 39. 

 SphiFrius politus, exhibited, III, 431. 

 Sphreropboria, larva carnivorous, I, 5,6. 

 Sphserophthalma castor, identified, III, 419. 

 Spha;ropyx bicolor, parasitic on arctiid (?;, II, 352. 

 Spharagemon balteatum, in New Mexico, VI, 31. 

 Sphendale infuscata, American species, m., II, 340. 

 Sphenophorus, food habits o'', 1,199. 

 liratus, comparison of larva, I, 188. 

 obscurus, art., I, 185-189. 



in Fiji Islands, VII, 279. 

 ochreus, life-history, II, 132. 



affecting corn. III, 159; V, 66, 112. 

 parvulus, iu Iowa bull., V, 66, 112. 

 pulchellus. {See Khodobteuus 13-punctatus.) 

 robustus, comparison, I, 188. 

 sacchari, in sugar-cane, I, 185. 

 sculptills, in New Jersey, IV, 44. 

 sp., Xyleboruspubescensassociated with, IV, 402. 

 sp., on sugar-cane, V, 277. 

 Sphex sp., carrying off cotton locust, VII, 241. 

 Sphinctus, an external parasite, T, 171. 

 Sphingicanipa bicolor, on Gymnocladus canadensis, 



V, 204. 

 Sphingidie, taken by electric lamps at Poughkeepsie, 



N. v., list of, art., 111,322. 

 Sphinx atropos, stridulation of, II, 13. 



Carolina, in Mississippi, II, 283 ; III, 338. 

 catalpa, note on, II, 382. 



eaten by birds, V, 350. 

 chersis, on a.sh, m.. Ill, 232. 

 coniferarum, parasitized by Thyreodon inorio, 



III, 155. 

 convolvuli, on sweet potato iu New Zealand, IT, 



135. 

 drupiferarum [1), parasitized by Heterogainus 



funiipennis, II, 351. 

 eremitus, on mints, IV, 2()6. 

 ligustri, on privet hedge, I, 22. 

 quinquemaculata, remedy against. III, 171. 

 iu Mississippi, m.. Ill, 337. 

 parasitized, ITT, 337. 

 Apanteles bred from, IV, 134. 



