GENERAL INDEX. 



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Spliinx, tobacco, remedy against, V, 275. 

 Spiilers, parasites of, art., I, 42-43, 269-271, 27.V275, 

 292,324; 11,359; 111,461; IV, 202; letter, VI, 268. 

 bite of, art., I, 204-211, 280, 313, 347, 348; II, 

 4G, 189, 254; III, 30, 127, 3.37, 392,487; IV, SO, 

 206, 277, 279, 292; V, 348; VI, 52, -59; VII, 279. 

 effect of hydrocyanic acid gas on, I, 286. 

 Dr. Marx's catalogue of, rev., HI, 2. 

 poisonous, of Australia, III, 337. 

 of District ot Columbia, address on, ni.. Ill, 357. 

 character of circumpolar species. III, 431. 

 migrating in midwinter. III, 469. 

 from Indiana, remarks on, III, 491. 

 Mantispa parasitic in egg-sacs of, m., IV, 80. 

 American, rev. of work on, IV, 168. 

 distribution of, rem., IV, 229. 

 resembling Epeira, m., IV, 229. 

 Nematodes parasitic on, m., IV, 292. 

 publications on, rev., IV, 345, 410, rem., 411. 

 destroying gypsy-moth larvre, ref., IV, 354. 

 Sarcophaga davidsonii feeding on eggs of, V, 24. 

 tame, correspondence on, V, 202. 

 remarks on web of, V, 210, 212, 347. 

 degeneration by disuse of organs of, rem., V, 288. 

 partheuogeneiis among, rev., VI, 41. 

 letter on mimicry of, VI, 39. 

 Ceylonese parasite of, VII, 279. 

 Spilarctia suffusa, damaging j ute in India, II, 62. 

 Spilochalois maria;, bred from cocoons of Attacus 

 cynthia, V, 350. 



from Jamaica, VI, 327. 

 Spilomyia, larval habits of, m., I, 5. 

 ^pilosoma fuliginosa, a ch'cumpolar species, art., 

 II, 236-237. 



virginica, eating salsify, II, 255. 

 eating muskmelons, II, 382. 

 parasites of, 111,1.5,151,155; IV, 123, 195. 

 in Mississippi, m.. Ill, 338. 

 Spittle insects, in Massachusetts bulletin. III, 365. 

 Spondyliaspis, note on genus, V, 219. 

 Spoonbill, as locust destroyer, IV, 409. 

 Spotted bean beetle, note on, V, 356. 

 [See also Epilachna cornipta.) 

 cutworm, on celery, ref., VI, 211. 

 ladybird, parasite of, I, 101,339. 

 Sprayer, a home-made, VI, 53. 

 Spraying, experiments in, II, 181. 



good results from, IV, 167, 204, 205, 288, 409. 



directions for, rev., IV, 295. 



fruits, analysis of, refs., V, 1,3. 



art. on, ref., V, 66. 



with arsenites rs. bees, art., V, 121-123; VII, 132- 



134. 

 and spraying materials, in Tasmania handbook, 



ref., V, 217. 

 legislation against, V, 272; VI, 183. 

 against fruit insects, ref., V, 273. 

 orchards to protect wheat, A'I,152. 

 not effective against scale insects, VI, 176. 

 fruit trees in bloom, art., VI, 181. 

 of orchards, bull, on, rev., VI, 211. 

 with arseuicals, correction of misstatement, VI, 



345. 

 agriinst sugar-beet webworm, VI, 373. 

 without a pump, art., VII, 114, 115. 

 on a large scale, VII, 413. 

 machine (or machines), cheap, 111,39; V, 5. 

 competition in. III, 434. 



Spraying machine (or machines), standard fittings 

 for, IV, 58,59. 



used in Central Park, IV, 61. 

 in Mississippi bull., ref., IV, 90. 

 exhibition of, V, 272. 



{See aUii Arsenicals, insecticides, etc.) 

 Spring-tails, a swarm of, V, 202. 

 Squash borer, in Mississippi, 1,17; II, 283; III, 337. 

 life-habits and remedies, art., IV, 30. 

 remedies for, IV, 138, 271; V, 81; VI, 209. 

 notes on biology of, V, 85. 

 egg-laying of, V, 97. 

 in New .lersey, VI, 187, 209. 

 {See ahu Melittia ceto.) 

 bug, in Mississippi, II, 283. 



in Massachusetts bulletin. III, 365. 

 in New Jersey, VI, 187, 209. 

 in New Mexico, VII, 210. 

 {See aim Anasa tristis.) 

 Squash-root maggot, in Colorado, ref., IV, 355. 

 Squirrels, to prevent, from pulling corn. III, 258. 

 gray, attacked by Cnterebra, I, 215. 

 ground, parasite of, IV, 147. 

 red, infested witU Cnterebra, I, 215. 

 Stable fly, as transmitter of contagion, V, 273. 

 Stag beetle, on pear, ref., Ill, 308. 

 Stagmomantis Carolina, American species, m., II, 

 340. 



in November, m., IV, 229. 

 parasites of, IV, 243. 

 eggs of, IV, 244. 

 Sarcophaga bred from, V, 23. 

 female vs. male, V, 145. 

 on cotton, VII, 25. 

 dimidiata, American species, m., II, 340. 

 minor, American species, m., II, 340. 

 Staining the wings of insects, VII, 428. 

 Stainton, H. T., obituary of, V, 2S6. 

 Stalk-borer, in Massachusetts bulletin. III, 305. 

 larger corn, art., IV, 9.5-103. 

 in wheat, early reference to, art., IV, 325, ref., 



357. 

 tomato, damaging cotton, V, 50. 

 Standard fittings for spray machinery, abs., IV, 58, 59. 

 Staphylinidiv, resemblance to PUitypsyllus, I, 305. 

 Staphylinus vulpinus, larva of, ref.. Ill, 319. 

 Starling, as locust destroyer, IV, 409. 

 Statistics on insect injury, etc.. Ill, 397; IV, 11-15, 



17, 23, 226, 358. 

 Stauronotus mai-occanus, treatment of, m., IV, 151. 

 Stauropus alternus, on tea plant in Ceylon, II, 193. 



fagi, alternus closely allied to, II, 193. 

 Steadota boreal is, external parasite of, I, 43. 

 Stegana (?) sp., found in dung, IT, 254. 

 Stelidota strigosa, parasitized by Proctotrypes obso- 



letus, IV, 126. 

 Stelis minuta, parasitic on Osmia leucomchena, V, 

 208. 

 parasitism of genus on O.-mia, A', 208. 

 Stem eehvorm, in England, III, 293, nf., 366. 



girdler, currant, art., VI, 296. 

 Stenoma algidella, po.ssible synonym, II, 153. 

 characters and relations, II, 150, 154. 

 crambitella n. sp., described, II, 154. 

 furcata n. sp., described. II, 1.53. 

 humilis, synonymy, II, 154. 

 leucillana, possible synonym, II, 153. 

 schlaigeri, note on, II, 1.52. 



