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GENERAL INDEX. 



Wax scale, introduction of, V, 282. 



in Florida, ref., VI, 347. 

 Weather, insects said to forecast, V, 352. 

 Weli^terellus (Websteria) tritici, breeding habits of, 



V, 90. 



parasite of Isosoma, VI, 151. 

 Webworni, beet, art., V, 320-322. 

 burrowing, mm., II, 338. 

 eaten Ijy striped gopher, ref., V, 5. 

 enemy of, V, 134. 

 fall, abundance in Canada, V, 125. 

 garden, damage by, V, 55. 

 in Canada, ref., V, 62. 



iu Massachusetts, ref., V, 213. . 



might be controlled by irrigation, V, >so. 

 tiger, enemy of fall \vi bworm, ref., V, 134. 

 Weevil, "black," in Mississippi bull., ref., IV, 293. 

 In Maryland, ref., V, 2. 

 damage to wheat and rice in India, I, 00. 

 grain, bisulphide of carbon against. III, 191. 

 in Australia, ref.. Ill, 434. 

 at World's Fair, VI, 213, 221. 

 granary, in Canada, ref., II, 33G. 

 iu mullein seeds, V, 201 

 in New York report, ref., IV, 353. 

 of the Tertiary, notice, IV, 404. 

 peas infested by, temperature of, IV, 100. 

 protecting corn from, ref., V, 272. 



(See also Bean, Pea, Grain, Strawberry 

 weevil, etc. ) 

 Western striped cutworm, active in winter, II, 383. 

 West Indian rufous scale, art., IV, 380. 

 West Virginia bulls. 31 and 32, rev., VI, 1. 



Station Report, rev.. Ill, 435. 

 Westwood, J. 0., obituary of, V, 285. 

 Westwoodia, on grass, II, 327. 



on sugar cane, VII, 430. 

 Whalebone, injured by Anthrenus, I, 222. 

 Whale-oil soap, experiments with, against San Jose 



scale, VII, 293, 369. 

 Wheat aphis, bulletin on remedies, III, 250. 

 in Tasmania, ref., VI, 37. 

 in Idaho and Washington. VII, 202. 

 bulb-fly, iu England, ref., II, 337. 



worm, from spring wheat, m., Ill, 247. 

 (Spf also Meromyza americaua.) 

 tly, in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 



companion, ref., IV, 357. 

 isosoma. {See Isosoma. ) 

 midge, Thrips preying on, I, 138. 



danger of importing to Australia, I, 193. 

 in Canada, I, 356. 



estimate of damage caused by. III, 397. 

 in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 bulletin on, rev., IV, 91. 

 importation of parasites, A'l, 132. 

 pest, a new, art., VII, 406-408. 

 sawtlies, damage by, I, 111. 



little danger of introducing into Australia, I, 



193. 

 taken near Ottawa, II, 286. 

 in New York, ref., 11,338. 



{See also Cephus pygmreus, etc.) 

 stem-maggot, in Canada, I, 350; ref., II, 336; V, 

 62. 

 on varieties of wheat, II, 87. 

 notes on, ref., 111,81; IV, 357. 

 stubble burning against, VI, 151. 



Wheat straw worm, in Ohio bulletin, ref., IV, 357. 

 in Kan.sas, ref., A'l, -08. 



{See also Isosoma tritici.) 

 Thrips, on cotton, VII, 27. 

 weevil, injury in India by, II, 01. 

 {See also Grain weevil.) 

 Wheel bug, enemy of Nematus, I, 37. 

 enemy of honey bee, I, 88. 

 northward range of, VI, 341; VII, 279. 

 Whip-tail scorpion, not poisonous, I, 199. 



habits of, III, 334. 

 White ants, in Mississippi, I, 17; II, 283. 

 in .\ustralia, I, 340. 

 iu fences in South Carolina, I, 383. 

 eating through cloth and wood, II, 253. 

 on Pacific coast. III, 471, 472. 



{See also Turmes, Termites, etc.) 

 "White blast," caused by Thrips, III, .301; VII, 393. 

 White cottony scale, in Trinidad, m., IV, 214. 

 currant scale, in England, ref., II, 337. 

 fly, local name for Aleyrodes citri, V, 224. 

 destroyed by frost, VII, 282. 

 {See also Aleyrodes citri.) 

 grub, remedies against, art., I, 48-50; II, 300; 

 III, 5, 483; VI, 63, 74, 153. 



vertebrate enemies of, I, 229; II, 195. 

 in strawberry bods, I, 325; III, 364. 

 in Australia, I, 3G4; V, 45. 

 life of, II, 372; art.. Ill, 239-245. 

 in Ohio, ref., II. 33 ; V, 260. 

 rotation of crops against. III, 5. 

 of Allorhina, art., IV, 35. 

 disease of, IV, 152. 



fungus of, ref, IV, 217, 281-282; V, 70. 

 iu Illinois report, ref., IV, 293. 

 art. on, ref., V, 75. 

 prefi'rence for higher lauds, VI, 153. 

 White-pine weevil, injuries of. III, 40S. 

 White scale, in Nebraska, m., IV, 133. 



(See also Scale, fluted.) 

 Wild-plum weevil, oviposition, I, 89. 

 Willistonia biciucta, characters of, V, 239. 



esuriens, characters of, V, 239. 

 Willistoniida?, characters of family, V, 239. 

 Willow cimbex or sawfly. {See Cimbex am.ricana.) 

 Willow-shoot sawfly, art., I, 8-11. 

 Willow-slug, yellow-spotted, art., I, 33-37. 

 Wilsoniabrevivittella, from lEuothera pods, II, 382. 

 "Wine bee," so-called Californian, IV, 33ii. 

 Wings of insects, evolution of, rev., VI, 272. 

 Winter moth, in Europe, I, 151; II, 289; III, 09; 



ref., IV, 2. 

 Wireworms, biologic notes on, III, 246, 247. 

 in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 remedies against, m., IV, 45; ref., 209, 355; V, 



73, 74; VI, 153. 

 New Y'ork bulletin on, rev., IV, 231. 

 (or Diabrotica), on sugar cane, IV, 389. 

 damaging celery, IV, 401. 

 new application of term, IV, 404. 

 in Ohio, m., V, 296. 

 Wollastouia, food habits of, I, 198. 

 Wood-borer, mistaken for household pest, IV, 396. 

 Wood-boring beetles, notes on, ref., VI, 206. 

 Wood louse, iu Mississippi, I, 17; II, 283. 

 injuring wine-bottle corks, I, 92. 



