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Page. 



TnK Angoumois Graix Moth oh •Tlv Wkevil" {(idcchla cermlelln) 



L. O. Howard.. 825 



Descriptions of Nocti id.e fuom the Death Valley (illustnite<l) 



J. li. Smith.. 32S 



The Ked-le(;ged FhKx-ii^Kri.K {('repidodem ntjipes L.) (illustrated) 834 



Extracts from Correspondence ;^42 



The Overflow Bug or " Grease Bug," a Plague in California— Is the P^nglish 

 Sparrow instrumental in Suppressing the Horse Bot-fly? — Notes on 

 sonu^ Gall insects and Parasites— An Intruder in California Vine- 

 yards — Living-Insects in the Human Ear — Eucalyptus r.s. Mosquitos — 

 Another vegetarian Mosquito— Insect Injury to Cactus Plants— Gapes 

 in Fowls — Tlie Clover Mite in Houses — The Utilization of Spider Silk — 

 Further concerning the new Chicken Plague in Taxas — Painful Spider 

 Bites — Supposed Gall Mites on Blue Gum. 



Notes from Correspondents 349 



General Notes 351 



The Cherry-tree Tortrix (illustrated)- Insects said to Forecast the 

 Weather— What Constitutes a Species— The Ravages of Book W^orms— 

 Further on Bee Stings and Rheumatism — The Mediterranean Flour- 

 moth again — Heliothia armiyer in Australia — Cut-worm damage to 

 Grapes in California — On the transformations of the Saturniidie — The 

 Tityrus Butterfly attracted to Light— A Banana Borer in Trinidad — 

 The supposed Spread of the Gypsy Moth — Southern Range of the Col- 

 orado Potato-beetle — The Spotted Bean-beetle — The Palm Weevil in 

 British Honduras — Alum for Rose Chafers — A Mosquito Exterminator 

 — The Horn Fly in Canada — Recent Studies upon Lachnidiumacridioritm 

 Gd. — Gallmaking Coccida' — The Egyptian Icerya in India — Carbon 

 bisulphide for Hen Lice — The Long Scale not brought from Mexico to 

 California — An enemy of the Oyster-shell Bark-louse of the Apple — 

 An article on Scale-insects — North American Neuroptera — New Ento- 

 mological Publication — Entomological Sf)ciety of Ontario — A new 

 patented Insecticide — Why insects infest Plants — Insect legislation in 

 Massachusetts — Borers in Fig Tiees — Food of a Tarantula in confine- 

 ment—Entomological Society of Washington. 



