395 



Phvtoptus pyri, in Canada, 125. 



remedies against, 104, 105. 

 Picns villosus, feeding on parsnip web-worm, 



107. 

 Pieri.s, native and imported, about Washington, 

 99. 

 rapie ( ?), in Japan, 194. 

 in New Jersey, 94. 

 Pteromahis puparum checking, 126. 

 Sarcophaga bred from, ref., 23. 

 scarcity in Iowa, 112. 

 Pigeon, parasite of, art., 77-78. 

 Pigmy mangold beetle in England, m., 290. 

 Pimpla ellopiiB. parasite on Vancouver Island 



oak-looper, 289. 

 I'in-borer, sugar-cane, circular on, 51. 



sugar-cane, ref., 5'S. 

 Pionea rimosalis, on cabbage about Wa.shington, 



m., 99. 

 Piophila casei, bred from ham, 135. 



in Kansas City, Mo., 116. 

 Pityophthorus digestus. on Rhus integrifolia,m., 



36. 

 Planchonia puslpulans, on Cupania edulis, 245. 

 Plant-bugs, injuring oranges in Florida, 264. 

 faunfe, notes on, art., 117-121. 

 lice, insecticides for, 73. 



parasitism of Leucopis on, 279. 

 remedies for, 74; ref., 6. 

 louse, coloring matter of, 49. 

 gall, tannin in, 145. 

 galls, on trees and vines, ref., 214. 

 hop, in Washington, 60. 

 new, infesting orange, ni., 17. 

 new, on cherry, 16. 

 on strawberry, m., -7. 

 undeterminable, infesting orange, 18. 

 Platiuus maculicoUis in houses, 342. 

 I'latydema oregonense, on Cryptoporus obrolul us, 



133. 

 Platypus compositus, on orange, m., 17. 

 Pleistodontes imperialis, Australian lig insect, 



ref., 63. 

 I'leonectyptera finitima, n. sp. descr., 333. 



spp., variability of, 333. 

 Plochionus timidus, enemy of fall web-\yorm, ref., 



134. 

 Plum Curculio. See Curculio. 

 Plusia brassicae, on cabbage about Washington, 

 m., 97. 

 cabbage, in Oklahoma, bull., ref., 148. 

 gamma, on clover in England, m., 296. 

 Plutella cruciferarum, in Iowa., ref., 66. 

 in Iowa, 112. 



in New Hebrides, ref., 214. 

 on turnip, m., 296. 

 Podacanthus wilkinsoni, iijuring trees, ref., 64. 

 Pceciloptera pruinosa, on Osage orange, 155. 

 Polistes aurifer supposed parasite of, 40. 



habits of Xenos parasite of, 133. 

 PoUenia rudis, a liousehold pest, 263. 

 Pollination of yucca, art., 300. 

 Polyborus cheriway, enemy of Lu(!ilia macellaria, 



269. 

 Polycaon confertus on live oak and almond, 34. 

 stoutii, food-plants of, 33. 



Polychroma sp., parasite on Chrysobothris sp., 



141. 

 Polygnotus, reared from Muhlenbergia, 132. 

 Polygraphus rutijjennis, believed to have been 



destroyed by enemies, 188. 

 Porthetria japonica, see Gypsy moth, Japanese. 

 Potassium iodide, for bee stings, i"ef., 62. 

 Potato- beetle, Colorado, disappearance of. in 

 .South Carolina, 50. 

 Paris green for, first use of, 44. 

 remedies for, ref., 6. 

 scarcity in Iowa, mm., 112. 

 scarcity in Missouri, 135. 

 bug, different species known by this name, 

 261. 

 quails destroying, 143. 

 moth, destroying tobacco, ref., 214. 

 tuber moth, art., 163-164; m., 291. 

 Potter, T. I., on banana borer, ref., 356. 

 Potter wasp, see Wasp. 

 Praon chenopodiaphidis, bred from Aphis rumi- 



cis, 141. 

 Prionus californicus. on live oak, 34. 



root-borer, ref., 39. 

 Proconia viudata. cause of " Weeping tree,'' 204. 



compared with Homalodisca, 151. 

 Proctotrypid, parasite of EUopia somniaria, 126. 



parasitic on Mamestra picta, 126. 

 Proctotrypidse, bred species of 250. 

 Prodoxus, species of, 306. 

 aenescens, 307. 

 cinereus, 306. 



technical description, 307. 

 coloradensis, description of, 306. 

 intermedins, compared with other species, 



307. 

 intricatus, description of, 308. 

 pulverulentus, larvaj found in seed-pods of 



Yucca whipplei, 311, 312. 

 reticulatus, 306. 

 Promecotarsus n. g., synopsis of. ref., 279. 

 Pronuba, maxillary tentacles of, art., 161-163. 



maculata, larva? found in seeds of Yucca 



whipplei, 311, 312. 

 peculiarities of 301 . 

 pollinating Yucca, 300. 

 variety aterrima, 304. 

 var. aterrima, pollination by, 304. 

 Yucca whipplei pollinated by, 301. 

 synthetica, habits of, 304. 



(.ollination by, 305. 

 yuccasella, occurrence of, 310. 

 on Pacific coast, 304. 

 pollination by, 304. 

 Protoparce celeus, parasitised by Apanteles con- 

 gregatus, 289. 

 < ingulata, on sweet potato, 349. 

 Pseudococcus n. sp.. on orange, 202. 

 yucc£e, on Yucca whipplei, 312. 

 Pseudo-galls, on Desmanthus, 286, 287. 

 Pseudopentarthrum, synopsis of, ref., 279. 

 Psoa 4-8ignata, on grape, 34. 

 Psoeidae, Edward Burgess's work on, ref., 205. 

 Psylla, pear-tree, art., lCO-103; 226-230. 

 in New York, 200. 

 kerosene emulsion for, m., 73. 



