419 



Beea, at South Dakota station, 68. 



cariioiitiT, hilieriiatioii of, rem., 352. 



liow far «lo tlicy Hy .' art., 319. 

 valiiabli' to fruit and seed growera, art., 254-6. 

 Bee Mies, new genera and species, rev., 158. 

 Beetle larva', in intestines of eliild, 1.58. 

 Beetles. Kast India, catalogue of, notice, 282. 

 Beniiieeia niarginata, supposed larva, on black- 

 berry. 2'.). 

 Benacus griseus. at electric lights, 210. 



bite of, rem., 352. 

 Benzine, insecticide for tea-buslies, 408. 

 Bibionid larvat found on snow, 336. 

 Bill-bug, corn, in New Jersey, 44, ref., 358. 



grain, in wheat, ref., 357. 

 Birds, destroying gypsy moth, ref., 354. 



destroying insects, 280. 



in India, ref., 296. 



tame, as insect destroyers, 278. 

 Bird lice, affinities of. 188. 

 Black ants, see Ants. 

 Blackberry borers, and gall makers, art., 27-30. 



crown borer - Bembecia marginata. 



midge := Lasiopt era farinosa. 

 Bla<?kbird, crow, as insect destroyers, 278. 

 Blastobasis sp., preying upon Chion-aspis, m., 290. 

 Blastoidiagapsenes. first introduction of, intoCal., 

 94, art. 128-129. 



relation to Smyrna tig, 374. 

 Blissus leucopterus, in Nebraska, 133. 

 Blister beetles, in Texas. 395. 



on cabbage, 77. 

 " Bloodsucking cone-nose," 273. 

 Blue bird, suggested remedy for red spider, 278. 

 Bogus Yucca moth=Prodoxus deiipiena. 

 Boll-worm, early reference to, art., 326. 



in corn, in New Mexico, m., 26. 



in India, ref., 296. 



injury attributed to, due to other insects, m., 17. 



in Mississippi, m., 34. 



in Nebraska, 133. 



treatment of. 208. 

 Bombi, introduced into New Zealand, 157. 

 Bombyliidw, new species of, rev., 158. 

 Boophilus. genus erected for Ixodes bovis, 233. 

 Boots, Sitodrepa panicea damaging, 403. 

 Bordeaux mixture, as an adjunct in spraying with 

 arsenicals, 238. 



experiments with, ref., 2. 



in combination with insecticides, 284. 

 Borers, notes on a few, art., 64, 67. 



on blackberry, art., 27. 



squash, habits and remedies, art., 30. 

 Bos. J. Ritzema. rev. of work of, 149. 

 Bostrychus jesuita, in Australia, ref., 294. 

 Bots under the skin of man, 275, 309, 310. 



See also Ox hot. 

 Box-elder bug, a household jiest, 400. 



attacking fruit in Washington State, 273. 



leaf-roller, in Colorado, ref., 355. 

 Bracon, bred si)ecies of, 256, 257. 



sp., bred from Saperda concolor galls, 66. 



sp., Hyle.sinus aculeatus reared from, 66. 

 Braconida;, characteristic cocoons of, 377. 



list of bred species, art., 256-259. 

 Bronzy cutworm, on snow, ref., 336. 



Bruchus faba', art.. 299. 



description of larva, 300. 

 pisi, arts., 297, 392. 



ill Colorado, ref., 355. 

 rufimaiuis, injuiious in Sweden, ref., 2. 

 scutelhiris, parasite, mm., 49. 



tenii)erature of peas infested by, 160. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, notice of report by, 358. 

 Bryobia i)ratensis. on clover in Iowa, ref., 87. 

 Bud-moth, eye-spotted, injurious in Canada, 227. 

 Bud worm, injuring tobacco, ref., 287. 

 ButTalo gnats, damage by, 4U6. 

 notes on, 143. 

 moth, see Carpet beetle. 

 Bug, an interesting aquatic, art., 198-200. 

 Bugs, true, of Tennessee, rev., 224. 

 Bumble bee, in New Zealand, 157. 



and the production of clover seed, 334. 

 Butterflies, migratory movements of, rem., 230, 

 Butterfly, erroneously reported aa having .sold 

 for $1,500, ref., 226. 

 remarkable enemy of, 283. 

 Byturus tomentosus, on raspberry in England, 

 m., 38. 



C. 



Cabbage caterpillar, remedy for, mm., 13. 



maggot, Aleochara larvae said to breed in, 

 mm., 27. 



Plusia, see Plusia. 



Plutella — Plutella cruciferarum. 



root maggot, late planting a remedy for, 13. 



worm, imported in Ohio, ref., 2. 

 Caccecia argyrospila, in Colorado, ref., 355. 



rosaceana, parasite of, mm., 195. 

 injurious in Canada, m., 227. 



seiuiferana, in Colorado, ref., 355. 

 Cacus (ccanthi, bred from (Ecanthus, 124. 

 Caddo, n. g., ref. to i>ai)er on, 229. 



agilis, n. sp., on Long Island, 229. 

 Cadiot, M., rev. of article by, 407. 

 Caenophanes, bred species of, 258. 

 Calandra oryzic, in Miss, bull., ref., 293. 

 Calcium oxalate, i)roduced by an insect, 226. 

 California notes, more, 343. 

 Callixtenus, hickory, mites on, mm., 212. 

 Caloptenus bivittatus— Melanoplus differentialia. 



diflerentialis, ref., 323, 401. 



spretus, ref., 322, see also Melanoplus spretus. 



See also Melanoplus. 

 Calothysanis amaturaria, life - history, art., 



382-;{84. 

 Calyptua tibiator, hosts of, 259. 

 Camnula pellucida, habits and occurrence, 19, 20, 



22, mm., 23, 146,323. 

 Camponotus melleus, Coacinopt^ra dominicana 



larvae in nests of, 148. 

 Canker-worm, fall, occurrence in California doubt- 

 ful m., 167. 

 Canker-worms, in California, ref., 167. 

 Cautharides, mites among, 185. 

 Canthon, mistake ab<mt, 400. 

 Caprifieation of fig., 373, 394. 

 Capsidie. new species, exhibited, 161. 



remarks on, 411. 

 Capsua capillaris, feeding upon Aphis rosse, 160. 



