CONTENTS. 



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Spkcial Notes 29:? 



The Rose Chafer— Macrodactylus subspinosus (illustrated).. .C. V. Riley.. 295 



A New Genus AND TWO NEW Species op Australian Lamellicorns 



Dr. David Sharp.. 302 



An interesting Tineid— Menesta melanella (illustrated) Alary E. Murifeldt.. 303 



Experiments WITH THE Plum CuRCULio F. M. Webster.. 305 



The Phylloxera Problem abroad as it appears to-day 310 



The Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission 312 



Extracts from Correspondence 314 



The Piue Lachnns as a Honey-maker — Root-Knot on Apple — A Fuchdia 

 Alenrodes — The Skeiu Centipede and Sugar Louse — A Guava Scale — The 

 Tile-horn Borer — The Boll Worm — Feather Felting by Dermestids — Ex- 

 treme Ravages of Cut-worms — Migrations of Plants as affecting those of 

 Insects — Hymeuopterous Parasite of Icerya in Australia — Proconia undata 

 injuring the Vine. 

 Steps towards a Revision of Chambers' Index, with Notes and Descrip- 

 tions OF new Species (illustrated) Lord TValsingham . . 322 



General Notes 326 



A Rhizococcus on Grass in Indiana — Further Note on the Egyptian Mealy 

 Bug — Indian Rhynchota — Two Parasites of the Garden Web-worm — An 

 Aphis attacking Carrots — More Insects injuring the Tea Plant in Ceylon — 

 New Insect Legislation — A Test Case under the Horticultural Law— Locusts 

 in India — New injurious Insects in Colorado — Obituary — Entomological 

 Society of Washington. 

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