. VII 



Paj:e. 



Ckanberry Leaf-galls Dr. Fr. Thomas.. 279 



Extracts from Correspondence 2-;0 



The Red-legged Flea-beetle iujuriug Peach Orchards.— The Spider Bite 

 Questiou again. — Susceptibility to lusect Poison. — The Hay Worm in 

 Kentucky. — A Rose-bud Cecidomyia. — Beetles infesting Yeast Cakes. — 

 Mites in Flaxseed. — Insects at electric Lamps. — Bees versus Fruit. — 

 Hydrocyanic Acid Gas Treatment for Scale Insects. — New Enemy of 

 the Chinch Bug. — Army Worm in 1888. 



Steps towards a Revision of Chambers' Index, etc Lord Walsingham.. 287 



General Notes 291 



Bleaching Wings of Lepidoptera. — Winter Appearance of the Cecropia 

 Moth.— Is Marriage a Failure ?— Insects upon the Coffee and Tea Plants 

 in Ceylon. — Plants injured by Capsus qiiadrivittatus. — Immunity of 

 Southern Dakota from the Chinch Bug. — Burning the Stubble for Hes- 

 sian Flies. — More abnormal Honey Bees. — The Entomological Society 

 of Washington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 10. 



Special Notes j. 297 



Systematic Relations of Platypsyllus, as determined by the Larva 



C. r. Eiley.. 300 



Stridulation in Vanessa antiopa A. H. Swinton.. 307 



Notes on the Tenacity, Elasticity, and Ductility of raw Silk 



Philip Walker .. 309 



Extracts from Correspondence 312 



Borers in a traveling Trunk. — An early Note on the Periodical Cicada. — 

 More Evidence bearing on Spider Bites. — Butt'alo Gnats on the Red 

 River. — A Beetle living in an Insecticide.— »The new Flour Moth in 

 England. — Abundance of an lulus in Dakota. — The Bean Weevil in 

 California. — Method of mounting Eggs of Insects for progressive em- 

 bryologic Study. — Grass Cut Worms. — Another Proposition in regard 

 to Chinch Bug Remedies. — Two Chiuch Bug Appearances the past 

 Year. — The Texas Heel-fly. — lusect Injuries in Ohio for 1888. — A Boll 

 Worm Letter. — A remarkable Theory. 



General Notes 322 



Late important Publications relative to the Hessian Fly. — Fungicides as 

 Insecticides. — Kerosene soap Emulsion as Fuel. — New Food Plant for 

 the Scurfy Bark-louse.— Obituary. — Precursors of Brood VIII of the 

 Periodical Cicada. — A Spider-egg Parasite. — Spraying Fruit Trees. — 

 White Grub in Strawberry Beds. — Farmers and Stock Raisers' Insect 

 Society. — A Bryobia in New Zealand. — The Box-elder Bug. — The Flor- 

 ida Wax-Scale in California. — Tho Entomological Society of Wash- 

 ington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 11. 



Special Notes 327 



Note on the Genus Lestophonus S. W. Willision, M.B.. 328 



The Corn Worm or Boll Worm in California D. W. Coqnillett.. 331 



The Serimeter Philij) Walker.. 3.33 



Additional Note on the Megilla Parasite ...C. V.Bdey.. 338 



Notes upon the Longevity of the early Stages of Eburia quadrimac- 



ulata, Say F. M. Webster.. 339 



