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Page. 

 Extracts from Corrkspondexce 340 



Trumpet-creeper injured by Lygauis redivatm. — Thrips tritici iujuring Or- 

 ange Blossoms.— White Auts in Australia.— The Toad vs. Cockroaches. 

 — White Grub Injury to Strawberries. — Larva of Cicada sejytendecim. 

 — Some Additions to Packard's Forest-tree Insects. — A Phytoptus ou 

 Plum. — A Lac Insect on the Creosote Bush. — A Rhizocoecus ou Grass 

 in Dakota. — Wash for Apple-tree Bark-lice and Borers. — Saw-fly ou 

 Polygonum dumetorum. — Oscinis sp. ou Chrysanthemum. — Ants destroy- 

 ing young Maples iu Nebraska. 

 General Notes , 347 



The Spider Bite Question. — Uropoda americana on Euphoria inda. — Evap- 

 orated Sulphur for Red Spider in Greenhouses. — Double Flowers 

 caused by Mites. — Rheumatism aud Stiugs of Bees. — The Black Bird 

 and the Boll Worm. — Swarms of a Gnat in Iowa. — New Remedy for 

 Striped Bugs. — The European Ribbon-footed Corn-fly. — Sparrow De- 

 struction in Australia. — Hennetia mucens infesting Bee-hives. — The 

 Chinch Bug this Year. — Codling Moth Destruction in Tasmania. — Gas 

 Lime for the Onion Maggot. — Paris Green for the Garden Web-worm. 

 — Phylloxera in Asia Minor. — Bark Lice ou the Cocoanut. — Important 

 Publicaftons on Economic Entomology. — The Pyrethrum Industry. — A 

 new Use for the Fluted Scale. — Codling Moth Notes.— Obituary. — The 

 Entomological Society of Washington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 12. 

 Special Notes 358 



Notes on some injurious and beneficial Insects of Australia and 



Tasmania F. M. Webster.. 361 



Two new Species of Scymnus Dr. David Sharp.. 364 



A Case of Lachnosterna Damage 365 



Notes on Pronuba and Yucca Pollination C. V. Riley.. 367 



Notes on some Species of Insects which affect the upper Portion 



of the Stems of some Grasses - F. M. Webster.. 372 



Extracts from Correspondence 375 



The Mole Cricket as a Harbinger of Spring. — First injurious Appearance 

 of the Army-worm in Florida. — The Camellia Scale. — The Australian 

 Lady-bird. — Valgus canaliculatus a Quince Enemy. — Application to 

 prevent Icerya from ascending Trees. — Lasioderma serricorne injuring 

 Cigarettes. — Injury by the Fall Web- worm in Texas. — Dryocampa im- 

 perialis on Elm and Linden. — LarviB of Tenebrio 7nolltor in a Woman's 

 Stomach. — Another Note on the retarded Development of Calopienus 

 spretus Eggs at Manhattan, Kaus. 



General Notes 380 



Linen injured by Agrotis Larv.Te. — Impression of an Insect in Paper. — The 

 Destructive Leaf-hopper injuring Timothy. — The Sunflower a Food 

 Plant of Enodobwnus l^-punctatus. — Pieris rupee and protodice in Colo- 

 rado. — Ligyrus gibbosus injuring Carrots iu Indiana. — The Scurfy Bark 

 Louse upon the Currant. — Phylloxera at the Cape of Good Hope. — 

 White Auts in Fences. — A new Butterfly Publication. — The Bot Fly of 

 the Ox. — A Note ou Museum Pests. — The Phylloxera in Colorado. — 

 The Rhizocoecus on Grass. — A new Grape Pest in the Southwest. — An 

 Aleurodes on Tobacco. — A Corn Root- worm in South Carolina. — A Deer 

 Bot-fly. — The Shield Method for Leaf-hoppers. — Lord Walsingham's 

 Index. — The Eutomological Society of Washington. 



