GENERAL INDEX. 



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B. 



Baccha fascipennis, enemy of Pseudococcus aceris, 

 m., VII, 239. 



larval habits of, I, 5. 

 Bacon beetle, in New York report, ref., Ill, 252. 

 Bacteria, normal to digestive organs of Hemiptera, 

 rev., IV, 235. 

 attacking ])arsnip webworm, m., V, 1(18. 

 Bacterial cultures, against insects, experiment witli, 

 III, 4f.5. 

 diseases, of insects, mm.. Ill, 259 ; V, 70. 

 of Pieris, III, .m. 

 of chinch bug, extr., IV, 88. 

 of corn root-worm, ref., IV, 293. 

 Bseus americanus n. sp., descr., II, 270. 

 parasite of spider's eggs, II, 359. 

 clavatus, note on, II, 359. 

 seminulum, in Europe, II, 271. 

 Bagworm, Abbotfs, damage by, VII, 270. 

 London purple against, I, 193. 

 on tea, in India, II, 62. 

 in New York City, IV, 60 ; VII, 135. 

 injurious in Kansas, V, 116. 

 parasites of, VI, l:!2 ; VII, 280. 



{Sec also Thyridopteryx ephemerwformis.) 

 Bagous sellatus, exhibited. III, 431. 

 Bailey's spraying device. III, 175.- 

 Balaninus carya;, habits of, IV, 93. 

 caryatrypes = probocideus, IV, 93. 

 nasicus, in granulated sugar, I, 253. 

 habits of, IV, 93, 130. 

 parasitized by Trichacis ruflpes, IV, 125. 

 obtusus, on hazelnuts, ni., IV, 130, 131. 

 popular names proposed for species, IV, 130. 

 probocideus, habits of, IV, 93, 131. 

 quercus, habits of, IV, 93, m., 130 ; VI, 319. 

 rectus, habits of, IV, 93, 130. 



(in " Can. Eul. " Vol, III, pp. 137-8) = B. 

 uniforniis, IV, 93. 

 uniformis, habits of, IV, 93, ni., 130 ; VI, 319. 

 sp., in acorns, VI, 221. 

 Ballard, Mrs. Julia P., obituary, VI, 379. 

 Baltimore oriole, eating Sphinx catalpse, V, 350. 

 Baly, J. S., obituary, III, 3. 

 Bamboo Sinoxylon, in bamboo box, I, 57. 

 Barbitistes serricauda, eelf-mutilating, IV, 349. 

 Baridius trinotatus. {See Trichobaris trinotata and 

 Potato stalk weevil.) 

 sp., attacking cabbage in England, m., V, 296. 

 Baris confinis, breeding in Bidens frondosa, III, 201. 

 sp.,bred from Xanthiuni, nnn., 111,312. 

 sp., in cotton blossoms, VII, 247. 

 Bark-beetle, destructive pine, damage to forests hy, 

 art, V, 187-189. 



spruce, believed to have been destroyed by 



enemies, V, 188. 

 fruit, parasite reared with, V, 250. 

 Bark borer, juniper, in Nebraska, corr., VI, 38. 

 Barnacle scale, on persimmon, 1, 54. 



in Louisiana, VII, 280. 

 Bark-lice, spraying against, II, 276. 



chalcidid parasites of, IV, 411. 

 destroyed by a moth, art., VI, 6-10. 

 and birds, VII, 428. 

 Bark-louse, transparent-scaled, on tea plant in Cey- 

 lon, 11, 193. 



Bark-louse, from ants' nests, IV, 158. 

 ■ new, on orange, V, 202. 

 on LeConte pear, IV, 397. 

 oyster-shell, in ,\ustralia, ref., IV, 2, 89. 

 in Tasmania, ref., V, 216. 

 in Louisiana, ref., VI, 2. 

 introduction and spread of, VII, 333. 

 scurfy, in New Mexico, ref., IV, 91. 

 Barnard's insect trap, account of, ref., IV, 3.54. 

 Barrel staves, insect injury to. III, 343. 

 Baryconus ojcanthi, bred from eggs of (Ecanthus 



niveus, IV, 124. 

 Barypithes pellucidus in Massachusetts, VII, 430. 

 Bass, insect diet of, 1, 159, 160, 161. 

 Bassus agilis, bred from syrphid puparium. III, 460. 

 euur«, parasitic on Euura sp.?, 111,460. 

 niaculifrons, parasitic on byrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 orbitalis, parasitic on Syrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 scutellatus, parasitic on Leucania uuipuncta. III, 

 460. 

 parasite of Diptera, mm., IV, 48. 

 species of, parasitic on Cheimatobia brumata, 



III, 77. 

 sycophanta, bred from gall on oak, III, 460, 

 syrphicola, parasitic on syrphid with rose 



aphides. III, 460. 

 xanthopsis, parasitic on Syrphus sp.. Ill, 460. 

 Bathystomusn. sp., parasitic on tortricid leaf-roller, 



11,350. 

 Batrachidea cristate., on cotton, VII, 26. 

 Batracopus tibialis, in Chile, ref., VI, 47. 

 Baumhauria, parasite of Arctia, II, 235. 

 Bean beetle, spotted, in Colorado, ref., IV, 355. 



(See also Bean ladybird and Epilachna cor- 

 rupta). 

 cutworm, in Mississippi, II, 283. 

 ladybird (Epilachna), in New Mexico, m., IV, 



26,365; VII, 210. 

 leaf-beetle in Southern Ohio, VII, 204. 

 seed weevil in Africa, II, 2. 

 weevil, common in California, I, 316. 

 in Canada, I, 356. 

 in America, II, 2. 

 remedy against, II, 2 ; IV, 90, 302. 

 in Ohio bull., ref., II, 340. 

 in Kansas, III, 44. 



in Massachusetts bull., ref.. Ill, 365. 

 arts., IV, 297; V, 86, 87. 

 nomenclature and oviposition of, art., V, 



27-33. 

 "American," rev., V, 133. 

 "common," at World's Fair, VI, 220. 



(See also Bruchus obtectus.) 

 European, in Windsor beans, VI, 220. 

 red-footed in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 Beaver, parasites and guests of, I, 300 ; m.. Ill, 356 ; 



IV, 394. 

 Bedbug, in Chile, I, 154. 

 life history of, II, 104. 

 under bark, III, 21. 

 supposed, in swamp. III, 336. 

 transmitter of contagion, V, 210. • 

 red ants vs., note, VI, 340. 

 Bedellia somnulentella, note on, II, 326. 



parasitized by Orthopelma bedellia;. III, 154. 

 Bee, carpenter, hibernation of, rem., IV, 352. 

 honey, poison of, I, 282. 



