GENERAL INDEX. 



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Blastobasis, sp., preying upon Chionaspis, in., IV, 



290. 

 Blastophaga, ou fig, II, 197. 



desirability of importing, III, 408. 

 jiseues, iutroductiou of, into California, IV, 94, 

 art., 128-129. 

 relation to Smyrna fig, IV, 374. 

 introduction into Australia, ref., V, G'^. 

 Blatta germanica. {See Ectobia germanica.) 

 0|Mentali.s. (See Periplanota orientalis.) 

 si>., damaging books, V, 35:5. 

 Blattari;« of Australia and New Zealaud, VI, 43. 

 Blattidai, oviposition of, II, 224. 



of Indiana, rev., VI, 341. 

 Blepharocerid larvit, remarks on, III, 357. 

 Blight, American, ref., Ill, 36G. 

 Blister beetle, black, on asters. III, 416. 

 Blister beetles, nomenclature of, II, 288, 



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



ou cabbage, IV, 77. 



in Texas, IV, 395. 



on beans, V, 126. 



abundance during 1892, V, 127. 



habits of, V, 260. 



apparent cross-mating of, V, 201. 



western, abundant in Canada, V, 289. 



handsome, VI, 36. 



remedies against, VI, 37. 



in New .lersey, VII, 196. 



(See also Epicauta, Jlacrobasis, etc.) 

 Blissus leucopterus, in Nebraska, IV, 133. 

 in Kansas, V, 1l?>. 



(See also Chinch bug.) 

 Blood-sucking cone-nose, bite of, 1,347; 11,106; III, 



466 ; IV, 273. 

 Blowflies, attacking a boy, V, 265. 



Lownes's monograph of, rev., VI, 278. 

 Bluebird, suggested against red spider, IV, 278. 

 Bluebottle fly, transmitter of contagion, mm., V, 2in. 

 Blue jay, enemy of boll worm, V, 242. 

 Boatman, Notonecta feeding on, II, 201. 

 Bogus yucca moth = Prodoxus decipiens. 

 Boll worm, in Mississippi, ',17,217; 11,283; III, 

 338 ; m., IV, 34 ; art., V, 240-243 ; VI, 324. 

 in Texas, 1, 320 ; II, 20, 317. 

 in California, I, art., 331-332. 

 in Michigan, II, 42. 

 blackbirds destroying, II, 47. 

 injuring poppies in India, II, 264. 

 investigation of. III, 92. 

 arsenites against. III, 123. 

 diseases of, III, 197, 333: V, 70, 242. 

 in Florida bulletin, ref.. Ill, 256. 

 bulletins on, notice of. III, 367; V, 148, 218. 

 injury attributed to, due to other iusects, m., 



IV, 17. 

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

 in Nebraska, IV, 133. 

 treatment of, IV, 208 ; V, 48, 80 ; VI, 94, 154, 167, 



169. 

 in India, ref., IV, 296. 

 early reference to, art., IV, 326. 

 article on, V, 240-243. 

 a Southern species, VI, 154. 



(See also Heliothis armiger.) 

 Boletotherus bifurcus, in Polyporus, III, 335. 

 Bombardier beetles, abundance of, III, 411. 



Bombus, dead from unknown cause. III, 87. 

 species introduced in New Zealand, IV, 157. 

 wax-producing organs of, VI, 3i 0. 

 borealis, habits of, 1, 295. 

 fervidus, habits of, I, 295. 

 virginicus, apparent intoxication of. III, 431. 

 Bombycid, curious chrysalis of, V, 131. 

 Bombycidw, taken by electric lamps at Poughkeepsic, 



N. Y., list of, art.. Ill, 322. 

 Bombyliida>, new species of, rev., lA^, 158. 



parasitism of, VI, 202, 204. 

 Bombyx arracanensis, silkworm of India, ref., II, 

 388. 



cra;si, silkworm of India, ref, II, 388. 

 mori, crossing with wild species, 1, 120. 



silk compared with A. yama-mai, 1, 27G. 

 fortunatus, parasitised by Trycolypa, 11,264. 



in India, ref., 11,388. 

 sinensis, silkworm of India, ref., II, 388. 

 iauestris, seven years iu the pupal stage, ILI, .33. 

 pini, reference to article. III, 36. 

 Bone beetle, in Chile, 1, 154. 

 Book louse, ticking of, V, 60. 

 Bookworms, ravages of, V, 353; VI, 265. 

 Boiiphilus, genus erected for Ixodes bovis, IV, 233. 



bovis, notes on, V, 267. 

 Boiitettix argentatus in New Mexico, VI, 30. 

 Boots, Sitodrepa panicea damaging, IV, 403. 

 Bordeaux mixture, as an insecticide, jtc, III, 221, 

 361,364; IV, 2, 238, 284 ; V,3,74; VI, 211 ; VII, 

 124. 

 Borer, celery, ref., VI, 211. 

 Borers on blackberry, art., IV, 27. 



squash, habits and remedies against, art., IV, 30. 

 notes ou a few, art., IV, 64, 67. 

 in fig trees, notes on, V, 365. 

 in British Columbia, ref., VI, 3. 

 wire netting protection against, VII, 191. 

 Bostrichus dispar = Xyleborus dispar, II, 145. 

 jesuita, in Australia, ref., IV, 294. 

 (Tomicus) typographus, destroyed by Tillus 

 (Clerus) formicarius, A'l, 125. 

 Bot, or bot-fly, emasculating, art., I, 214-216 ; note, 

 VI, 46. 

 infesting hogs. III, 161,401. 

 infesting man, art., I, 76-80 ; IV, 275, 309, 310 ; V, 



2, 58, 265, 266. 

 is it preyed upon by the English sparrow ? V, 342. 

 of cat, ref., V, 66; VI, 327. 



of horse, 11, 175 ; ref.. Ill, 366 ; ref., IV, 308; V, 5. 

 of ox, II, 156 ; ref.. Ill, 4, 5, 25, 432 ; V, 5, 137. 

 of rabbit (supposed). III, 21 ; V, 137, 138, 317, 

 360. 



(See aUij Ox bot, etc.) 

 Botis harveyana on greenhouse plants, II, 277. 



penitalis, jjarasitized by Bracon xanthostigma, 

 II, 349. 

 Bottle bees = Melipona, VI, 360. 

 Box-elder bug, in Utah, I, 325. 



in Nebraska, ref., I, 325; II, 258. 

 in Kansas, III, 72. 



attacking fruit iu Washington, IV, 273. 

 a household pest, IV, 400. 

 plant-louse, in Nebraska report, ref., II, 258. 

 leaf-roller, iu Colorado, IV, 355. 

 Brachinus sp., abundance of. III, 411. 

 Bracon agrili, parasitic on Agrilus fulgens, II, 348. 



