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GENERAL INDEX. 



Melanotus depressus, life history of, ref., III,24G 

 fissilis, life history of, rt-f., HI, 240. 

 infaustus, paper on, ref ., 1 1 1 , 246. 

 parumpunctatus, ref. to paper on, III, 246. 

 pertiuax, note on, m., 111,246. 

 Melanoxanthus bicolor, descr. of forms, 111,290. 

 flocculosus u.sp., Ill, 29'. 

 salicis, m.. Ill, 92. 



willow grove pUut-louse, ref., 1X1,92,290. 

 Melasoma, correct genus for Lina scripta and trem- 



ulic, VII, 419. 

 Melipona, wax-prodvicing organs of, VI,3G0. 

 fasciculatn, iuBritisli Hondura.s, V, 258. 

 Meliponaj, curious defenses constructed by, ref., V, 



288. 

 Melissopus latiferreana, attacking acorns, VI, 319, 



320. 

 Melita^a auicia, parasitized hy Apanteles koebeloi, 

 111,15. 



parasitized by Charops sp., Ill, 155. 

 chalcedon, parasitized by Hemiteles melitasn', 

 111,152. 

 Melitara prodenialis, oviposition of, VI, 282. 

 Melittiaceto, in Mississippi, II, 283; III, 337. 



(cucurbita;), habits, and remedies against, 



art., IV, 30. 

 (cucurbitaj), treatment of, IV, 271. 

 notes on biolojj:y of, V, 82, 85. 

 egg-laying of, V, 96-98. 

 trap crops against, VI, 94. 

 in New Jersey, ref., \I, 209. 

 Melittobia chalybii, bred from cells of Clialyhion 

 cteruleum, m., IV, 102. 



pelopsei, bred from dipterous puparia in mud 

 dauber's nest, IV, 134, 102, 229. 

 synopsis of paper on, IV, 162. 

 habits of, m., IV, 229. 

 Meloboris sp., parasitic on i)yralid on m.'ttle, III, 156. 

 Meloe, history of, •III, 3. 

 Meloidre, nomenclature of, II, 288. 

 Melolontha, European, remarks on. III, 491 . 

 hippocastani, remedies a.gainst, II, 200. 

 vulgaris, abundance in Pomerania, II, 30. 

 remedies against, II, 300. 

 larval life of, II, 374. 

 Melon apliis. {See Melon plant-louse.) 



beetle, striped, in Oklahoma bull., ref., V, 148. 



12-spotted, trap for, \1, 37. 

 louse. {See Melon plant-louse.) 

 plant-louse, in New .Jersey, V, 97; VI, 209; VII, 

 151, 195. 

 bisulphide of carbon against, VI, 161; VII, 



109. 

 reujcdy against, VI, 210. 

 in West Virginia, VII, 150. 

 (.S'ee also Aphis cucunieris.) 

 worm, in cantaloupes, II, 376. 

 in Mississippi, III, 337. 

 in Jamaica, m., IV, 157. 

 Meloidiagus ovinus, lu Chile, I, 155. 

 treated by Curtice, III, 91. 

 Melsheimer's catalogue of Coleoptera, ref., VI, 282. 

 Membraclda^, North American, foo<l-plants of, art., 

 V, 92, 93. 

 of North America, rev., V, 282, VI, 339. 

 Menavody, poisonous spider, II, 273. 

 Menesta, characters and relations, II, 150, 154. 

 erected for an aberrant gelechiid, II, 303. 



Menesta melanella n. sp., descr., II, 3(J4. 

 tortricella, type of genus, in., II, 304. 

 tortriciformella, synonymy, II, 154. 

 Meniscus elegaus, hosts of. III, 464. 



dakrumse, parasitic on Dakruma coccidivora, 



III, 464. 

 scutellaris, parasitic on Gelecbia pseudacaciella, 

 III, 464. 

 Menopon, affinities o'', IV, 188. 



consanguineum, parasite of iielican, V, 284. 

 pallidum, lial)its of, m., IV, 188. 

 Meraporus sp., bred from gypsy moth, ref., IV, 3.54. 

 sp., parasite of Bruch us 4-niaculatus, VI, 223. 

 (?) sp., at W(n-ld's Fair, VI, 223. 

 Merisus intermedins, Hessian fly parasite, I, 132. 



isosomatis, jiarasite of wheat jiest, V, 90. 

 Mermiria bivittata, lu New Mexico, VI, 31. 

 Merniis, infesting Melanoplus atlanis, II, 68. 



acuminata, parasite of codling moth, IV, 140. 

 Meroinyza americana, and grass injury, I, 374; IV, 

 198; VI, 73. 



parasitized by Ofelinlus meromyzfe, 1 1, 280, 



III, 59. 

 on wheat, II, 87; III, 82. 

 in Canada report, ref.. Ill, 3.59. 

 in Texas, III, 453. 

 in Iowa, ref., IV, 87. 

 early published references to, IV, 263. 

 mites on, mistaken fo"r eggs, IV, 263. 

 causing "silvertop," V, 124. 

 eggs of, correction. III, 332. 



{Sue aZso Wheat stem maggot.) 

 sp., confounded with Hessian fly prior to 1776, 

 I, 86. 

 Mesites, food liabits of, 1, 98. 



Mesochorus americanus, bred from Microgaster co- 

 coons, III, 155. 

 aprilinus, hosts of. III, 156. 

 (?) <hrysopa>, bred from Chrysopa cocoon. III, 



15';. 

 reared from Microgaster cocoons, II, 211. 

 gracilis, parasite of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 hiteipes, parasitic on Notodonta sp.. Ill, 156. 

 melleus, parasitic on Cimbex, V, 5. 

 microgasteris, parasitic on Microgaster cocoon 



on Empretia stimulea. III, 156. 

 obliquus, parasitic on Euchwtes egle, III, 156. 

 pectoralis, parasite of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 scitulus, parasitic on Leucania unipuncbi. III, 



150. 

 sp., bred from rotten grape berry. III, 156. 

 splendidulus, parasite of Ocneria, II, 210. 

 Mesographe rimosalis, parasitized by Apanteles oro- 



beiue. III, 16. 

 Mesograpta polita, art., I, 5-8. 

 in Missouri, II, 115. 

 feeding on pollen, VII, 326. 

 Mesoleius, parasite of Cheimatobia, III, 77. 



schizoceri, parasitic on Schizocera ebena. III, 

 461. 

 Mesoleptus sp., parasitic on elm leaf-roller. III, 461. 

 Mesops, taken in Dakotji, I, 60. 

 Mesostenus albomaculatus, j'arasitic on Crambus sp.. 

 Ill, 153. 

 arvalis, parasitic on Polistes sp.. Ill, 153. 

 gracilis, parasitic on Dakruma coccidivora. III, 

 153. 



