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GENERAL INDEX. 



Smicronyx, tychioides, parasitized by Bracoti ii. sp., 



II, 350. 

 Sinilia camelus, food-plants of, V, 92. 

 Smuts, in herbarium, destroyed by Latbridius filifor- 



mis, V, 203. 

 Smynthurus, destroying red rust of wheat, II, 259. 



hortensis, on cucumber and tobacco, III, 151. 

 Snail, broken-tail, in Bermuda, IV, 334; V, 269. 



Zaitha devouring, II, 201. 

 "Snake-worms," gregai'ious, IV, 214. 

 Snow flea, swarming of, m., \, 202. 



insects found on, IV, 335. 

 Snowia, notes on genus, ref., V, 280. 

 Soap, remedy against AjAis, ref.. Ill, 257. 



sludge oil, in New Jersey bulletin. III, 361. 

 fish oil, in New Jersey bulletin. III, 361. 

 against cabbage lice, ref., V, 62. 

 against hop louse, VI, 14, 15. 

 against the San Jose scale, expts. with, VII, 293, 

 370. 

 Soda, nitrate of, as an insecticide, VI, 96. 

 Soft peach scale, in New Mexico, ref., V, 65. 

 Soldier beetle, in Yucca flowers, I, 370. 



feeding on sugar-cane borer. III, 362. 

 bug, destroying gypsy moth, IV, 354. 

 as enemy of bollworm, V, 242. 

 also called huckleberry bug, V, 271. 

 bull-horned, feeding on cotton aphis, VII, 



321. 

 clubbed, feeding ou cotton aphis, VII, 321. 

 crowned, destroying cotton worms, VII, 321. 

 glassy -winged. (See Ilyaliodes.) 

 green, on sweet potatoes, V, 261. 

 feeding ou cottou, VII, 320. 

 (See also Nezara liilaris.) 

 mosquito-shaped, feeding on caterpillars, 



VII, 322. 

 single-spotted, puncturing cotton, VII, 320. 

 social, feeding on cotton aphis, VII, 322. 

 two-spined green, feeding on cotton aphis, 

 VII, 322. 

 Solenaspis hyalinus, preying ou Me. ograpta polita, 



VII, 320. 

 Solenobia walsUella, parasitized liy Linineria sole- 



nobia?. Ill, 158. 

 Solenopsis fugax, destroying blackberries, II, 257. 



geminata, on cotton, VII, 242. 

 Sorghum borer, in India, II, 61. 

 South Australian insects, note on, VII, 266. 

 Sow bugs, feeding on living plants. III, 69, 402; 

 IV, 401. 



in a well, VII, 429. 

 Spalacopsis, synopsis, ref., IV, 350. 

 Spalangia, hosts of, IV, 123. 



drosophilfe, hosts of, IV, 123. 

 hsematobiai, parasitic on Hiematobia serrata, 

 IV, 123. 

 Spalangilna?, synopsis of, ref., V, 288. 

 Spalgis, carnivorous habits of. III, 482. 

 Span-worm, gooseberry and currant, ref., IV, 355. 

 new, on apple trees, m., \, 17. 

 on plum, V, 18. 



on corn in New Jersey, VI, 188. 

 Sparrow, chipping, as insect destroyer, V, 266. 

 English, traits of. III, 393. 



favorable view of, IV, 153 ; V, 349. 

 i-s. horse botfly, V, 342. 



Sparrow hawk, good service in Colorado, 11,146. 



destroying the white grub, II, 195. 



Sparthocerns diffnsus, on grape, m., V, 17. 



Spathiina?, bred parasitic, II, .350. 



Spathius abdominalis, parasitic on Phlceosinus den- 



tatus, 11,350. 



brevicaudus, parasitic on Drvoctetes anto- 

 >r ■ 

 graphus, IV, 258. 



brunneus, hosts of, IV, 257. 



canadensis, hosts of, IV, 258. 



clavipennis, parasitic on Polygraphus nifipeii- 



nis, IV,.257. 

 sequoia;, parasitic on coleopterous larva on red- 

 wood, II, 350. 

 simillimus, hosts of, IV, 258. 

 iinifasciatus, parasitic on Scolytus 4-spinosus, 

 IV, 258. 

 Species, what constitutes a, V, 352. 

 Spermophagus pectoralis, in stored beans, VII, 328. 

 robini*, not on locust, IV, 94, 131. 



on Gleditschia triacanthos, \, 106. 

 sp. (= pectoralis) in beans, VI, 220, 223. 

 Spermophilus 13-lineatus, parasite of, IV, 147. 



insectivorous, V, 5. 

 Spha?nothecus, generic synopsis, ref., IV, 350. 



suturalis, on Mesquite, V, 39. 

 Spha^rius politus, exhibited, III, 431. 

 SphaM'ophoria, larva carnivorous, I, 5, 6. I 



Sphierophthalma castor, identified, III, 419. 

 Sphieropyx bicolor, parasitic on arctiid (?), II, 352. 

 Spharagemon halteatum, in New Mexico, VI, 31. 

 Sphendalc infuscata, American species, m., II, 340. 

 Sphenophorus, food habits o"", 1, 199. 

 liratns, comparison of larva, I, 188. 

 obscurus, art , I, 185-189. 



ill Fiji Islands, VII, 279. 

 ochreus, life-history, II, 132. 



affecting corn, III, 159; V, 66, 112. 

 parvulus, iu Iowa bull., V, 66, 112. 

 pulchellus. (See Rhodobieuus 13-punctatu8.) 

 robustus, comparison, I, 188. 

 sacchari, in sugar-cane, I, 185. 

 sculptilis, in New Jersej-, lA', 44. 

 sp., Xyleboruspubescens associated with, IV, 402. 

 sp., ou sugar-cane, V, 277. 

 Sphex sp., carrying off cotton locust, VII, 241. 

 Sphinctus, an external parasite, I, 171. 

 Sphingicampa bicolor, on Gymnocladus canadensis, 



V, 204. 

 Sphingida;, taken by electric lamps at Poughkeepsie, 



N. Y., list of, art., 111,322. 

 Sphinx atropos, stridulation of, II, 13. 



Carolina, iu Mississippi, II, 283 ; III, 338. 

 catalpa, note on, II, 382. 



eaten by birds, V, 350. 

 chersis, on ash, m.. Ill, 232. 

 coniferarum, parasitized by Thyreodon morio, 



III, 155. 

 convolvuli, on sweet potato in New Zealand, II, 



135. 

 drupiferarum (?), parasitized by HeterogamuB 



fumipennis, II, 351. 

 eremitus, on mints, IV, 206. 

 ligustri, on privet hedge, I, 22. 

 quinquemacnlata, remedy against. III, 171. 

 in Mississippi, in.. Ill, 337. . 

 parasitized, III, 337. 

 Apanteles bred from, IV, 134. 



