GENERAL INDEX. 



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Uropoda americana, infesting Harpalus, II, 3G9. 

 on Diabrotica, etc., mm., IV, 27. 



V. 



Valenus u. gen., ref., IV, 350. 

 Valgus caualiiulatus, on quinre, I, 377. 

 notes on, \, 53. 

 remarks on genus, m., IV, 230. 

 squamiger, notes on, V, .53. 

 Vanclio, reputed poisonous spider, II, 275. 

 Vanduzea, food-habits of species, \, 93. 

 Vanessa antiopa, stridulation of, I, 221; urt., 307-308; 

 II, 11. 



in Minnesota, II, 104. 

 {See also Euvanessa.) 

 atalanta, appearance of parasitic pupa of, quo- 

 tation, ref., IV, 194. 

 (butterfly), in New York City, m., IV, 01. 

 californica, mountain swarming of, art., II, 355- 



356. 

 cardui, migration of, II, 197. 

 io, stridulation of, II, 11. 

 milberti, parasite of, T, 101. 

 prorsa, poisonous meconium of, I, 190. 

 Variegated cutworm, on carnations, II, 376; IV, 405. 

 Vaseline, use of, witli carbon bisulphide, IV, 288. 

 Vedalia cardinalis, life-history, II, 70. 



in California, II, 112, 190; IV, 134; V, 127. 

 destroying the Icerya, II, 142; III, 98, 99; 



IV, 154. 

 ignored in litigation, II, 252. 

 in New Zealand, IT, 384; III, 395; IV, 215; 



art., VI, 193. 

 in Australia, III, 70, 395. 

 remarks on introduction of, III, 189; IV, 



226; V, 142; VI, 134. 

 success of, in Honolulu, III, 330. 

 winter protection for, note on. III, 354. 

 notes on, article. III, 439. 

 international exchange of, IV, 164, 279, 336, 



349; V, 50; VI, 41. 

 wanted for use against mealy bug, V, 60. 

 colonization of, V, 139; VI, 137. 

 = Novius cardinalis, VII, 418. 

 fumida var. roseipennis, feeding on Icerya 



{egyptiacum, VII, 271. 

 n. sp., preying upon Icerya purchasi, IV, 289; 



V, 71. 

 sieboldii, feeding on Icerya purchasi, VII, 271. 

 Vegetarian mosquito, corr. on, V, 345; VI, 266. 

 Verania frenata, feeding on woolly blight, VI, 12. 

 Veratrin, error corrected, IV, 33. 

 Verdigris, in insects, mm.. Ill, 492. 

 Ver macaque, under skin of man, V, 3, 59. 

 Verminous tracheibronchitis. (See Gapes.) 

 Vermorel nozzle, I, 263. 

 Ver moyocuil, hominivorous bot, ref., V, 3. 

 Vesicatory insects, review of Beauregard's mono- 

 graph, III, 2. 

 Vespa cuneata, habits of. III, 129. 



extraordinary numbers of, VI, 284. 

 germanica, habits of. III, 129. 

 nests in a trunk in India, II, 113. 

 Victorian insects, handbook of, rev., VI, 59. 

 Vine growers, convention of. III, 352. 



leaf-hopper, in New Mexico, m., IV, 27; ref., 295. 

 Vine-loving pomace-fly, found in hen's feed, II, 254. 



Vine-weevil, a hothouse pest, IV, 222. 



black, in Canada, ref., VI, 284. 

 Vineyards, an intruder in, V, 343. 

 Vinsonia, represented in Trinidad, VI, 196. 

 stellifera, on Mango in Jamaica, IV, 334. 

 on Achras sapota, V, 159. 

 food-plants of, V, 160. 

 in Leeward Islands, VI, 51. 

 Virachola isocrates, destructive to fruit. III, 44. 

 Viticulture, new Australian journal of, I, 328. 



international meetings, II, 295. 

 Vivaria, for insects, how to be lighted, art., Ill, 18. 

 Volucella, larva parasitic on bumblebees, m., I, 5. 

 Vrilleta expausa, on Quercus agrifolia, IV, 260. 



W. 



Walking stick insects, not poisonous. III, 416. 

 in New South Wales, ref., IV, 90. 

 Sarcophaga bred from, V, 23. 

 damaging forest frees, ref., V, 63. 

 insect destroying forest trees in Australia 



ref., V, Oa. 

 damage by, in Jamaica, V, 268. 

 locally known as scorpion, V, 271. 

 Walnut caterpillar, in Nebraska, ni., V, 195. 



scale, on pear, VI, 328. 

 Walshia amorphella, on the loco weed, II, 50. 

 bred from gall on Amorplia, II, 2S1. 

 parasitized by Phygadeuon walshia?. Ill 

 163. 

 Warble fly, injuring hides in England, I, 355; IV, 39 

 in Colorado, II, 145. 

 in Mississippi, III, 460; IV, 90. 

 remedies against, discussed, lY, 40. 

 {See also Bot.) 

 Wasp or wasps, in India, II, 113. 

 notice of paper on, IV, 83. 

 destroyed by indigo bird, IV, 278. 

 in England, abundance of, VI, 284, 334 

 on cotton, VII, 241, 242. 

 caprifig, article on, IV, 128. 

 digger, article on, IV, 248. 

 fossorial, systematic work on, ref., V, 149. 

 paper-making, use of grape bags by, art., IV, 



192-193. 

 potter, enemy of parsnip webworm, V, 107. 

 ■ust-red social, an enemy of webworm, VI, 258. 

 Water, hot, against rose-chafer. III, 474. 



beetles, probable cause of train stopping. III, 

 478. 

 in old gasometer, IV, 160. 

 bug, in Treasury, I, 68, 191. 



found by Dr. Zabriskie, art., IV, 198-200, 321. 

 giant, in Louisiana, I\, 210. 

 an interesting, art., V, 189-194. 

 Water skippers, not eaten by fish, I, 160. 

 Wax, Chinese, note on. III, 424. 



insects producing. III, 3.52; ref., IV, 296. 



moths, in a cupboard, V, 260. 



Plodia (Ephestia) interpunctella and parasite on, 



III, 158. 

 producing organs of bees, VI, 356, 357. 

 production of different bees, relative, VI, 360. 

 scale, Florida, introduced into California, I, 325. 

 mistaken for Icerya, II, 55. 

 on guava, II, 316. 

 on LeConte pear, IV, 397. 

 on orange. III, 398. 



