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GENERAL INDEX. 



Wax scale, introductiou of, A', 282. 



in Florida, ref., VI, 347. 

 Weather, insects said to forecast, V, 352. 

 Websterellus (Websteria) tritici, breeding habits of. 



V, 90. 



parasite of Isosoma, VI, 151. 

 Webworm, beet, art., V, 320-322. 

 burrowing, mm., II, 338. 

 eaten by striped gopher, ref., V, 5. 

 enemy of, V, 134. 

 fall, abundance in Canada, V, 125. 

 garden, damage by, V, 55. 

 in Canada, ref., V, 62. 

 in Massachusetts, ref., V, 213. 

 might lie controlled by irrigation, V, 80. 

 tiger, enemy of fall webworm, ref., V, 134. 

 Weevil, "black," in Mississippi bull., ref., IV, 293. 

 in Maryland, ref., V, 2. 

 damage to wheat and rice in India, I, GO. 

 grain, bisulphide of carbon against. III, 191. 

 in Australia, ref.. Ill, 434. 

 at World's Fair, VI, 213, 221. 

 granary, in Canada, ref., II, 336. 

 in mullein seeds, V, 261 

 in New York report, ref., IV, 353. 

 of the Tertiary, notice, IV, 404. 

 peas infested by, temperature of, IV, 160. 

 protecting corn from, ref., V, 272. 



(See also Bean, Pea, Grain, Strawberry 

 weevil, etc. ) 

 Western striped cutworm, active in winter, II, 383. 

 West Indian rufous scale, art., IV, 380. 

 West Virginia bulls. 31 and 32, rev., VI, 1. 



Station Report, rev.. Ill, 435. 

 Westwood, J. 0., ol)ituary of, V, 285. 

 Westwoodia, on grass, II, 327. 



on sugar cane, VII, 430. 

 Whalebone, injured by Anthrenus, I, 222. 

 Whale-oil soap, experimeuts with, against San Jose 



scale, VII, 293, 369. 

 Wheat aphis, bulletin on remedies. III, 250. 

 in Tasmania, ref., VI, 37. 

 in Idaho and Washington. VII, 202. 

 bulb-fly, in England, ref., II, 337. 



worm, from spring wheat, m.. Ill, 247.. 

 {See also Meromyza americana.) 

 fly, in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 



companion, ref., IV, 357. 

 isoBoma. (See Isosoma. ) 

 midge, Thrips preying on, I, 138. 



danger of importing to Australia, I, 193. 

 in Canada, I, 356. 



estimate of damage caused by, III, 397. 

 in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 bulletin on, rev., IV, 91. 

 imiiortation of parasites, VI, 132. 

 pest, a new, art., VII, 406-408. 

 sawflies, damage by, 1, 111. 



little danger of introducing into Australia, I, 



193. 

 taken near Ottawa, II, 286. 

 in New York, ref., II, 338. 



{See also Cephus pygmreus, etc.) 

 stem-maggot, in Canada, I, 356; ref., II, 336; V, 

 62. 

 on varieties of wheat, II, 87. 

 notes on, ref.. Ill, 81 ; IV, 357. 

 stubble burning against, \l, 151. 



Wheat straw worm, in Ohio bulletin, ref., IV, 357. 

 in Kansas, ref., VI, 208. 



{See also Isosoma tritici.) 

 Thrips, on cotton, VII, 27. 

 weevil, injury in India by, II, 61. 

 {See also Grain weevil.) 

 Wheel bug, enemy of Nematus, I, 37. 

 enemy of honey bee, I, 88. 

 northward range of. VI, 341; VII, 279. 

 Whip-tail scorpion, not poisonous, I, 199. 



habits of. III, 334. 

 White ants, in Mississippi, I, 17; II, 283. 

 in Australia, I, 340. 

 in fences in South Carolina, I, 383. 

 eating through cloth and wood, II, 253. 

 on Pacific coast. III, 471, 472. 



{See also Tennes, Termites, etc.) 

 "White blast," cau.sed by Thrips, 111,301; VII, 393. 

 White cottony scale, in Trinidad, m., IV, 214. 

 currant scale, in England, ref., II, 337. 

 fly, local name for Aleyrodes citri, V, 224. 

 destroyed by frost, VII, 282. 

 {See also Aleyrodes citri.) 

 grub, remedies against, art., I, 48-50; II, 300; 

 III, 5, 483; VI, 63, 74, 153. 



vertebrate enemies of, I, 229; II, 195. 

 in strawberry beds, I, 325; III, 364. 

 in Australia, I, 364; V, 45. 

 life of, II, 372; art.. Ill, 239-245. 

 in Ohio, ref., II. 33!i; \, 269. 

 rotation of crops against. III, 5. 

 of Allorhina, art., IV, 35. 

 disease of, IV, 152. 



fungus of, ref., IV, 217, 281-282; V, 70. 

 in Illinois report, ref., IV, 293. 

 art. on, ref., V, 75. 

 preference for higher lands, VI, 153. 

 White-pine weevil, injuries of. III, 468. 

 White scale, in Nebraska, m., IV, 133. 



(See also Scale, fluted.) 

 Wild-plum weevil, oviposition, I, 89. 

 Willistonia biciucta, characters of, V, 239. 



esuriens, characters of, V, 239. 

 Willistoniida?, characters of family, V, 239. \ 

 Willow cimbex or sawfly. (See Cimbex americana.) 

 Willow-shoot sawfly, art., I, 8-11. 

 Willow-slug, yellow-spotted, art., I, 33-37. 

 Wilsoniabrevivittella, from CEnothera pods, II, 382. 

 "Wine bee," so-called Californian, IV, 330. 

 Wings of insects, evolution of, rev., VI, 272. 

 Winter moth, in Europe, I, 151; II, 289; III, 69; 



ref., IV, 2. 

 Wireworms, biologic notes on. III, 246, 247. 

 in Sweden, ref., IV, 2. 

 remedies again.'it, m., IV, 45; ref., 209, 355; V, 



73, 74; VI, 153. 

 New York bulletin on, rev., IV, 231. 

 (or Diabrotica), on sugar cane, IV, 389. 

 damaging celery, IV, 401. 

 new application of term, IV, 404. 

 in Ohio, m., V, 296. 

 Wollastonia, food habits of, I, 198. 

 Wood-borer, mistaken for household pest, IV, 396. 

 Wood-boring beetles, notes on, ref., VI, 206. 

 Wood louse, in Mississippi, I, 17; II, 283. 

 injuring wine-bottle corks, I, 92. 



