IV INDEX. 
Asparagus, 82. 
Aster, 121. 
aterrima, Paria, 62, 86, 144, 150, 159-163, 165. See 
Paria aterrima.. 
Attracting to food plants of minor value, 
flea negro bug, 107. 
to lamps and fires, 
Allorhina nitida, 69, 150. 
goldsmith beetle, 69, 148. 
May beetles, 69, 145. 
strawberry insects, 69. 
avene, Aphis, 40. 
Ayers, A. J., on flea negro bug, 109. 
on tarnished plant bug, 125, 131. 
Baits of flour and molasses for strawberry 
millipede, 141. ; 
potato, ete., for millipedes, 69, 141. 
Balsam, 121. 
Bark-louse, maple, 62, 98. 
Barriers to progress of army worm, 68. 
erown-borer, 68. 
insects of feeble locomotive power, 68. 
migratory insects, 68. 
Bean, injury to by iulids, 140. 
oblique-banded leaf-roller, 94. 
Bee, mason, 60, 61, 70,179. See mason bee. 
Beet, injuries to by false chinch bug, 104. 
Bethune, Rev. C. J. S., on flea negro bug, 
107. 
Bidwell strawberry, 125. 
biennis, (uothera, 169, addenda, IT. 
Birds destroying plant-lice, 45, 46. 
strawberry root-worms, 170. 
tarnished plant bug, 135. 
Bisulphide of carbcn for Scelodonta nebu- 
losus, 172. 
strawberry root-worms, 69, 172, 176, 
180. 
subterranean larve, 69. 
Blackberry, injuries to,by common straw- 
berry leaf-roller, 92. 
goldsmith beetle, 148. 
strawberry flower worm, 111. 
tarnished plant bug, 115. 
Black fruit-weevil, 62, 177. 
Geseription, 177. 
injury to strawberries, 17 
Black-headed grass maggot, 5 
breeding in grass, 57, 58. 
classification, 58. 
description, 58. 
food plants, 57 
injuries to corn, 57, 58. 
range, 57, 58. 
remedy, 59. 
Black-throated bunting, 181. 
blanda, Systena, 62, 86. See yellow-striped 
flea-beetle. 
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7-59. 
Blaniulus guttulatus, 139. 
Bluebird, 131. 
destroying strawberry false-worm, 75. 
Blue grass, 22, 57. ; 
Boardman, Dr. E. R., observations on 
black-headed grass maggot, 57. 
Boisduval, Entomologie Horticole cited, 
139. ; 
on European strawberry millipede, 139. 
Borer, crown, 61, 62, 68, 142, 151, 176, 179. See 
strawberry crown borer. 
stalk, 17, 61, 114,179. See stalk 
borer. 
Boston Society of Natural History, Pro7 
ceedings. See under Proceedings. 
boyeri, Pemphigus, 40. 
Bracon, 92. 
Brooklyn Searlet strawberry, 148. 
Broom-corn, injuries to, by Aphis maidis, 
46, 49. 
Chaitophorus flavus, 44. 
eorn root-worm, 55. 
plant lice, 11, 41, 53, 54. 
insects affecting, 39-56. See notes 
on insects affecting sorghum and 
broom-corn. 
Brown strawberry span-worm, 61, 76-78. 
ealendar, 179. 
description, 77. 
distribution, 76, 78. 
habits, 77. 
injuring the pear, 78. 
strawberry, 76. 
brunnea, Colaspis, 62, 86, 144, 
See Colaspis brunnea. 
Buckton, G. B., Monograph of the British 
Aphides cited, 43, 100. 
on Chaitophorus, 42. 
on Siphonophorafragarie, 100. 
Bulb worm, wheat, 10, 11, 13-29. See wheat- 
bulb worm. 
Bulletins of the Division “of Entomology, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 40. 
Illinois State Laboratory of Natural 
History, 99. 
U. 8. Entomological Commission, 105. 
Bunting, black-throated, 131. 
Burning grass to destroy black-headed 
grass maggot, 59. 
mulch to destroy strawberry in- 
sects, 69. : 
remnants of straw-stacks to de- 
stroy wheat-straw worm, 37,38. 
rubbish to destroy dusky plant 
bug, 138. 
strawberry insects, 69. 
tarnished plant bug, 131, 135. 
straw to destroy wheat-straw 
worm, 3l. 
strawberry fields to destroy 
common strawberry leaf- 
roller, 88, 93. 
leaf-eating insects, 180. 
150, 156-159. 
