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Campylacantha olivacea suspected of injury 



to, 213. 

 infested by Common Flower-bug, 202. 

 method of injury to, by Garden Web-worm 

 90. 

 Beetles, number of species of, identified as 



corn insects, 11. 

 Beutenmiiller, Wm., 32, 74, 78, 167, 171, 172 

 bicornis, Tipula, 161. 

 Bill-bug, Clay-colored, 229. 



Timothy, 229. 

 Bill-bugs, corn, 12, 52-57, 115, 192, 229. 



character of injury to Corn by, 7, 11, 17. 



distribution of, 56. 



injuries to Corn by, 52, 55-56, 57. 



to grass and grain by, 56. 

 life history of, 56-57. 



preventive and remedial measures against 

 57. 

 bimaculatus, Tetranychus, 14, 224. 

 bipunctata, Xabea, 219. 

 Birch infested by Euphoria inda, 101 

 Birds, 158. 



as enemies of Army-worm, 49, 51. 

 sod web-worms eaten by, 39. 

 bivittatus, Melanoplus, 67, 136. 

 Black Ant, Little, 157-158. 



Blister-beetle, 112, 113, 231. See also under 



Blister-beetles, 

 -headed Grass-maggot, 228. 

 -winged Carolina Grasshopper, 213. 

 Blackberries injured by Western Green June 



beetle, 102. 

 Blackberry as food plant of Rose-chafer, 184. 

 of Smartweed Caterpillar, 170. 

 canes infested by Stalk-borer, 46. 

 eggs of meadow grasshoppers in stems of 



146. 

 injured by Imbricated Snout-beetle, 113. 



by tree-crickets, 216. 

 plants destroyed by Pale-striped Flea- 

 beetle, 108. 

 blanda, Systena, 107. 

 Blissus leucopterus, 57-64. 

 Blister-beetle, Black, 112, 113, 231. 

 Margined, 112, 113, 231. 

 Striped, 112, 113, 231. 

 Blister-beetles, 111-113, 227, 231. 



species of, which feed on Corn, 112. 

 Blue-grass as food plant of Army-worm, 49 

 fields. Striped Cricket abundant in, 215 

 mfested by Corn Flea-beetle, 110. 



by Sweet-Potato Flea-beetle, 111 

 injured by Little Negro-bug, 116. 

 killed by sod web-worms, 39, 40 

 sod. Corn on, not killed as on other sods 77 

 Strawberry Crown-girdler found on, 192 

 Bolitochara sp. infesting fallen ears of Corn, 



Boll-worm. Cotton, 11.67. See under Corn- 

 worm. 



Boltonia eggs of meadow grasshoppers in stems 



of. 146. 

 Boopedon nubilum, 212, 229. 



Borage as food plant of Strawberry Crown- 

 girdler, 193. 

 Borer, Sugar-cane, 10. 



Box-elder as food plant of Common Striped 

 Cutworm, 34. 

 buds and leaves eaten by W-marked Cut- 

 worm, 31. 

 infested by Sweet-Potato Flea-beetle, 111. 

 Brachytarsus variegatus, 194. 

 brevipenne, Xiphidium. 147. 

 Bristly Cutworm, 35, 232. 

 Bronze Cutworm, 29-31, 231. 

 Broom-corn as food plant of Corn Leaf-louse 

 206. 

 infested by Common Flower-bug, 202. 



by Euschistus variolarius, 196. 

 injuries to, by Corn Flea-beetle, 110. 

 by Corn Leaf-aphis, 124. 

 by Grass- worm, 81. 

 by Southern Corn Leaf-beetle, 103. 

 by Toothed Flea-beetle, 110. 

 by Yellow Sorghum Plant-louse, 210. 

 Oncometopia undata taken on, 204. 

 smut eaten by Phalacrus politus, ISO. 

 Stalk-maggot found on roots of, 164. 

 subject to injury by Grass-worm, 82. 

 Bruner, L., 90, 143. 

 brunnea, Colaspis, 104. 



Glyptina, 191. 

 brunneus, Luperus, 187. 



Buckeye as food plant of Dusky Leaf-bug, 199 

 Buckwheat as food plant of Common Striped 

 Cutworm, 34. 

 of Dark-sided Cutworm, 33. 

 of Dusky Leaf-bug, 199. 

 of Grass-worm, 82. 

 of Smartweed Caterpillar, 170. 

 of W-marked Cutworm, 31. 

 injured by Sweet-Potato Flea-beetle, 111. 

 Bud-worm, Tobacco, 67. 



Buffalo-grass as food plant of Dissosteira longi- 

 pennis, 213. 

 of Garden Web-worm, 90. 

 Bumblebees, 101. 



Burdock as food plant of Garden Web-worm 

 90. 

 of Salt-marsh Caterpillar, 74. 

 of Stalk-borer, 46. 

 of Sulphur Leaf-roller, 174. 

 Burning egg-masses of Gypsy-moth, 89. 



infested fodder and waste as measure against 



Fodder Worm, 87. 

 over grass-lands to destroy young grass- 

 hoppers, 14. 

 Burrowing web-worms, 44, 95-98, 226. 



Cabbage and other cruciferous plants as food 

 of Harlequin Cabbage-bug, 196. 

 as food plant of Army-worm, 49. 

 of Bristly Cutworm, 35. 

 of Clay-backed Cutworm, 29. 

 of Common Striped Cutworm, 34. 

 of Cotton Cutworm, SO. 

 of Dark-sided Cutworm, 33. 

 of Dingy Cutworm, 27. 



