XXVIII 



Reed, common, as food plant of corn hill-l)iiK 

 larvae, 52. 

 infested by Stalk-iuafigot, lti.5. 

 Remedies and iireventives for insect depreda- 

 tions : arsenate of lead, 89. 

 arsenic. 14. 



arsenical insecticides, ll.'{. 

 barriers, 11, 29, 30, 84, 149. 

 burninK egg-masses, 89. 



infested fodder and waste, 87. 

 over frrass-lands, 14. 

 clean culture, 12. 



farming, (52. 

 coal-tar, 03. 



collecting egg-masses, 14. 

 creosote oil, 89. 

 Criddle mixture, 14, 65. 

 destruction of Pigweed, 91. 



of winter harborage, 12, 62. 

 digging out and destroying breeding cen- 

 ters, 161. 

 dusty strip and furrow, 62-63. 

 early mowing and feeding of grass, 47. 

 furrow and post-hole barriers, 51. t'>3. 

 furrows, 29, .51. 

 harrowing in fall, 91. 

 hopper-dozer, 14, 6.5, 66. 

 kerosene, 51, 6.3, 103. 



emulsion, 64, 91. 

 modification of agricultural practice, 59. 

 Paris green, 14, 19, 51, 91. 



mixed with bran or middlings, 18, 31 _ 

 33. 

 pasturing with pigs, 18, 23. 

 plowing, 13, .31. 

 deep fall, 91. 



early fall, 18, 26, 29, 43, 57. 

 late fall, 68. 

 spring, 44. 

 midsummer, 18. 

 poisoned baits, 18, 19, 29, 30, 142. 

 pyrethrum, 86. 

 rotation of crops, 11, 12, 16. 

 trapping by bands, 89. 

 reniformis atra, Helotropha, 2.32. 



Helotropha, 10. 

 renigera, Mamestra, 17, .3.5. 

 Rhopalosiphum dianthifound on Corn and 



other plants, 210. 

 Rhubarb and dock curculios, 114-115. 



as breeding-plant of Lixus concavus, 115. 

 infested by Stalk-borer, 46. 

 Rhus glabra as food islant of Dusky Leaf-hug, 



199. 

 Rhynchophora, 192. 



Rice as food plant of Leptoglossus phyilopus, 

 197. 

 subject to injury by Grass-worm, 82. 

 Riley, C. V., 26, 86, 90, 95, 99, 101, 203. 

 rileyi, Batrachedra, 176, 227. 

 Robins, Dark-sided Cutworm as food of, 33. 

 robustus, Sphenophorus, ,52. 

 Rocky Mountain Locust (or CJrasshopper), 65, 



136, 229. 

 Root-lice, Corn, 227. 

 Root-louse, Corn. See Corn Root-aphis, 



Root web-worms, 36-44. 

 -worm l)eetles, 187, 227. 

 Colasi)is, 104-106, 228. 

 Northern Corn, 4, 228. 



discussion of, cited, 69. 

 Southern Corn, 8, 188, 228, 229. 

 di-scussion of cited, 69. 

 rosa, Crocota, 71. 



Eubaphe, 71, 230. 

 Rose as food i)lant of Red-banded Leaf-roller, 

 175. 

 of Rose-chafer, 184. 

 of Yellow-headed Cutworm, 21. 

 of Zebra-caterpillar, 171. 

 -chafer, 184, 227. 



leaves cut up by Leaf-cutting Ant, 160. 

 eaten by Strawberry Crown-girdler, 193. 

 Rotation of crops for bill-bugs, white-grubs, 

 and wireworms, 12. 

 for Corn Root-worm, 16. 

 for cutworms, stalk-borers, and web- 

 worms, 11. 

 Rove-beetles, general description and food 



habits of, 180. 

 ruficollis, Cartodere, 182. 

 rugiceps, Ligyrus, 99. 



Rumex as food ]>lant of Common Striped Cut- 

 worm, 34. 

 ruricoUellus, Crambus, 153, 154. 

 Rushes infested by Stalk-maggot, 165. 

 Russian Thistle, eggs of Western Green Stink- 

 bug laid on, 117. 

 rusticus, Anisodactylus, 177. 

 Rusty-Brown Tortrix. See Tortrix, Rusty- 

 Brown. 

 Rye as food plant of Army-worm, 49. 

 of Cotton Cutworm, 80. 

 of Dusky Leaf-bug, 199. 

 infested by Euschistus variolarius, 196. 

 injured by Crambus vulgivagellus, 42. 



by Wheat-head Army-worm, 84. 

 subject to injury by Grass-worm, 82. 

 wild, English Grain-louse on, 207. 



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saccharalis, Diatra-a, 10, 91. 

 saccharatum. Sorghum, 92. 

 Saddle-back Caterpillar, 173, 2.30. 

 Salsify as food plant of Cotton Cutworm, 80. 

 of Red-banded Leaf-roller, 175. 

 of Sulphur Leaf-roller, 174. 

 Salt-marsh Caterpillar, 72, 230. 

 Sand-bur as food plant of Pale-striped Flea- 

 beetle, 108. 

 Sanderson, E. D., 90, 91. 



Sap of trees as food of Common Green June- 

 beetle, 102. 

 of Eufihoria inda, 101. 

 of Nitidulidip, 181. 

 saucia, Agrotis, 23. 



scabrinodis lobicornis, Myrmica, 158, 228. 

 Scaraba;idw, 180, 184. 

 Scavenger-beetles, 180-184. 

 schaufu.ssi, Formica, 161. 

 Schistocerca alutacea, 141. 

 americana, 67, 140. 



