INDEX. 
Acer saccliarinuni, loo, 103. 
Agonoderus pallipes, remains of, found in 
ants' nest, 26. 
Alfalfa field, light-trap for May-beetles in, 147. 
alienus, Lasius, 19, ji, 2:, 24, 25, 26. 
Allorliina nitida, 137. 
Ahvood, W. B., 47. 
Ambrosia, Corn Root-aphis on roots of, 21. 
American, or White, Elm, injury to, by Elm 
Twig-girdler, 118 — 121. 
americana, Ulmus, 118. 
Ants and aphids, corn hills infested by, 10, 12. 
attendant on Corn Root-aphis, 8, 10, 11, 
12, 13, 14, 16, 17, i8, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
23, 24 — 26. 
eaten by harpalid, 26. 
Aphis maidiradicis, field experiments on, 8 — 
29. See Corn Root-aphis. 
Apple as food plant of May-beetles, 143, 144. 
infested by Cottony Maple Scale, 103. 
-trees flamed with gasoline blast-lamp, 46, 
47, 51, 52. 
Apples, poison tests of sprayed, 92 — 94. 
spraying, for the Plum-curculio, 78 — 99. 
See under Plum-curcul'o. 
arcuata, Eachnosterna, 137. 
Arsenate of lead for Plum-curculio, 82, 92. 
for Elm Twig-girdler, 132. 
Arsenical poisons for Elm Twig-girdler, 131. 
for ]\ray-beetles, 167, 168. 
Ash, 103. 
White, as food plant of May-beetles, 143. 
Ashmead, W'm. 11., 129. 
Aster flamed with gasoline blast-lamp, 44, 50. 
B 
balttata. Cymatodera, 128, 129. 
Harrier experiments for protection of Corn 
against Chinch-bug, 30 — 32, 34, 35, 36 
— 40, 56- 
cost of. 57. 
Harto, Frank, 14. 
Basswood, or Linden, injuries t". by Cot 
tony Maple Scale, 102, 103. 
Beal, F. E. L., 157. 
Beech subject to injury by Cottony Maple 
Scale, 103. 
r>ee-flies as parasites of Common Grvib- 
Wasp, 160. 
of White-grubs, 161, 
Beetles infesting Aster, gasoline blast-lamp 
used against, 44, 5c. 
bifoveolatum, Ophion, 161. 
Bill-bugs, timothy, injury to Corn by, 1—7. 
See Timothy bill-bugs. 
binotata, Hyperaspis, 115. 
Bittersweet subject to injury l)y Cottony 
Maple Scale, 103. 
bivulnerus, Chilocorus, 115. 
Black Locust subject to injury by Cottony 
Maple Scale, 103. 
\\'alnut subject to injury by same, 103. 
Blackbirds and crows as enemies of White- 
grubs and May-beetles, 156. 
Blair, J. C, 113. 
Blister-beetles killed by gasoline blast-lamp, 
54- 
Blue-grass as food of May-beetles, 145- 
lawns injured by Sphenophorus parvu- 
lus, 7. 
Bolter, A., 49. 
Bombyliidae as parasites of Common Grub- 
W^asp, 160. 
Box-elder as food plant of May-beetles, 143. 
flamed with gasoline blast-lamp, 52. 
injuries to, by Cottony Maple Scale, 102, 
103, 116. 
Braucher, R. W^, 48, iii, 112. 
Brown Thrasher, 149. 
Buffalo-berry flamed with gasoline blast- 
lamp, 46. 
Burrill, T. J., 113. 
Burrows, W. B., 156. 
Butternut-trees, Lachncistcrna beetles col- 
lected from, 141. 
Cabbage-bug, Harlequin, gasoline b'asl lamp 
used against, 43, 48 — 49. 
Cabbage flamed with gasolne blast-lamp, 
5-- 
Plusia, gasoline blast-lamp used against, 54. 
-worms, gasoline blast-lamp used against, 
51, 54- 
caliginosus, Harpalus, 26. 
Carolina Poplar as food plant of May-beetles, 
143- 
Carrot-beetle, 137. 
Catalpa, 103. 
Caterpillars and moths, gasoline blast-lamp 
used against, 44, 45. 
