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Balm of Gilead, injury to. by Crepido- 



dera helxines, xiv. 117. 

 Balsam, injury to, by Tarnished Plant- 

 bug, xiii, 121. 

 balteata, Cymatodera, xxiv, 128, 129. 

 Banchus fugitiva as parasite of Leaf- 



crumpler, xv, 70. 

 Banded Ips, xviii, 23-28. 



description of, xviii, 26-28. 

 feeding habits of larva of. xviii, 25. 

 food plants of adult, xviii, 23, 25. 

 larva of, injurious to seed-corn in 



the earth, xviii, 8, 21, 23. 

 life history of, xviii, 25. 

 Banks. Nathan, xxiii, 224. 

 Baptisia, eggs of meadow grasshoppers 



in stems of, xxiii, 146. 

 barbata, Hypostena, xxi, 117. 

 barbatus, Pogonomyrmcx, xxiii. 7, 159. 

 Bark-beetle. Fruit, xvii, 1-20. See Fruit 



Bark-beetle. 

 Bark-lice, xxii. 100, 104, 112. See also 

 under Bark-louse and under Scale in- 

 sects. 

 Bark-louse. Clover, with description of, 

 xiv, 72. 

 Maple, or Soft Maple. See under 

 Maple Bark-louse, Soft ; Maple, 

 Woolly Bark-louse of ; and Cottony 

 Maple Scale. 

 Oyster-shell, xvii, XIV. 

 Pine, injury to White Pine by, xvii, 

 XIII. See also White Pine Cher- 

 mes. 

 Sorghum, description of. xiv, 71. See 

 also Mealy Bug, Sorghum. 

 Barley, xv, 30. 



as breeding plant of Chinch-bug, xv, 



93, 94. 

 as food plant of Armv-worm. xxiii, 



49. 

 Clover or Timothy sown with, to pro- 

 tect against Chinch-bug, xv, 102. 

 Corizus spp. on, xxi, 97. 

 damaged by Wheat-head Army-worm, 



xxiii, 84. 

 Gnathodus abdominalis on, xxi, 76. 

 injury to, bv Chinch-bug, xviii, VIII, 

 ' IX. 



by Corn Leaf-aphis, xxiii, 124. 

 by Sphenophorus parvulus, xvi, 

 63 ; xxiii, 56. 

 liable to destruction by White-grubs, 



xviii, 114. 

 subject to injury by Grass-worm, 

 xxiii, 82. 

 by wireworms, xviii, 30. 

 Barred Owl, White-grubs eaten by, 



xviii. 123. 

 Barriers and traps for chinch-bugs, xv, 

 100; xix, 5, 7-15; xxiv. 30- 

 32, 34, 35, 36-40, 56. 



Barriers and traps for, etc.— Continued. 

 cost of, xxiv. 57. 

 to progress of Army-worm. xiii. 84; 

 xxiii, 11. 

 of Bronze Cutworm, xxiii, 30. 

 of Clay-hacked Cutworm, xxiii, 



29. 

 of Grass-worm, or Fall Army- 

 worm, xiv. 67. 

 of Great Plains Cricket, xxiii. 



149. 

 of injurious species, xiii, 66, 67, 



68. 

 of Wheat-head Armv-worm, xxiii, 

 84. 

 Bartley, Samuel, xv, 97; xvi, 53. 

 Barto, Frank, xxiv, 14. 

 Basket-worm, xxii, 135-136. See Bag- 

 worm. 

 bassiana, Botrytis, xiv, 7. 

 Basswood. Alebra albostriella bred from, 

 xxi, 78. 

 as food plant of May-beetles, xviii, 

 114. 

 of San Jose Scale, xx, 1 ; xxi. 

 13. 

 infested by Phlepsius irroratus, xxi, 

 76. 

 or injured by Soft Maple Bark- 

 louse, or Cottony Maple Scale, 

 xxiv, 103. 

 (See also Linden.) 

 Batrachedra rileyi, xxiii, 176, 227. 

 Beach. Alice M., xxiii, 136. 

 Beal. F. E. L., xxiv. 157. 

 Bean as food plant of Army-worm, 

 xxiii, 49. 

 of Black Blister-beetle, xxi. 141. 

 of Clay-backed Cutworm, xxiii, 



29. 

 of Common Striped Cutworm, 



xxiii, 34. 

 of Dark-sided Cutworm, xxiii, 



33. 

 of Dingy Cutworm, xxiii, 27. 

 of Garden Web-worm, xxiii, 90. 

 of Glassy Cutworm, xxiii, 20. 

 of Granulated Cutworm, xxiii, 



32. 

 of Greasy Cutworm, xxiii, 21. 

 of Imbricated Snout-beetle, xxi, 



143; xxiii, 113. 

 of Oblique-banded Leaf-roller, 



xiii. 94. 

 of Pale-striped Flea-beetle, xviii, 



22; xxi, 121: xxiii, 107. 

 of Red-banded Leaf-roller, xiv, 



21; xxiii, 175. 

 of Seed-corn Maggot, xxiii. 70. 

 of Smartweed Caterpillar, xxiii, 

 170. 



