48 



Black Locusl as fund plain of May- 

 beetles, xviii, 114. 

 defoliated 1>> A.sh-colored Blister- 



beetle, xxi, 140. 

 infested by Nematus robiniae, xiv, 

 116. 

 by Soft Maple Bark-louse, or 

 Cottony Maple Soak', 'xiv, 104; 

 xxiv, 103. 

 injured by Common Gray Blister- 

 beetle, xxi, 139. 

 Mustard infested 1>\ Corn Root-aphis, 



xvii. 67. 

 Nightshade, Epitrix brevis on, xxi, 



US. 

 Peach- Aphis, xxii, 100, 103, 104, 107- 



110. See Peach- \phis. Black. 

 -throated Bunting, \iii, 130. 



as enemy of corn bill-bugs, xvi, 

 71, 72. 

 Vine-weevil, xxi, 144. 

 Walnut as food plant of May-beetles, 

 xviii, 114. 

 Empoasca mali on, xxi, 78. 

 subject to injury by Cottony Maple 

 Scale, xxiv, 103. 

 -winged, or Black-winged Carolina, 

 Grasshopper, xxi, 130, 131 ; 

 xxiii. 213. 

 Blackberries eaten into by Banded Ips, 

 xviii, 24. 

 injured by Western Green June- 

 beetle, xxiii. 102. 

 Blackberry, xx. 15. 

 Acanthocerus galeator on, xxi, 97. 

 and Raspberry, on new insect enemies 



of, xiv, 87-92. 

 anthracnose of. xxii, 99, 101, 126. See 



also under Anthracnose. 

 \pple Tischeria bred from, xv, 46. 

 as breeding plant of Lophoderus vel- 



utinanus, xiv, 88. 

 as food plant of Goldsmith-Beetle, 

 xiii. 14S. 

 of Imbricated Snout-beetle, xxi, 



143; xxiii. 113. 

 of Rose-chafer, xxiii, 184. 

 of San Jose Scale, xx, 1 ; xxi, 

 13, 22. 

 canes infested by Stalk-borer, xxiii. 



46. 

 eggs of meadow grasshoppers in stems 



of, xxiii, 146. 

 infested by Flea Negro-bug, xiii, 110. 

 1>\ Oncometopia undata, xxi, 71. 

 by Rose, or Raspberry, Scale, xxii. 



120. 

 by stink-bugs, xxi, 97. 

 by Tarnished Plant-bug, \iii. 115, 

 127. 



Blackberry — Continued. 

 injured by Blackberry Leaf-miner, 

 xiv, 87. 

 by Pale-striped Flea beetle, xviii. 



22; xxi, 121; xxiii, 108. 

 by Pyrrhia umbra, xiv, 88, 90. 

 l>\ Strawberrj Flower worm, xiii, 

 "ill. 



by tree-crickets, xxiii, 216. 

 Leaf-miner, description of, xiv, 87-88. 

 Mealy Flata feeding on, xxi. 84. 

 Strawberry Leaf-roller bred from, 



xiii, 92." 

 subject to infection by crown-gall, 

 xxii, 100. 

 Blackbird, (.'row-. White-grubs eaten by, 



xviii. 123. 

 Blackbirds and crows as enemies of 

 White-grubs and May-beetles, xxiv, 

 156. 

 lilactis fuscipes as parasite of Fruit 



Bark-beetle, xvii, 5. 

 Blair. J. C, xx, V, 12; xxiv, 113. 

 blanda. Systena, xiii, 62, 86; Misc. Ess., 

 105; xvi, XI; xxi, 120; xxiii, 107. 

 t.-eniata. xviii, 23. 

 Blaniulus guttulatus, xiii, 139. 

 Blissus leucopterus, Misc. Ess., 112; xv, 

 89-103; xvi. 1-57; xvii, 81 ; xix, 

 16-189; xxiii, 57-64. 

 infested by Sporotrichum globulif- 



eruni. xvii, 81. 

 (See Chinch-hug.) 

 Blister-beetle, Ash-colored, xxi. 140. 

 See also Blister-beetle, Margined. 

 Black, Misc. Ess., 107; xxiii, 112, 113, 

 231. 

 food plants of. Misc. Ess., 19; xv,4. 

 range and injuries of, xxi, 141. 

 ( '.i minion Gray, xxi, 139. 

 Margined, Misc. Ess., 51 : xxiii, 112, 

 113, 231. 

 food plants of, Misc. F.ss.. 19; xv, 



4; xxi, 141. 

 (See also Blister-beetle, Ash-col- 

 i ired. i 

 Xuttall's, xxi, 142. 

 Spotted, xxi, 139. 



Striped, Misc. Ess., 51, 107: xxiii. 112, 

 113, 231. 

 food plants of, Misc. Ess., 19; xv, 

 4; xxi. 140; xxiii. 112. 

 Blister beetles, xxi. 137-142; xxiii, Hi- 

 ll 3. 227, 231. 

 as beet insects, xxi. 50, 52. 55. 

 distinction of species of. xxi, 138. 

 general description of, and of injuries 



by, xxi. 138. 

 grasshoppers' eggs as food of larva; 

 of Misc. Ess.. 19, 51, 52; xv. 4. 40. 

 41, 44; xxi, 138. 



