49 



Blister-beetles — Continued. 

 killed by gasoline blast-lamp, xxiv, 54. 

 larvae of, as parasites of bees, xxi, 



138. 

 measures against, xxi, 55, 138. 

 oviposition and hibernation of, xxi, 



138. 

 specie!? of, which feed on Corn, xxiii, 

 112. 

 Blow-fly maggots, xix, 97. 

 Bluebird, xiii. 131. 



as enemy of Strawberry False Worm, 



xiii, 75. 

 June-beetles eaten by, xviii, 123. 

 Blue-grass, xvii, 62. , 



as breeding plant of Sphenophorus 



parvulus. xxii, 3. 

 as food plant of Agallia novella and 

 of A. sanguinolenta, xxi, 69, 

 70. 

 of Army-worm, xxiii, 49. 

 of Black-headed Grass-maggot, 



xiii, 57. 

 of larvae of bill-bugs, xxii, 2, 



3, 18. 

 of May-beetles, xvii, 42, 43; 

 xxiv, 145. 

 eggs of Deltocephalus inimicus in 



blades of, xxi, 74. 

 infested by Chaetocnema pulicaria, xxi, 

 118. 

 by Cicada 6-notata, xxi, 77. 

 by Common Negro-bug, xxi, 100. 

 by Corn Flea-beetle, xxiii, 110. 

 by Forda occiden'talis, xviii, 96. 

 by Geoica squamosa, xviii, 99, 100. 

 by Gnathodus impictus, xxi, 76. 

 by Sweet-Potato Flea-beetle, xxiii. 



111. 

 by Trama erigeronensis, xviii, 93. 

 injury to, by Bryobia pratensis, xiv, 

 73. 

 by Little Negro-bug. xxiii, 116. 

 by meadow-maggots xvi. 79, 83. 

 by Wheat Bulb-worm, xiii, 22. 

 killed by sod web-worms, xxiii, 39, 40. 

 lawns injured by Sphenophorus par- 

 vulus, xxiv, 7. 

 or Little Brown, Bill-bug, xxii, 3-8. 



See Sphenophorus parvulus. • 

 Schizoneura panicola infesting, or hi- 

 bernating on, xiv, 28; xviii, 86, 88, 

 89. 

 sod, Corn on, not killed as on other 



sods, xxiii, 77. 

 Strawberry Crown-girdler on, xxiii, 



193. 

 Striped Cricket abundant in, xxiii, 

 215. 

 Blue Jay, White-grubs eaten by, xviii, 

 123. 



Boardman, E. R., xiii, 12, 57; xiv, 24, 

 93, 117; Misc. Ess., 6; xv, 1; xviii, 

 19, 157, 159. 

 Boisduval, J. A., xiii, '139. 

 Bolitochara sp. infesting fallen ears of 



Corn, xxiii, 180. 

 Boll-worm, Cotton, xxiii, 11, 67. See 

 under Corn-worm, and under Ear- 

 worm. 

 Bolter, A., xxiv, 49. 

 Boltonia, eggs of meadow grasshoppers 



in stems of, xxiii, 146. 

 Bombyliidae as parasites of Common 



Grub-Wasp, xxiv, 160. 

 Boneset, Agallia 4-punctata found on, 



xxi, 68. 

 Boopedon nubilum, xxiii, 212, 229. 

 Borage as food plant of Strawberry 



Crown-girdler, xxiii, 193. 

 Bordeaux mixture as medium for con- 

 veying arsenical insecticides, xxi, 

 53," 113. 

 as protection against crown-gall, 



xxii, 111. 

 for anthracnose, xxii, 127. 

 to check black-knot, xxii, 126. 

 Borer, Peach-tree, xxii, 99, 100, 104, 

 121-124. See under Peach-tree 

 Borer. 

 Sugar-cane, xxiii, 10. 

 Borers, xxii, 103. 

 peach, xx, 14. 

 Boston Smilax injured by Common Red 



Spider, xxi, 58. 

 Botis harveyana, xxi, 105. 



posticata, xxi, 108. 

 botrana, Eudemis, Misc. Ess., 128. 

 Botrytis, xix, 23. 



as parasite of Chinch-bug, xvi, 46, 48, 

 49. 

 of Parandra brunnea, xvi, 49. 

 bassiana, xiv, 7. 

 form of Sporotrichum globuliferum. 



xix, 95. 

 tenella, xix, 27. 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 

 69, 70, 71. 72. 

 artificial cultivation of, xviii, 133; 



xix, 81. 

 experiments with, xix, 64, 79. 

 infesting European White-grubs, 



xviii, 127, 133. 

 outline of experiments with, xix, 



66. 

 spores of, used to infect Lachno- 

 sterna larvae, xviii, 134. 

 to infect Polymcechus brevipes 

 and Serica vespertina, xviii, 

 133. 

 sp., culture experiments with, xvi, 56. 

 Box-elder as food plant of Common 

 Striped Cutworm, xxiii, 34. 



