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Melanotus communis — Continued. 

 dates of collection of, xviii, 39. 

 description of, xviii, 40. 

 distribution of, xviii, 39. 

 life history of, xviii, 39-40. 

 cribulosus. Misc. Ess., 17, 97; xviii, 9, 

 32, 42-44, 55 ; xxi, 162. 

 description of, xviii, 43-44. 

 hibernation of, xviii, 43. 

 injurious to seed-corn in the earth, 

 xviii, 21. 

 fissilis, xviii, 9, 29, 39, 41, 42, 47, 55. 

 distribution, description, and life 

 history of, xviii, 41. 

 infaustus, xviii, 9, 42, 55. 

 melanurus, Longitarsus, xxi, 114, 122. 

 Melasoma lapponica, xxiii, 186. 



scripta, xxiii, 186. 

 Melia, xvii, 29. 

 mellea, Armillaria, xxii, 111. 

 Meloid larva; as white-grub parasites, 



xxiv, 162. 

 Meloidse. Misc. Ess., 19; xv, 4; xxi, 



137-142. 

 melolontha, Polyphylla, xvii, 33. 

 Melolontha vulgaris and M. lv'npocastani, 

 life cycles of, xxiv, 137. 

 fungus parasite of, xviii, 133. 

 melolontha;, Cordyceps, xvii, 45 ; xviii, 



126, 137. 

 Melon Aphis, xxi, 81-82. 



as food plant of Common Striped 

 Cutworm, xxiii, 34. 

 of Dingy Cutworm, xxiii, 27. 

 of Garden Web-worm, xxiii, 90. 

 infested by Toothed Flea-beetle, xxiii, 



110. 

 injured by Imbricated Snout-beetle, 



xxiii, 113. 

 -vines iniured by Diabrotica tenella, 

 xxiii, 188. 

 Melons as food plants of Melon Aphis, 

 xxi, 81. 

 of Striped Cucmiioer-b e e 1 1 e, 



xxi, 126. 

 of thousand-legged worm s. 

 xxiii, 222. 

 injured bv Larger-striped Flea-beetle, 

 xxi, 115. 

 by Leptoglossus phyllopus, xxiii, 197. 

 by Pale-striped Flea-beetle, xvi, XI ; 



xxi, 121 ; xxiii, 108. 

 by Southern Corn Root-worm bee- 

 tle, xviii, 148. 

 by Western Green June-beetle, xxiii, 

 102. 

 melsheimeri, Deltocephalus, xxi, 66, 73. 

 Membracidae, xxi, 80. 

 Merisus fulvipes as parasite of Hessian 

 Fly, Misc. Ess., 15. 



Merisus — Contained. 



subapterus, Misc. Ess., 15. 

 Mermis, Misc. Ess., 52. 



as parasite of grasshoppers, xxi, 129. 

 Meromyza americana, xiii, 10, 13-29; 



xiv, 54-55. See Wheat Bulb-worm, 

 meromyzse, Coelinius, xiii, 25, 26, 29; 



xv, 36. 

 Mesogramma politum, xxiii, 162-163. 

 Mesograpta polita, xxiii, 162. 

 messoria, Agrotis, Misc. Ess., 69. 



Carneades, xxi, 56, 102. 



Euxoa, xxiii, 17, 32. 

 Metallus, description of genus, xiv, 87. 



rubi, description of, xiv, 87-88. 

 Metarrhizius anisopliae, xviii, 47. 

 Meteorus sp. as parasite of Clay-backed 



Cutworm, xvi, 93. 

 Mexican Dropseed as food plant of Co- 



laspis Root-worm, xxii, 148. 

 mexicana, Muhlenbergia, xxii, 148. 

 micans, Lachnosterna, xvii, 47, 50; 



xviii, 139, 142. 

 Michigan Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, xxi, 57. 

 Microcera sp., attempts to infect San 



Jose Scale with, xxi, 36. 

 Micrococcus attacking Pieris rapas, xix, 



77- 

 insectorum infesting Chinch-bug, xvii, 

 74. 

 cultures of, xvii. 75. 76-78. 

 Microgaster bred from Apple Leaf- 



skeletonizer, xv, 60. 

 Microohthalma nisrra as parasite of 

 White-grubs, xvii, 44, 52; xviii, 125. 

 Microtoma atrata, xxiii, 198, 233. 

 middletonii, Aphis, xxi, 80, 159, 161. 

 Midge, Clover-seed, Misc. Ess., 15; xv, 

 3; xviii, XI. 

 Wheat, xiv, 6. See Wheat Midge. 

 Mignonette as food plant of Cabbage 

 Plusia, xxi, 152. 

 of Ear-worm, xxiii, 67. 

 of Zebra-caterpillar, xxi. 153. 

 infested by Red Spider, xxi, 59. 

 Migratory Locust. Lesser, xxiii, 67. 

 militaris, Hadronema, xxi, 92. 



Hibiscus, xxi, 120. 

 Milkweed infested by Green Flata, xxi, 



84; xxiii, 203. 

 Milkweeds as food of Argus Tortoise- 

 beetle, xxiii, 192. 

 Millet as food plant of Army-worm, 

 xxiii, 49. 

 of Chinch-bug. xv, 94. 

 of Garden Web-worm, xxiii, 90. 

 as lure for deposition of eggs of 

 Chinch-bug, xv, 99. 



