﻿INDEX. 



Acridium Americanum I"-", 174 



" perigrinwn ]33 



iilabama, Chrysobothu var 71 



atbivenosus, Micropus var 22 



ixmericana, Clostei-a 27 



,Vinerican Oak Phylloxera 118 



ylnisopteryx po7nela'ria 80, 83 



•' vernata 80 



4inonyma, Tachina. ..'. 178 



AnonymoHs Tachina-fly 178 



Anthocoris insidiosus 41 



Apple-tree borer— The Flat-headed 71 



<tpterus, Micropus var 22 



(irctata, Hoplophora 106 



Asparagus beetle 5 



tnparagi, Crioceris '. J^ 



Astoma gryllarUi 175 



Aatoma parasiticum 176 



■atlanis, Calopten us 169 



4itrox, (Edipoda 134 



B 



hasalis, Micropus var 22 



hivittatus, Caloptenus 124, 173 



hivittata, Saperda , 27 



Itracon charus 75 



C 



■iiilmariensis, Galeruca 5, S6 



Caloptenus Atlanis 169 



• ' bivittatus 124, 173 



diffcrcntialis 124, 171, 173, 180 



" fenmr-rubrum 126, 128, 170 



' ' Italicus 133 



spretus 121, 128, 138, 170, 180 



« 'anker-worms 80 



( loncUision 88 



Extract from the orighial Essay on the Can- 



lier-worm by W . D . I'eck 89 



l''aU ( 'anker- worm 83 



Practical considerations 85 



Sprinfr Canker-worm 80 



•C'apsus obliiieatus 97 



larnaria, Snrcophaga 18 ) 



<-arolina, Gldipoda. 175 



■caryacaulis, Phylloxera '. 91 , 97, 99, 117 



^•aryeefolia " 117 



caryce-fnllax " 118 



<arym-globuli " 117 



4'ary<B-gummosa. " 118 



carycc-ren " 118 



carycB-semen. " 117 



carycE-septa " 118 



carycevena " 117 



castanece " 118 



Cecidomyia destructor 27 



<'crnsphorus cinctus 76 



i-liarus, lirncon 75 



< hinch Bug 19 



Appearance and Transformations of 20 



Appendix 51 



1-ist of Correspondents who made Returns. 51 

 Questions answered by Correspondents. .. . .52 



Kogus Chinch Bugs 45 



The Ash-gray Leaf-bug 47 



Chinch Bug— page 



The False Chinch Bug 46 



The Flea-like Negi-o-bug 4H; 



The Insidious Flower-bug 47 



Destructive powers of the Chinch Bug 24 



Direct remedies against the Chinch Bug 31 



Flight of the Chinch Bug 29 



Heavy rains destructive to it 30 



Importance of Winter work and combined 



action 36 



Injurious to stock 43 



Its food plants 3<; 



Its injuries in 1874 24 



Its injuries in Missouri in 1874 25 



Its migration on Foot 30 



Mode of reproduction and hibernation 27 



Natural enemies 38 



Past history of the Chinch Bug 22 



Past history of the Chinch Bug in Missouri. 22 

 Possible remedial and preventive measures 



that need further and thorough trial. ... 41 



Preventive measures 32 



Burning 32 



Mixing seed or protecting one plant by 



anotiier 34 



Invigorating the phmt l)y manure, earlj' 



sowing, etc 34 



Preventing the mi.gration of the bugs from 



one field to another 35 



KoUing 33 



Abstaining from the cultivation of the 



grains upon which the insect feeds 38 



Prognosticating 44 



Kecapitidation 49 



Unnecessary fears 44 



Where the eggs are laid 28 



Chrysobothriifemorata 71 



' ' var. alabamce 71 



" " fastidiosa 71 



" " Lcsueuri 71 



" " misella 71 



" " obscura 71 



" " i-impressa 71 



" " semisculpta 71 



' • " soror 71 



Chrysopa IlUnoiensis 39, 40 



' ' plorabunda 40 



" tabida 106 



Chrysomela W-lincnla 16, 18 



Cicada septeindecim 27 



' ' trcdecim 27 



cinctus, Cerasphorus 76 



' ' Harpactor 41 



cincrea , Piesma 47 



Clostcra Americana 27 



Coccinella munda 39 



Colorado Potato-beetle 1 



Alarm about it abroad 3 



Injuries during the j'ear 2 



Is it poisonous ? 6 



It passes the Winter in the beetle state 14 



It reaches the Atlantic 1 



New food-plants 14 



New means of destruction 15 



The beetle eats as well as the larva 14 



The pi'oper scientiflc name of the beetle — 16 



The use of Paris Green 8 



