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2363. EILEY, C. V. Continued. 



MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS Continued. 



240 Variation in time of appearance, 240 Enemies of the 

 Cicada, 241 Supposed sting of the Cicada, 241 Oviposition, 

 242 Injury caused to fruit trees; remedies and preventive meas- 

 ures, 242 Small injury in larva state 1 ; 243 Destruction of the 

 insects as they issue from the ground, 243 ; by Pyrethrum pow- 

 der, 243 ; by Pyrethrnm water, 243 ; by kerosene emulsion, 244 

 Experiments with substances that kill by thwarting exuviation, 

 244 Carbolic acid, 244 Acetic acid, 245 Alcohol, 245 To pre- 

 vent ovipositing, 245 Kerosene emulsion, 245 Consideration of 

 the two 1885 broods, 246 Circular letter, 246 Brood VII, 247 

 Brood XXII,* 248 Points of contact of the two broods, 249 

 Geographical distribution of Brood VII, 250 Distribution of 

 Brood XXII, 251 Summary of distribution and future appear- 

 ance of different broods, 252 Influence of climate upon the 

 races, 254 Experiment in the transfer of eggs, 255 Persons 

 assisting, 255 Description of the placing of the different lots of 

 eggs, 256 The Cicada in 1886, 257. 



The leather beetle, or toothed Dermestes, Dermestes vulpinus 258 



Injury to boots and shoes, 258 History of its occurrence at St. 

 Louis, 258 Unrecorded points in its habits and natural history, 

 259 Food of larva*, 259 The eggs, 259 Growth of larva), 260 

 The pupa, 261 The beetle, 261 Litigation growing out of its 

 injuries, 261 History of the Savannah case, 262 Eemedies, 

 263 Care and cleanliness, 263 Use of poisons, 263 Descriptive, 

 264 Mature larva, 264 Differences between young and old lar- 

 VE, 264. 



The garden web-worm, Eurycreon rantalw 265 



Great damage the present year, 265 A wide-spread species, 265> 

 Popular descriptions of different states, 265 Former injuries, 

 266 Localities of damage in 1885, 266 Food-plants, 267 Habits 

 and natural. history, 267 Number of annual generations, 267 

 Habits of larvae, 268 Cocoon, 269 Natural enemies, 269 Reme- 

 dies, 269 Arsenical poisons, 269 Machine for jarring the worms 

 from the plants, 270. 



The dark-sided cut- worm, Agrotis messoria 270 



Injury to onions; new habit, 270 Habits and natural history, 

 270 Number of broods, 270 Hibernation, 271 Remedies, 272 

 Treatment of land in spring, 272 Poisoned balls, 272 Kerosene 

 emulsions, 272 Report of John B. Smith, 273 Report of Thomas 

 Bennett, 274. 



The strawberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus 276 



Past history, 276 In Maryland, 276 In Missouri, 276 In Michi- 

 gan, 276 Injury in 1885, 276 Damage on Stateu Island, 276 

 Habits aud natural history, 277 Mr. Smith's observations, 277 

 Diversity of habit in the genus, 278 Natural history of other 

 species of Anthonomus, 278 Inquiliuous species, 279 Speices 

 having different habits, 279 Remedies, 279 Wolf's soap, 279 

 Kerosene emulsion, 280 Pyrethrum, 280 Repellauts, 280 Char- 

 acters and synonotny, 280 Descriptive, 281 Variations of A. 

 musculus, 282 Comparative differences between A. musculus aud 

 A. suluralis, 282. 



The pear midge or pear Diplosis, Diplosis pyrivora 283 



