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INDEX. 



Asilus, 605, 606. A. aestuans, 17. A. se- 



riceus, 605. 



Astasia torrefacta, 437. 

 Aster gall-flies, 620. 

 Asterias butterfly, 265. 

 Attaci, 340. 

 Attacus Atlas, 338, 390. A. Cecropia, 



385, 387, 389. A. Luna, 382 - 384. 



A. Polyphemus, 384, 386. A. Prome- 

 theus, "390, 391. 



Attelabians (Attelabidae), 65. 

 Attelabus analis, 65. A. bipustulatus, 66. 

 Azalea sphinx, 328. 



Babia quadriguttata, 135. 



Bacteria arumatia, 146. B. phyllina, B. 



rubispinosa, 146. 



Bacunculus femoratus, B. Sayi, 146. 

 Balaninus, 74. 

 Baridius trinotatus, 81. 

 Bark-beetles, 85. 



Bark-lice, 194 204, 248, 250, 252, 256. 

 Barley injured by insects, 551, 621. 

 Basket worms, 415. 

 Bathyllus skipper, 312. 

 Batia flavifrontella, 494. 

 Bat-ticks, 625. 

 Beach-erass, use of, 57. 

 Beans attacked by insects, 138, 229. 

 Bear-caterpillars," 343, 349. 

 Bee-flies, 603. 

 Bee-moths, 489. 

 Bees, 512, 514. 



Beeswax devoured by worms, 401. 

 Beetles, 10, 23. 28, 29. 

 Bellona butterfly, 287. 

 Bird-flies, 624. " 

 Bittacomorpha, 600. 

 Bittacus, 600. 



Blackberry-bush borer, 114. 

 Black fly, 60L 

 Black weevil, 83. 

 Blatta orientalis, 145. 

 Blennocampa, 528. 

 Blight beetle, 90. 

 Blight of pear-trees, 88. 

 Blistering beetles, 135. 

 Boisduval's butterfly, 305. 

 Bomboptera, 535. 

 Bombyces, 340. 



Bombylians (Bombyliadae), 603. 

 Bombylius aequalis, B. major, B. albi- 



pecfus, B. fratellus, B. vicinus, 604. 

 Bombyx, 340. B. cossus, 412. B. grata, 



427." B. mori, 380. 

 Bordered skipper, 308. 

 Borers, 46, 92, 331, 410. 

 Bostrichians (Bostrichidoe), 91. 

 Bot-bees, Bot-flies, 622. 

 Bots, 624. 



Brenthians (Brenthidas), 67. 

 Brenthus maxillosus, B. septemtrionis, 



B. septemtrionalis, 68. 

 Brizo skipper, 309. 

 Bruchians (Bruchidae), 62. 



Bruchus pisi, 61, 62. 

 Bud-moths, 480, 482. 

 Bug, chinch, 198; plant, 200; squash, 



194. 



Bugs, 193, 194. 

 Bulla, 185. 



Buprestiaus (Buprestidffi), 45, 116. 

 Buprestis charaeteristica, B.'dentipes, 49. 



B. divaricata, 48. B. Drummondi, B. 

 femorata, B. fulvoguttata, 50. B. lu- 

 rida, B. obscura, 49. B. Virginica, 48. 



Butalis, 499, 507. B. cerealella, 506, 509. 



Butterflies, 262, 263 ; four-footed, 279, 

 282. 



Button-wood trees attacked by caterpil- 

 lars, 363, 404 ; by wood-wasps, 537. 



Cabbage butterfly, 270. C. caterpillar, 

 270, 451. C. cutworm, 443, 445, 449 



C. plant-louse, 238. 



Calandra, 69, 82. C. granaria, 83. C. 



Oryzoe, ib. 

 Callidium, 99. C. antennatum, C. baju- 



lus, C. violaceum, 100. 

 Callimorpha Carolina, 344. C. Lecontei, 



345. C. militaris, 344. 

 Calliphora vomitoria, 614. 

 Caloptenus, 174. 

 Calosoma scrutator, 470. 

 Camel-cricket*. 146. 

 Canephorae, 414. 

 Canker-worm. 461, 470. 

 Cantharidcs (Cantharididae), 135. 

 Cantharis atrata, 139. C. cinerea, 138. 



C. marginata, 137. C. vittata, 136, 139. 

 Capricorn beetles, 92, 94, 96, 116. 

 Capsus oblineatus. 200. 

 Caradrma cubicularis, 453. 

 Carolina sphinx, 322. 

 Carpenter moths, 412. 

 Carpet-moth, 493. 

 Carpocapsa Pomonella, 484. 

 Carrot-caterpillars, 263. 

 Cassida aurichalcea, 122. 

 Ca-idadrc, 121. 

 Catalogue, reference to, 32. 

 Caterpillars are the young of butterflies 



and moths, 257. C. described, 258. C. 



false, 516. C. food of, 258. C. habits 



of, 259. C. injurious to gardens, 349. 



C. numbers of, 257. C. spiny, 284. C. 



transformations of, 5,260. 'C. wheat, 



452, 455. 

 Cecidomyia. 554, 568, 570, 583. C. cul- 



micola", 582. C. destructor, 560. 



583. C. Robinise, 567. C. Salicis, 506, 



567. C. Tritici, 453, 566, 587, 592. 

 Cecidomyiadoe, 565. 

 Cedar (red), insects attacking, ST. 

 Celtis sphinx, 328. 

 Cephalemyia ovi>, 024. 

 Cephus, 516. C Pygmaens, 517. 

 Cerambycida\ 92. 94." 90. 

 Cerambyx, 94. C. cinctus, 97. C. pal- 



liatus, 115. C. violaceus, 100. 



