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Eggs of elm leaf beetle, described, 

 9-10; abundant in Sep., 14. 



Electi*ie cars, probably transporting 

 beetle, 7. 



Elevating towers, 25. 



Elm bark borer, description and life 

 history, 18. 



Elm bark louse distribution, 17; 

 means of distribution, 18-19; 

 honey dew secreted by, 17; an im- 

 ported insect, 17; injurious na- 

 ture, 17-18; remedies for, 29. 



Elm borers, 20; remedies, 30. 



Elm inoculation company, 29. 



Elm leaf beetle, an associated in- 

 sect, 17-19; bad reputation of its 

 family, 4; bands of cotton, tar or 

 otlier substances not recom- 

 mended, 28; bibliography, 30-37; 

 breeding late in autumn, 14; de- 

 scription, 8-10; disinclination to 

 fly, 15; distribution, 6-8; eggs, 9; 

 record of deposition of eggs, Il- 

 ls ; elms, species attacked by, IG- 

 17; Englisn sparrows feeding on, 

 21-22; fresh foliage attractive to 

 beetle, 13; fungus disease, 21; 

 number of generations, 14; second 

 brood, development of, 13; third 

 generation, 14; habits of beetle 

 and larvae, 14-16; hibernation of 

 beetles, 10; injuries will probably 

 be continuous, G; larva, 9; descent 

 of larvae of first brood, 13; 

 larvae, explanation of plate, 38; 

 life history, 10-14; natural ene- 

 mies, 20-22; notorious pesits be- 

 longing to its family, 4; numbers 

 on trunk, 15; oviposition of, 10; 

 a palliative measure, 27-28; places 

 of pupation, 15; explanation of 

 plate, 37-38; probable limits of its 

 spread, 8; prolificacy, 10; pupae 

 found Nov. 7 and 16, 14; ravages 

 along the Hudson, 4; remedies, 

 22-27; spraying, 22-27; spreads 

 very slowly, 15; tender leaves 

 preferred, 15; useless measures, 

 28-29. 



Elmira, beetle in, 7. 



Elms, inaction means death to, G; 

 injuries to, 4; plugging with sul- 

 fur, 29; not protected by bands, 

 28; Saperda tridentata attacking, 

 20; species attacked, 16-17; cost of 

 spraying, 22-23; Tremex columba 

 attacking, 19. 



Emmons, E., cited, 31. 



English elm, suffers severely, 16. 



English sparrow, carrying Gossy- 

 paria, 18-19; feeding on beetle 

 larvae, 21-22. 



entomophilum, Sporotrichum, 21. 



Europe, beetle common over large 

 portion of, 6. 



European elms defoliated, 15, 16, 

 17. 



European praying Mantis, 21. 



Explanation of plates, 37-38. 



Fabricius, J. C, cited, 30. 



Ealconer, W., cited, 33. 



Feeding habits of beetle, 14-16. 



Felt, El. P., cited, 35-37. 



E'ernald, C. H., cited, 34. 



Fernald, H. T., cited, 37. 



Fitch, Asa, cited, 31. 



Forest tent caterpillar, cost of 



spraying for, 25. 

 France, beetle injurious in southern 



portion, 6. 

 Fremd, Charles, mentioned, 17. 

 Fuller, A. S., cited, 31. 

 E'ungus growing in honey dew, 17. 



Galerucella luteola, see Elm leaf 

 beetle. 



Gar man, Harrison, cited, 37. 



Germany, beetle injurious in south- 

 eru portion, G. 



globuliferum, Sporotrichum, 21. 



Glover, T., cited, 31. 



Gordinier, H. W., on cost of spray- 

 ing, 23. 



Gossyparia ulmi, 17; explanation of 

 plate, 38. 



Gould force pump, 24. 



grandis, Camptobrochis,- 21. 



Graves, H. S., cited, 37. 



