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INDEX. 317 



Page. 



Birds and other predators in control of insects 107-108 



enemies of cankerworms 113 



gipsy moth 113 



Blepharidea vulgaris, parasite of brown-tail moth in Europe, position in "se- 

 quence " 136 



introduction into United 



States 304 



reared at laboratory 91 



recorded hosts 91 



Blepharipa scutellata, difficulty in hibernating puparia 158-159 



gross number colonized 310 



parasite of gipsy moth in Europe, position in "sequence " . 132 



Russia 127 



introduction into United States, 



habits 213-218 



reared at laboratory . 88 



results of rearing work in 1910. . . 141, 142 



status in United States in 1910 308 



recorded hosts 88 



Boarmia lariciaria, host of Blepharidea vulgaris 91 



Boll weevil. (See Weevil, cotton boll.) 



Bombus pennsylvanicus, introduction into Philippine Islands 45 



Breeding cage. (See Cage.) 



Brephos nothum, host of Zenillia libatrix 90 



Brotolomia meticulosa, host of Blepharidea vulgaris 91 



Brown-tail moth and gipsy moth parasites. (See Parasites of gipsy and brown- 

 tail moths.) 

 caterpillars, full-fed and pupating, importation and han- 

 dling 162-164 



immature, importation and handling 161-162 



dipterous parasites 91-93 



egg masses, importation and handling 160-161 



foreign tachinid parasites 91 



fungous disease 135, 270, 291 



hibernation nests, importation and handling 161 



hymenopterous parasites 86-87 



in Europe 132-135 



native tachinids reared therefrom 93 



natural control by disease 97-102 



parasites hibernating in webs 261-295 



possible interrelations ..... 267 



in Europe 132-135 



"sequence " 135, 136 



of eggs, introduction, into United States, habits.. 256-261 

 hibernating caterpillars, introduction into United 



States, habits 268-295 



larger caterpillars, introduction into United 



States, habits 295-304 



pupae, introduction into United States, habits.. 304-305 



parasitism in America 143-151 



pupae, importation and handling 164-165 



rash at gipsy-moth parasite laboratory and elsewhere 65-67, 



162-164, 279 

 recorded hosts of foreign tachinids reared therefrom at labora- 

 tory 91-92 



