126 Contents. 



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BEIEF NOTES ON VAEIOUS INSECTS - 255 



Dolerus sp. ; Danais Archippus, 255. Thecla strigosa ; Nisoniades 

 Persius; Sphinx Canadensis, 257. Melittia cucurbitee; Hyppa 

 xylinoides ; Erebus odora, 258. Zerene catenaria ; Anisopteryx 

 pometaria, 259. Tinea pellionella; Mallota sp., 260. Anthrenus 

 scrophulariee ; Alaus oculatus, 261. Thanasimus dubius ; Macro- 

 daetylus subspinosus ; Lema trilineata ; Chrysochus auratus ; 

 Trirhabda Canadensis, 262. Galeruca xantliomelasna, 263. Hyle- 

 sinus opaculus ; Phloeotribus liminaris, 264. Belostoma Ameri- 

 canum, 265. Ceresa bubalus, 266. Cliermes pinicorticis ; CEcan- 

 thus niveus, 267. 



APPENDIX : 



(A.) SOME EXTRA-LIMITAL INSECTS - - - - - - - 271 



Carpocapsa saltitans iresiu'., and its Jumping Seeds - - - 271 



Systena blanda Mels. — The Broad-striped Flea-Beetle - - - 275 



Leptocoris trivittatus (Saij) — The Box-elder Plant-bug - - 276 



Mantis Carolina ii?in. — The Carolina Mantis - - - - -278 



(B.) ENTOMOLOGICAL ADDRESSES : 



The Present State of Entomological Science in the United States, 283 

 Annual Address of the President of the Entomological Club of the 



American Association for the Advancement of Science - - 292 

 Some Pests of the Pomologist -------- 303 



(C.) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



DURING THE YEAR 1887 313 



(D.) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT DURING THE 



YEAR 1887 ----- 325 



(E.) ERRATA IN FORMER REPORTS - - - - - - - 329 



GENERAL INDEX ----------- 331 



PLANT INDEX - 355 



