General Index. 



333 



Bennett, Thomas, cited, 297. 

 Benzine for insect attack, 209. 

 Berliner Entomol. Zeitschr. cited, 163, 192- 

 Berytidse, 276. 



Bethune [0. J. L.], cited, 148, 177. 

 betulfe, Cecidomyia, 147, 325, 326. 

 BeuttenmilUer, William, 261, 293. 

 Bibio albipennis, 294. 



Bibliographical record of American Eco- 

 nomic Entomology, 286. 

 Bibliography of entomological writings, 



286. 

 bidens, Pentatoma, 253. 

 Big bed-bug (Conorhinus), 231. 

 Bigsby, Dr., collections by, 263. 

 biguttatus. Pirates, 232, 253. 



Rasahus, 232. 

 bilineata, Hexagenia, 244. 

 bilineatus, Ophion, 325. 

 bimaeulata, Oberea, 167, 309, 327. 

 bimarginata, Haltica, 216-221. 

 binotata, Enchenopa, 323. 

 Biological collection of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, 

 Mass., 289. 

 bipunctata, Adalia, 132, 314, 315. 

 Bisulphide of carbon, 210, 288. 

 bitffiniata, Systena, 275. 

 biteeniata, var. of S. talanda, 318, 327. 

 Black corsair {Melanolestes picipes), 229- 

 231. 



bibliography, 229. 



description, 230. 



distribution, 230. 



figure of, 230. 



other stinging Eeduviidas, 231-4. 



painful sting inflicted by, 230. 



synonymy, 229. 

 Black-horned turnip-leaf miner, 199. 

 Black knot of the plum tree and its guests, 



320. 

 Black long-sting, 157. 

 Black worm (army-worm), 283. 

 Blair, Mrs John, insect from, 325. 

 Blake, Mrs., cited, 259. 

 Blanchard, F., on Canthon and Phanieus, 



mention of, 295. 

 blanda, Systena, 275-277, 318, 327. 

 Bleptina sp., 326. 

 Blister beetle attack, 321. 

 Blodgett, J. E., insect from, 327. 

 Blood-sucking cone-nose, 231. 

 Bollman, C. li., on Cermatia, 248, 250. 

 Bombycidae, 141, 168, 171, 172, 284. 

 Bombylidse, Coauillett on, 295. 

 Boots and shoes eaten by Dermestes, 209. 

 Boots and Shoes Weekly cited, 208, 210, 317 



318. 

 Boston Herald cited, 322. 



Public Library, entomological library 

 of, 290. 



Society of Natural History, entomolo- 

 gical library of, 290. 



Botanist of the Department of Agriculture, 



report of, 311. 

 Bouche cited, 234. 

 Bound tree bug, 145. 

 Bowles, G. J., cited, 293. 

 Box-elder plant-bug, 270. 

 Boyd, C. H., infested straw from, 148, 154, 



155. 

 Bradt, S. C, insect from, 328. 

 Brazilian Mantis, 280. 

 Brineadex-os (jumpers), 271. 

 Broad-striped flea-beetle, 275. 

 Bronze-colored cut-worm, 174. 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society, 289. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, on the Rocky Mountain 



Locust, mention, 297. 

 brunneum, Orthosoma, 140. 

 brunneus, Ptinus, 210, 212. 

 bubalus, Ceresa, 266-7, 328. 

 Bud-eating Chrysomelid, 222. 

 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, ento- 

 mological library of, 290. 

 Buffalo tree-hopper, 266, 328. 

 Bug injurious to shade-trees, 313. 

 Buhach, Report on Production and Manu- 

 facture of (Coquillett), mention, 297. 

 Bulletins of the Agricultural College of 

 Michigan, 239. 

 Brooklyn Entomological Society cited, 



140, 152, 155(2), 156(2), 271, 294. 

 California Academy of Science, 295, 

 Division of Entomology— U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agrisulture, cited, 140, 200, 217, 

 263, 276, 278, 292, 293(3), 299(2), 308, 311, 322: 

 notice of, 302. 

 Entomological Commission, notice of, 



312. 

 Illinois State Laboratory of Natural 



History cited, 200, 201, 298. 

 New York State Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, 150. 

 United States Entomological Commis- 

 sion, 213, 235. 

 United States Geological and Geo- 

 graphical Survey of the Territories 

 cited, 139, 229, 276, 285. 

 Buprestidaj, number of described larvae, 



302, 

 Burdock decoction. 314. 

 Bureau of Entomology at Washington, 302. 

 Burgess [E.], anatomical studies of, 286. 

 Burning for insect attack, 153, 197, 227, 238, 



310, 313, 315, 323, 324. 

 Burrill, Prof. T. J., Experiment in Silk 



culture, notice of paper, 298. 

 Butler, A. K., Periodical Cicada in South- 

 western Indiana, mention, 297: notice of, 

 299. 

 Butterflies of the Eastern United States 

 (French), notice of, 293. 

 number of described species, 301. 

 nu-mber of U. S. species, 285. 

 of New England (Scudder), notice of, 294. 



