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General Index. 



ulmicola, Glyphina, 318, 328. 

 Underwood, Prof. L. M., on Cermatia for- 

 ceps, 248, 250. 

 Mallota from, 260. 

 undulatus, Xylotrechus, 216. 

 unicolor, Orthosoma, 143. 

 University of Czernowitz, Austria, 300. 

 Unknown currant insect, 309. 

 Unknown grass pest, 324. 

 Unrecognized insect attack, 324. 

 UroceridsB, 158. 

 Urocerus from a table, 215. 

 Urocerus gigas, 215. 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture referred 



to, 130, 132, 133. 

 U. S. Entomological Commission referred 



to, 285. 

 Utica Morning Herald quoted, 146, 169. 



V. 



Van Duzee, E. P., Studies of Hemiptera, 



130. 

 Vanessa Antiopa, 257. 



Milbertii, 257. 

 varius, Anthrenus, 261. 



Gordius, 245. 

 ventricosus, Nematus, 325. 

 vernata, Anisopteryx, 259, 260, 305. 

 vespertina. Ephemera, 244. 

 vestata, Saperda, 327. 

 villosum, Elaphidion, 299. 

 Villot, M. A., on life-history of Gordius, 247. 

 Vineyard of Leland Stanford, Vina, Gal., 



304. 

 violans, Nephelodes, 174-177, 326. 

 virglnica, Spilosoma, 326. 

 Vision in insects, 300. 

 vitis, Isosoma, 153. 



Lasioptera, 183-187, 326. 



Tettigonia, 319. 

 vittata, Diabrotica, 223, 263. 

 vulgaris, Gryllotalpa, 300. 

 vulpinus, Dermestes, 209, 317, 318. 



W. 



Wager, Prof., on Chlorops flies, 192. 

 Walsh [B. D.], cited, 148, 162(2), 171, 204, 227- 

 228, 229, 244. 

 on the soldier-beetles, 206. 

 reports of, 312. 

 Walsh-Riley, in American Entomologist, 

 cited, 148, 149, 155, 162, 183, 200, 229, 230; 

 234, 236, 278. 

 on the oak-plum gall, 162. 

 Walsh, W. E., Mantis from, 282. 

 Walsingham, Lord, cited, 273. 

 Warbles, 319. 

 Wasps, 310. 

 Water-bug, 265. 



Waterville [N. Y.] Times cited, 316. 

 Webster Prof. P. M., cited, 200, 276, 297, 298. 

 InsectSilnfesting Fall Wheat, mention, 

 397. 



Weed, Clarence M., mention, 300. 

 Western New York Horticultural Society, 



138. 

 Westwood, Prof., on Carpocapsa saltitans, 



271, 272, 274. 

 Whale-oil soap for insect attack, 223. 

 Wheat destroyed by Hessian fly in New 



York, 131. 

 White-ant destroying maples, 299. 

 White flower-cricket, 267. 

 White-grub, 204. 



attack on wheat, 323. 

 Whitehead, Charles, Insects Injurious to 



Root crops cited, 199, 

 White-marked tussock-moth, 135, 168-171. 

 Williams [Joseph], cited, 200. 

 Williamson, W. L., insects from, 327. 

 Williston, Dr. S. W., on Diptera, 193. 

 papers on Diptera during 1885-6, 294. 

 publications on Diptera, 130. 

 Wilson, O., peach twig attack from, 267. 

 Wingless joint-worm fly, 152. 

 Winter caterpillars, 174-176. 

 Winter gatherings of flies, 187-192. 

 Winter Insects of Eastern New York (Fitch), 



mention, 297. 

 Wire-worms, 133. 



Wittmer, J. E., saw-fly larvae, from, 255. 

 Wood, Dr. [H. C], cited, 248, 250, 252, 253. 

 Woodward, J. S., on Thalessa oviposition, 



161. 

 Woolly aphis, 299. 



galls, 325. 

 Wrinkled Scolytus, 223. 

 Wyman's anatomical studies, 286. 



X. 



xanthomelsena, Galeruca, 135, 263-4, 281, 317. 



320, 329. 

 Xyleborus pyri, 323. 

 Xylina, Aletia, 326. 

 xylinoides, Hyppa, 258. 

 Xylophagidse, 294. 

 Xylotrechus colonus, 213-216, 314. 



bibliography, 213. 



description of beetle, 213. 



distribution of, 216. 



figures of, 213, 214. 



food of, 216. 



habits of, 214. 



larva figured, 214. 



limited knowledge of, 214. 



occurs in a dwelling, 214. 



synonyms of, 213. 

 Xylotrechus undulatus, 216. 



Z. 



zeae, Anthomyia, 299. 



Zebra cabbage-worm on currant, 136, 



zeellus, Crambus, 134. 



Zerene catenaria, 259, 326. 



Zenker on Chlorops files, 192. 



Zimmermani, Pinipestis, 139, 



