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INDEX. 



Baptisia tinctoria, 184. 

 Barbeo (W. J.), literature by, 331. 

 Barbuda, occurrence of A. xylina in, 42. 

 Baris sp., iryuring Dog Fennel, [114]. 

 Bam S-wallow vs. Aletia, 88. 



Barnard (Dr. W. S.), acknowledgment of aasist- 

 ance from, ix, xxxi, 

 xxxvii. 

 on application of kerosene to 

 cotton, [113]. 

 effect of ox-eye daisy ex- 

 tract, 181. 

 food-habits of Heliothis ar- 



Tnigera, 361. 

 Heliothis armigera eating 

 Datura stramonium, 362, 

 machinery for spraying 



cotton, [114]-[119J. 

 Report by, 191-321. 

 Barnes (WiUiam), quoted, 356. 

 Barrens, 65, 78. 

 Barrett's deflector nozzle, 209. 

 Barrow-pumps In poisoning, 279. 

 Barrow's divided rose nozzle, 195. 

 Barry's rose combination, 196. 



Barth61emy ( ), literature by, fllO]. 



Basswood, 66. 

 Bats vs. Aletia, 87. 



vs. Heliothis armigera, 375, [19]. 

 Beach (A.E.), literature by, 331. 

 Bean, food-plant of Heliothis armigera, 355, [17]. 

 Beating-off the insects, 310. 

 Bee (H.P.), cited, 15. 



Bee Martin, Temacular name of Tyrartnus earo- 

 linensis, 376. 



vernacular name of Tyr annus verti- 



calis, [29]. 

 vs. Aletia, 88. 



vs. Heliothis armigera, [19]. 

 Beech, 66, 73, 74. 



Bell (A. G.), on effect of pyrethxum on dogs, [113]. 

 Bellows, hydraulic, 262. , 



improvements in, 235. 

 in poisoning, 235-251, 257, 262. 

 pneumatic compression by, 257. 

 Belvoisia bifaseiata, description of larva of, [110]. 



puparium of, 



parasitic on 



Benzine, killin 

 Bethun© (C. J. 



[111]. 



larva of athe- 

 roma regalis, 

 [110]. 



larvaa of Dryo- 

 campa, [110 J. 



insects by, 311. 

 ), literature by, 331. 

 Bibliography of Aletia xylina, 322. 



HeKothis armigera, 382. 

 bifaseiata, Belvoisia. (See Belvoi-sia bifaseiata.) 

 bimaculatus, Caloeoris. (See Oaiocoris bimacu- 



lalus.) 

 Binkley's nozzles, 210, 285, 286. 



spraying machine, 235. 

 bipunctina, Anorais. (See Anomis bipunctina.) 

 Birds, influence of rain on, 85. - 



of Southern States, reference to list of, 



[1061. 

 remedy for A. xylina, 35. 

 vs. Aletia, 87,88, [29]. 

 vs. Heliothis armigerik, 375. 

 Black belt, 74. 



calcareous prairies, 68. 

 cretaceous prairies, 65. 

 gum, 76. 



oak, 66, 67, 72, 76, 78, 79. 

 prauie region, 67, 69, 73-74. 

 walnut, 66, 186. 

 Black-jack oak, 66, 70, 72, 7&-79. 

 Blackthorn blossoms fed on by meth 9tA. xylma, 



10. 

 Blast atomizers, 243-249. 



common, 245. 

 compound, 249. 

 feeding of, 243-249. 

 improved, 24C-349. 

 nozzles, 244-247. 

 spray conductors, 244. 

 sprayer. Peck's, 249. 



"Wallace's, 249. 



Blast spraying, 243-249. 



suction vs. blast pressure, 243-244. 

 Blotches made by lan'a of Spilosoma ILeiusarctia'} 



acrea, [lOOJ. 

 Blowers, air-pump, 249-251. 

 generator, 251-252. 



Steinmann's, 251. 

 of fluids, rotary, 232-235. 



Darnell's, 233-234. 

 new style, 232-233. 

 Peri's fumigating, 234. 

 poison, 226-252. 



generative, 251-252, 

 oscillating, 236-243. 

 reciprocating, 249-251. 

 rotary, 226-235. 

 powder, rotary, 227-232. 



reciprocating pistoned, 249-251. 

 rotary force^jlast, 235, 257. 

 Blaibird, vernacular name of Sialia sialis, 376. 

 vs. Aletia, 88. 

 •vs. Heliothis armigera, [19]. 

 Blue-jack oak, 67. 



jay vs. Aletia, 88. 

 marl lands, 65, 73, 74-75. 

 Bluff formation, 73. 

 region, 65, 72. 

 Blunt's "Lotus" pumps, 2T9. 

 Boddie (J. W.), literature by, 358, 382, [121]. 



on identity of Boll Worm and 

 Corn Worm, 359. 

 parasites of Heliothis armi 

 gera, 377. 

 Bois d'arc, 74. 



Boisduval (J. E. A. D.), literature by, 382. 

 BoU rot, cause of, 367, 368, [27] 



supposed to be caused by Heliothis armi- 

 gera, 367,368. 

 symptoms of, 367, [26]. 

 Worm. (See Heliothis armigera.) 



vernacular name of Heliothis armi- 

 gera, 355, 358. 

 Bonasa umbeUus vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Bond (W. J.), literature by, 382. 

 Boneset, 184. 



" Boss jS'ozzle (The), " 203. 

 Boston Journal of if atural History, literature in, 



[111]. 

 Botis alnialis parasited by Ohalcis ovata, [111] . 

 Bottom oak, 74. 



Boyle (J. P.), literature by, 331. 

 Brackinus sp. vs. Aletia, 95. 

 Brachytarsus sp. injuring Dog Fennel, [114]. 

 Brandt (L.), literature by, 331. 

 Branner (J. C), assistance from, xx, ixiiii. 



cited, 43. 

 Brazil, history of A. xylina in, 43-44. 



occurrence of A. xylina in, 43-44. 

 Breed (D.), literature by, 331. 

 Breitenbach (W.), cited, 53. 

 Brewster (Sir David), Edinburgh Cyclopedia, 



literature in, 331. 

 Brine, effect of, on Aletia xylina, |28.] 

 British Guiana, history of A. xylina in, 43. 

 Brooms in poisoning, 226. 

 Brown (H.C.), quoted, 356. 

 Brown iron ore, 74. 



loam lands, 68, 70, 72, 73, 76. 

 region, 65, 75-77. 

 Browne (D. J.), literature by, 382. 

 Brush-like poison throwers, 222-226. 



advantages of, 225. 

 improvements of, 223, 

 224. 

 lac of moth of Agrotis, 56. 



A. xylina, anatomy of, 56. 

 sacs, anatomy of, in Lepidoptera, 5C. 

 of Leucarctia acrea, [105]. 

 of Pyrrharctia Isabella, [105]. 

 substances, 222, 223. 

 Brushing off insects, 310-314. 

 Bucket pumps, extinguisher form, 273. 

 Kortii's, 272. 

 Lewis's, 271-272. 

 syringe-can, 270. 

 undesirable forms, 272-274. 

 water -pot form, 273. 

 Buckeye, 66, 184. 



