INDEX. 



[127] 



Buckeye, vernacular name of Aescultis, [20]. 



Buckshot clay, 68. 



Bud Worm, vemacular nam© of Heliothit tLrmi- 



gera, 358. 

 Buga, eftect of pyretlimm on, [15]. 

 Buhack, 166, 169, 170. 



plantation, production of pyrethrum at, 

 [113]. 

 Bnlletin of Buffalo Society of Natural ScienceB, 



literature in, 334, 383. 

 Bumelia, 67. 

 Burgesa, E., acknowledgments to, xi, xixiv. 



cited, 48, 56. 

 Burial kills the chrysalis of A. ocylin; 17-18. 

 Burmeister (H.), criticized, 52. 

 Burnett (W. I.), literature by, 324, 331. 

 Bxirning cotton stalks, remedy for A. xylirm, 36. 

 nesta of -web- worms, remedy for A. xylin0,, 

 36. 

 Butman's pump, 276. 



Cabbage Plusia contained in family Noctuidce, 2. 

 ■worms, effect of pyrethi'um on, [22], (23]. 

 vegetable preparations 

 on, [21]. 

 Cacoeciarosaceana-paxsLBitedhjOhalcisovata, [111]. 

 Calahan's poisoning cails, 268, 

 Calcareous soils, 67, 71, 73, 75. 

 Oallida decora vs. Aletia, 95, 96. 

 OalliiThoe triangidata, localities for, [103]. 

 Oallosamia promethea parasited by Oryptus nun- 



cius, 114. 

 Oalocoris bimaeulatus, description of imago of, 365. 

 injury to cotton bolls by, 365. 

 rapidut, description of imago of, 366. 



injury to cotten bolls by, 365, 

 366. 

 Oaloptenus difftrentialis parasited by Sttraephtiga 

 sarracenicB, [109]. 

 rpretus parasited by Sareofhrngaamrrar 

 cenice, [109]. 

 Calotoma sayi vs. Aletia, 95. 

 Canadian Entomologist, literature in, 331, 333, 335, 



339, 344, 352, 353, 354, 377, [109], [111]. 

 Cane, 73,74. 



hiUs, 65, 72, 73. 

 Canebrake. 74. 



Cannabis, food-pltait of Heliofhis urmigera, 363. 

 $€tiva a protection against Aletia, 123. 

 Capers (Dr. C. W.), account of A. xylina by, |97]- 

 [99]. 

 cited, 23, 24. 

 description of A. xyiinm by, 



[98]. 

 literature by, 322, 331. 

 reference to, 1. 

 Capsicum, 187. 



annuum, food-plant of H*li»thu aarmi- 

 gera, 362. 

 Carabidae feeding on Aletia, 95. 

 Carbolic acid, 163. 



remedy for A. xylina, 36. 

 Carboniferous formation, 69, 79. 



sandstone, 65. 

 Cardinal Grosbeak vs. Aletia, 88. 

 cardinalis, Attus, vs. Aletia, [108]. 

 Cardinalis virginiamis vs. Aletia, 88. 

 carnaria, Sarcophapa, {SeQ Sarcophagacamaria.) 

 Carolina Farmer, literature in 326, 331, 337. 

 Carpocapsa pomonella parasited by Pimpla mintU- 



ipes, 113. 

 Cart powder bloif^er, 238. 

 Carts ta poisoning, 265-268. 

 Oarya amara, 65. 

 glabra, 67. 

 pordna, 66. 

 tomentosa, 66, 67. 

 Cassia occidentalis, 186. 

 catalpce. Sphinx. (See Sphina eatmlpm.) 

 Catching insects, machines for, 310^-314. 



traps for, 314-321. 

 "Caterpillar," name of A.xylintk. 1. 

 eatesbcei, Ouercv^s, 67. 

 Cats t)*. Aletia, [1061. 

 Ceballos, M., letter from, 41. 

 Cedar glades, 75, 76. 

 Central America, decrease of cotton culture in, 21. 



prairies, 68. 

 Centrifugal nozzles, 211-221. 



Centrifugal nozzles, eddy-chambered, 211-219. 

 as nose-pioces, 218. 

 cone-form of, 216. 

 constrnction of, 213. 

 convex and concave, 217. 

 discharge directions of, 



217-218. 

 for blasts, 244-247. 

 in blast atomizers, 216. 

 involute form of, 216. 

 operation of, 212. 

 valuation of, 212. 

 ■whistle jets as, 215, 216. 

 flstular, 220,221. 

 Clark's, 220. 

 CUtibrd's, 220. 

 . Gelow's, 220, 221. 

 Gray's, 221. 

 Hosford's, 221. 

 Hotz', 220. 

 Hoyer's, 220. 

 Johnson's, 220, 221. 

 McGaffey's, 221. 

 ■w^ith cross-plug, 221. 

 with rotary segment, 220. 

 rose sprayers, 192-193. 

 slot-sprayers, 197-199. 

 spray-wheels, 221. 

 throwers of poison, 221-226. 

 brush-like, 222-226. 

 kinds of, 222. 

 Wisewell's, 225-226. 

 Cerasua carolinensit blossoms fed on by moth of A. 

 xylina, 10. 

 food-plant of Phoberia atom- 

 arts, 354. 

 Ohaloididm, difficulty of defining family, [112]. 



food habits of, [112]. 

 Chmleia •vata, description of larva of, [111-], 

 pupa of, [111], 

 insects parasited by, [111], 

 vs. Aletia, 102, 114, 115, 118. 

 Champion pump, 280. 

 Chturactfers of Aletia xylina, 5-9. 



Heliothis armigera, 364. 

 Charleston Mercury, literature in, 342. 

 Ohauliognathus americanus vs. Aletia, 96. 



pennsylvaniciLS vs. Aletia, 96. 

 Cheiracanthium piscatorium vs. Aletia, [106]. 

 "Chenille," name of A. xylina, 1. 

 Ohenopodium anthelminticum, 186. 

 Chert, 63, 65, 66, 76, 77-78, 79. 

 Chestnut, 79. 



oak, 66, 76. 

 Choves (A. J.), quoted, 356. 

 Che-w (F. S. ), acknowledgment of assistance of , [171. 

 Chicaaa-w plum blossoms fed on by moth of A. 



xylina, 10. 

 Chick-pea, vemacular name of Cicer arietinum, 



363. 

 Chickens vs. Aletia, 88. 



vs. Heliothis armigera., 375. 

 Chinaberries, infusions of, remedy for A . xylina,3d. 

 tree, 185. 



a protection against Aletia, 123. 

 experiments with, [21]. 

 Chinese quince blossoms fed on by moth of A. 



xylina, 10. ^ 



Chinquapin, 79. 

 Chipley's pump, 278. 



Chishohoa (Dr. ), cited, 34, 43. 



literature by, 322, 331, 338. 

 Chloral hydrat© as a preservative, 45. 

 ChJoride of lime, remedy for A. xylina, 41. 

 Ohloridearhexice, synonym of Aspilavirescens, 361. 

 Chloroform in traps, 320. 

 ChordeUes sp. vs. Aletia, 88. 

 Chronological account of A. at/Kna. (See History of 



A. xylina. ) 

 Chrysalis of A. xylina, description of, 374. 



and figure of, 

 8-9. 

 destruction of, 128. 

 formation of, 8. 

 killed by burial, 17-18. 

 named Salomilla, 41. 

 other species confounded 

 with, 16-17. 



