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INDEX. 



Plant, condition of, connected witli first appear- 

 ance of larva of A. xylina, 82-83. 

 lice mistaken for eggs of Aletia xylina, 6. 

 Plateaus, 78. 

 Platyhypena scabra, account of, 354. 



description of larva of, 354, 

 [104]. 

 pupa of, [104j. 

 food-plants of, 354, [104]. 

 geographical distiibntion of, 



354. 

 habits of, 354. 

 hibernation of, [104]. 

 mistaken for Aletia xylina, 



345. 

 parasite of, 354. 

 pupation of, [104]. 

 synonym oiHypena scabralis, 

 1104'J. 

 platyjiypence, Euplectrus. (See Euplectrus platy- 



hypence.) 

 pleuHvinctVrS, Cryptus. synonym of C. conquisitor, 



[111]. 

 Plug -rose nozzles, 19?-194. 

 Dawson's, 193. 

 roster's, 193. 

 Johnson's, 193. 

 Lynch's, 193. 

 Melcher's, 193. 

 Plumacher (E. H.), letter from, 42-43. 

 Plumb fed on by moth of A. xylina, 11. 

 Plusia brassicce, Copidosoma truncatellum para- 

 sitic on, 3G9. 

 eaten by Heliothis armigera, 3C9. 

 feeding on tomato, 369. 

 dyaus, description of larva of, [100]. 

 Pneumatic-compression squirters, 253-261. 

 Daughtrey's 258-261. 

 generative, 253-257. 

 oscillating, 257. 

 reciprocating, 258-261. 

 rotary, 257. 

 "Weindel's. 258. 

 Worswick Co.'s, 258. 

 Podagrion sp. parasitic on Mantis eggs, 100. 

 Podisus cynicus vs Aletia, 97. 



punctipes vs. Aletia, 97. 

 gpinosu^ vs. Aletia, 97, 98. 



vs. Heliothis armigera, 376. 

 Podophyllum peltatwm, 187. 

 Pogonomyrmex barbatus, habits of, [29]. 



not natural enemies of 

 Aletia xylina, [29]. 

 Poison-drags, 310. 



fluids, blowing of, 243-249. 

 funnel, 288. 



liquids, blowers for. 226-252. 

 conduits for, 283-299. 

 nozzles for, 191-221. 

 pumps for, 261-283. 

 throwers for, 221-226. 

 mixer, 288. 



mixtures, straining of, 192, 288. 

 powders, blowers for, 226-252. 

 throwers for, 221-226. 

 sifters for, 302-309. 

 spraying, 191-302. 

 strainer, 288. 

 Poisoned fruit for destroying the moth, 132. 

 liquids, mode of using, 132. 

 sweets, experiments with, [20]. 



for destroying the moth, 131. 

 as remedies lor A. xylina, 36. 



Heliothis armi- 

 gera, 379, 380. 

 Poisoning, arsenical, antidote for, [112]. 



as a remedy for Heliothis armigera, 381. 



bellows for, 235-251. 



blowers in, 226-252. 



cotton seed, remedy for A. xylina, 36. 



elevators in, 299, 300. 



machinery, 191-321. 



construction of, [n4]-[ll9]. 

 experiments with, [114]- 

 [119]. 

 machines, A-framed, 293-298. 



air-pumps in, 249-251, 258-261. 

 bellows^for, 235-249, 257-262. 

 blowers for, 226-262. 



Poisoning machines, conduits for, 283. 



conveyances for, 283. 

 frames for, 283. 

 generators in, 251-257. 

 gravitational, 297-309. 

 improvements in, 288-298. 

 nozzles for, 191-221. 

 pipes of. 283. 

 pumps for, 261-283. 

 report on, 191-321. 

 sifting, 302-309. 

 bag form of, 304. 

 Davis', 305. 

 Eldredge's, 309. 

 Goodheart'.s, 304. 

 hand-sieve form of, 303-304. 

 Kurd's, 304. 

 Levy's, 305. 

 Robinson's, 305. 

 Smith's, 308. 



Tavlor's, 306. . 



Willie's, 307. * 



Young's, 307. 

 spraying : 

 A-framed, 293-298. 

 bellows for, 235-249, 257-262. 

 Binkley's, 285. 

 blower's for, 226-262. 

 conduits for, 286. 

 conveyances for, 283. 

 Daugiitrey's, 258-261. 

 generators in, 251-257. 

 Goodin's, 286. 

 improvements in, 288-298. 

 Johnson's, 284. 

 Jones', 285. 

 nozzles for, 191. 

 pumps for, 249-251, 258-261, 



283. 

 under spraying, 237-238, 241, 

 244, 258-261, 264-265, 268, 

 288-298. 

 Wolfram's, 286. 

 sprinkling : 

 Gray's knapsack can, 302. 

 horseback style of, 301. 

 knapsack style of, 301. 

 Eamsey's liorseback, 301, 

 Eobins'on's, 299. 

 Ruggles' knapsack, 302. 

 Schanck's wheeled, 298. 

 Taylor's, 298. 

 Townsend's knapsack, 302. 

 tripod form of, 297-302. 

 water-pot style of. 300. 302. 

 Willie's horseback, 300. 

 nozzles for, 191. 

 oscillating blowers in, 235-251. 

 pumps for, 2G1-283. 

 rotarv blowers in, 226-235. 

 brushes in, 222-226. 

 throwers in, 221-226. 

 sifters in, 225. 



the glands of the cotton plant, 133. 

 larvae of A. xylina, 136. • 

 moths of A. xylina, 131. ^ 



experiments on, 

 [15]. 

 whi.sps and brooms in, 226. 

 Poisons, effect of, on non-fertilized blossoms, [112]. 

 enemies of A. xylina killed by, [113J. 

 experiments with, [14]. 

 quantity required, [115]. 

 Pokeweed, 187. 



not fed on by larva of A. xylina, [100]. 

 vernacular name of Phytolacca, [20] . 

 Polansky's barrel pump, 276. 



deflector nozzle, 211. 276. 

 Polistes bellicosa vs. Aletia, 94, 195, 



rubiginosa vs. Aletia, 94. 

 Polygonum hydropiper, 185. 

 Pontotoc Ridge, 65. 

 Poplar, 66, 74.' 

 Popular names of A. xylina, 1. 



Science Monthly, literature in. 344, [105]. 

 ])nrcina, Carya, 66. 



Pore-canals of moth of A. xylina, anatomy of, 52. 

 distribution of, 

 51. 52. 



