INDEX. 



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Port Hudson group, 69. 

 Portage of poisoning apparatus, 283. 

 Porter (G. R.), literature by, 322, 338. 

 Porto Rico, occurrence of A. xylina in, 42. 

 Post oak, 66, 67, 70. 72, 73, 76-79. 



soil, 73, 74. 

 Posture of moth of A. xi/lina, 10. 

 Potassium cyaaide, experiments with, [20]. 

 Poultry remedy for A. xylina, 34. 



vs. Heliothis armigera, 375. 

 Powder-blasts, feeders for, 227-228, 236-237. 

 nozzles for. 229. 237-238. 

 feeders to blasts, 227-228, 23G-237. 

 Power of flight of moth of A . xylina discussed, 20. 

 Practical Entomologist, literature in, 344. 

 Prairie Chicken vs. A.letia, 88. 



Farmer, literature in, 370, 379, 382, 384. 

 quoted. 357. 



Annual, literature in, 359. 

 lands, 68, 69, 74, 77, 78. 

 regions, 65, 67. 

 Predaceous insects vs. Aletia, S9. 

 Prentice's rose combinatioti, 196. 

 Preparation of external skeleton for examination, 



48. 

 Preston & Robeira, patentees of remedy for 



Ah xylina, 38. 

 pretiosa, Trichogramma. (See Trichogramma pre- 



tiosa.) 

 Prickly Ash, 185. 

 prinvs, Quercus, 66. 

 Priononyx thomce vs. Aletia, 95. 

 Prionotus cristatus vs. Aletia, 97. 



Heliothis armigera, 376. 

 Proboscis of moth of A. xylina, anatomy of, 11, 



52-53. 

 ProceeuiDgs of A. A. A. S., literature in, 327, 334, 

 340. 

 Boston Society of ISTatural History, 



literature in, 324, 331. 

 Entomological Cl»b of A. A. A. 



S., literature in, 331. 

 Entomological Society of London, 



literature in. 330, 882. 

 Entomological Society of Philadel- 

 phia, literature in ,"^325, 334, 358, 

 383, [121]. 

 National Agricultural Congress, 

 literature in, 339. 

 Proctacanihus milbertixs. Aletia. 99. 

 Proctotrupidoe, ditiQCultv of defining family, [112]. 



food-habits of, [112]. 

 Prodenia autumnalis, synonym of Laphygma 

 frugiperda. 353. 

 fulvosa^, variety of Laphygma frugi- 

 perda, 353. 

 lineatella parasitcd by Euplectrus com- 



stockii, 107. 

 obscura, variety of Laphygma frugi- 

 perda, 353. 

 Prolegs of larva of A. xylina^ anatomy of, 46. 



and of Anomis texa- 

 na compared, [100] 

 Prolifl^cacy of moth of A. xylina, 10. 

 Promachus sp. vs. Aletia, 99. 

 Prothorax of moth of A. xylina, external anatomy 



of, 48-49. 

 Prout (C. F.). literature by, 326, 330. 

 Prouty's aquapult, 269-270. 



colliding-jet nozzle, 194. 

 Proxys puvctulatus xs. Aletia, 97. 

 Primus caroliniana, experiments with, 1 20], [21 1. 

 Psyche, literature in. 337, 343. 

 Pterostidms sayi vs. Aletia, 95. 

 Pumpkin, vernacular name of Cucurhita pepo, 363. 

 Pumps, 262-283. 



air, 249-251. 

 appurtenances to, 283. 

 aquaiect, Rumsey's. 270. 

 JVquapnlt, Douglas', 269-270. 

 Johnson's, 269-270. 

 Prouty's, 269-270. 

 aquarius, Douglas', 270. 

 barrel and tank, 274-283. 

 appurtenances to, 283. 

 Balls. 276, 



barrow kinds of, 279. 

 best acting, 279, 282^283. 



Pumps, barrel and tank — 

 Blunt's, 279. 

 BHtman's, 276. 

 Champion Co.'s, 280. 

 Chiplcy's, 278, 

 cistern style of, 278-279. 

 counter style of, 279. 

 discharging above, 278-283. 

 below, 274-278. 

 double-acting. 279-283. 

 Evenden's, 277. 

 Helmecke's. 277. 

 index style of, 279. 

 Melcher's, 274. 

 pendulum style of, 279. 

 Pinter's, 278. 

 Polansky's, 276. 

 Ranisden's, 281. 

 reduction cylindered,281-282. 

 Ruhmann's, 275. 

 satisfactory style of, 282-283. 

 Schier's, 276. 

 single-acting, 274-279. 

 truck-kinds of. 279. 

 Vogelsang's, 275. 

 Weith's 278. 

 well style of, 278-279. 

 windmill style of, 279. 

 Yeager's, 277. 

 • bilge, 300. 



bucket and knapsack, 271-274. 

 Allen's, 273. 

 Amor's, 274. 

 Crandal's, 273. 

 Dix's, 272. 



Douglas' extinguisher, 273. 

 extinguisher form of, 273. ■ 

 Holland's, 273. 

 Hull's, 274. 

 Kaiser's, 272. 

 Korth's, 272. 

 Lane's, 274. 

 Lewis', 271. 

 Mallory's, 272. 

 McDonald's, 273. 

 Staunton's extinguisher, 273. 

 Stoner's, 272. 

 syringe form of, 270. 

 water-pot form of, 273. 

 "Wisner's, 274. 

 excelsior, Deakin's, 271. 

 fire-extinguishing, 265, 273. 

 for buckets, 271-274. 

 elevating, 299, 300. 

 knapsack cans, 264-265, 271-274. 

 hydronette and fountain, 262-269. 

 Deakiu's, 264. 

 . improved form of, 264-265. 

 kinds not in trade,268-269. 

 Rumsey's, 264. 

 ServauVs, 268. 

 use of, 265-268. 

 Whitmau's,263. 

 hydropult, "Vose's, 271. 

 oscillating. 262. 

 reciprocating, 262-283. 

 rotary, 261-262. 

 suction, 299. 

 punctatus, Paratenetus, feeding on cotton bolls, 



[121]. 

 punctipes, Uuschistits. (See Euschistzis punctipes.) 

 punctulata, Crcindela, food-habits of, [107]. 

 Puncturing of fruit by moths, 11. 

 Pupa of A. xylina, description of, 374, [98], [100]. 

 Platyhypena scabra, description of, I104J. 

 Pupation of A. xylina, 8. 



Phoheria atomaris, [104]. 

 Platyhypena scabra, [104]. 

 Pyrdthre du Caucase. (See Pyrethrum willemoti.) 

 Pyrethrum, 164. 



active principles in, 169. 



advantages and disadvantages of, as an in- 

 secticide, 168. 

 alcoholic extract of, 174. 



by distillation, 175. 

 lepercolation, 176. 

 application of, as dry powder, 170. 

 applied in fumes, 174. 



