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Blissus leucopterus, in Western New York, as reported by Mr. 

 Van Duzee, 331. Increasing injuries from the grape-vine flea- 

 beetle, Haltica chalybea, 332 . How to meet it, 332 . The 

 cow-horn fly, H^matobia serrata, in New Jersey and Penn- 

 sylvania, 332 . May soon be expected in New York, 332. Is native 

 to the south of France, 332. Its popular names, 333. Nature and 

 effects of its bite, 333. The amount of harm caused by it. 333. 

 How its eggs may be destroyed, 333. Introduction of a saw fly, 

 Cephus pygmeus, from Europe, 334. Its European name of the 

 ''corn saw-fly," inapplicable to it here, 334. Observed at Ithaca, 

 N. Y., infesting wheat, 334. Professor Comstock's studies of it, 

 334. Operations within the wheat stalk, 334. Transformations, 334. 

 Its injuries not, thus far, severe, 334. Its bad reputation, 335. 

 Observed, also at Buffalo, and in Canada, 335. The Gypsy moth, 

 OcNERiA DisPAR, introduced in Massachusetts, 335. Date of intro- 

 duction of several of our insect pests, 335. The Ocneria a noto- 

 rious European pest, 336. When and how brought to this country, 

 336. Its present multiplication, 336. Confined to a limited 

 locality, 336. Its ravages therein, 336. Importance of its immedi- 

 ate extermination, if possible, 336. A State appropriation made 

 for the purpose, 337. Means by which it is thought possible to con- 

 trol it, 336. Progress being made in Insect Studies, 337. Encour- 

 aging prospect for the future, 337. Great advance made in the 

 preceding year, 337. Eesulting largely from the establishment of 

 the Agricultural Experiment Stations, 337. Number of entomolo- 

 gists employed in the Stations, 337. Admirable work done at the 

 Minnesota Station in controlling the Eocky Mountain locust, Cal- 

 OPTENUS spRETus, 338 . Crops of Otter Tail county threatened by a 

 colony of the locust, 338. Dr. Lugger commissioned to examine 

 and report upon the situation, 338 . His report accepted, and the 

 aid asked for, from the State, granted, 338. " Hopper-dozers " for 

 catching and killing the locusts, constructed, 338. The number 

 caught by them, 338. A bounty offered, 338. Operation of the 

 "balloon hopper-catcher,*' 339. Enthusiasm shown in "hopper- 

 catching, 339. The privilege strictly guarded, 339. The hopper 

 crop a lucrative one, 339. Fourteen thousand bushels of locusts 

 caught, 339 . The cost to the State, 339 . The farm crops saved 

 from destruction, 339. Infested lands plowed to kill the eggs, 

 339. How the plowing was done, 339. A complete success and at 



