General Index. 



399 



Preventives of insect attack — ( Continued) : 

 strong odors, 289. 

 wrapping tree-trunks, 313. 

 Proceedings of Academy of Natural 



Sciences of Philadelphia, cited, 255. 

 Proceedings of American Philosophical 



Society cited, 228. 

 Proceedings of California Academy of 



Science cited, 225. 

 Proceedings of American Entomological 



Society cited, 225. 

 Proceedings of Entomological Society of 



Washington cited, 247(3), 296(2), 297, 317. 

 Proceedings of Western Nev7 York Horti- 

 cultural Society cited, 342, 358. 

 Procris Americana, 379, 

 prodromus, Aphodius, 312. 

 Progress in economic entomology, 342. 

 Progress in Insect studies, 337. 

 proliflca Chloropisca, 216, 234-241, 358, 859, 



382. 

 Prolific Chlorops, 234-241. 

 Propagation of contagious diseases of 



insects, 341. 

 pseudargiolus, Lycsena, 375. 

 Psoroptes equi, 362. 

 Psyche cited, 225(2), 256, 279, 818, 380. 

 Psyllidae ? infesting maples, 367. 

 Ptyelus lineatus, 383. 

 Pteromalinse, 307. 

 Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 384. 

 punctata, Diabrotica, 315. 

 punctatus Phytonimus, 315. 

 Punky of the Adirondacks, 364. 

 Purchasi, Icerya, 340. 

 pygmeus. Cephus, 334. 

 Pyrameis cardui eaten by Pyrrharetia 



Isabella, 228. 

 Pyrethrum powder, 236, 290, 

 Pyrethrum water for insect attack, 315, 344, 



360. 

 pyri, Phytoptus, 365. 

 pyri, Xylebo^s, 348, 370. 

 pyrivora, Diplosis, 335. 

 Pyrrharetia Calif ornica = Isabella, 225-228^ 



368. 



a. 



Querclperda, Gossus, 220, 375. 

 Quince: insect feeding on; 



Thyridopteryx ephemeraBformis, 306. 



Limonius confusus, 351, 361. 



Saperda Candida, 314. 

 Quince on Crateegus stock proof against 



apple-tree borer, 314. 

 quinquemaculata. Sphinx, 379. 



B. 



Raeder, Frank N., insects from, 383. 

 Randall, J. M., on jarring for curculio, 294. 

 Ransom & Son, W. H., Insects from, 382. 



RanunculaceeB mined by Phytomyza 



afflnis, 246. 

 rapae, Pleris, 219, 335. 

 Raspberry cane-borer, 369. 

 Raspberry insect 



Limonius auripilis, 351. 



Oberea bimaeulata, 369. 

 Rathbone, A. B., insects from, 382. 

 Rath von Dr. S. S., cited, 255, 257, 279. 



on Cermatia forceps, 325, 326. 



on the rhinoceros beetle, 253. 

 Rat-tail larvae, 363. 

 Red mites, 323, 365, 

 Red spider, 324. 

 Reinecke [Ottomar] cited, 285. 

 Reinecke and Zesch's List of Coleoptera 



in the vicinity of Buffalo, cited, 285. 

 Reltter's Catalogus Coleoptorum Europae, 



etc., cited, 256, 279. 

 Remedies for insect attacks ; 



alkaline solutions, 344. 



arsenical spraying, 216, 290-293, 807, 336, 

 353, 355, 360, 361, 363, 368. 



attracting to vinegar and molasses, 363. 



balloon hopper-dozer collecting, 336. 



benzine, 364. 



bisulphide of carbon^ 276, 277, 365, 367. 



burning infested stock, 361, 363, 367. 



burning stubble, 339. 



burning rubbish, 353, 365. 



carbolic acid, 357. 



coal ashes, 344. 



cold water, 285. 



cold water spraying, 344, 360. 



crushing larvae, 363, 364, 379. 



curculio-catcher, 294. 



cutting out the larvae, 363. 



hand-picking, 246, 311, 379. 



heat, 275. 



hellebore powder, 352. 



hopper-dozer collecting, 338. 



hot water, 241, 374. 



jarring from tree, 289, 294. 



kerosene, 276, 351, 352, 354, 355, 364. 



kerosene emulsion, 318, 360(2). 



lime, 333, 352, 372. 



lime-water, 366. 



London purple poisoning, 339. 



nitrate of soda for slugs, 366. 



Paris green and flour, 351. 



paving or flagging under trees, 290. 



pigs to eat infested fruit, 290. 



planting fruit trees over water, 290. 



plaster of Paris, 333. 



plowing under, 339. 



propagation of contagious diseases, 341. 



pyrethrum powder, 236, 290. 



pyrethrum water, 315, 344, 360. 



soap-suds, 372. 



sulphur, 365. 



sweetened water in bottles, 289. 



tobacco water, 344, 372. 



