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INDEX. 



Asilus, 605, 606. A. ajstuans, 17. A. sc- 



riceus, 605. 

 Astasia torrefacta, 437. 

 Aster gall-flies, 620. 

 Asterias butterfly, 265. 

 Attaci, 340. 

 Attacus Atlas, 33S, 390. A. Cecropia, 



3S6, 387, 389. A. Luna, 382 - 384. 



A. Polyphemus, 884, 386. A. Prome- 

 theus, 390, 391. 



Attelabians ( Attelabidae), 66. 

 Attelabus annlis, 65. A. bipustulatus, 66. 

 Azalea sphinx, 328. 



Babia quadriguttata, 135. 



Bacteria arumatia, 146. B. phyllina, B. 



nibispinosn, 140. 

 Bacunculus femoratus, B. Sayi, 146. 

 Balaninus, 74. 

 Baridius trinotatus, 81. 

 Bark-beetles, 85. 



Bark-lice, 194, 204, 248, 250, 252, 250. 

 Barley injured by insects, 551, CJl. 

 Basket -worms, 415. 

 Bathyllus skipper, 312. 

 Batia flavifrontella, 494. 

 Bat-ticks, 625. 

 Beach-grass, use of, 57. 

 Beans attacked by insects, 138, 229. 

 Bear-caterpillars, 343, 349. 

 Bee-flies, 603. 

 Bee-moths, 489. 

 Bees, 512, 514. 



Beeswax devoui'cd by worms, 491. 

 Beetles, 10, 23. 26, 2!i. 

 Bellona butterfly, 287. 

 Bird-flies, 624. 

 Bittacomorpha, 600. 

 Bittacus, 600. 



Blackberrv-bush borer, 114. 

 Black fly, "601. 

 Black weevil, 83. 

 Blatta orientalis, 145. 

 Blennocampa, 528, 

 Bhght beetle, 90. 

 Blight of pear-trees, £f^. 

 Blistering beetles, 135. 

 Boisduval's butterfly, 305. 

 Bomboptera, 535. 

 Bombyces, 340. 



Bombylians (Borabyliada3), 603. 

 Bombylius fequalis, B. major, B. albi- 



pectus, B. fratellus, B. vicinus, 604. 

 Bombyx, 340. B. oossus, 412. B. grata, 



427. B. mori, 380. 

 Bordered skipper, 308. 

 Borers, 46, 92, 331, 410. 

 Bostrichians (Bostrichidifi), 91. 

 Bot-bees, Bot-flies, 622. 

 Bots, 624. 



Brenthians (Brenthida3), 67. 

 Brenthus maxillosus, B. septemtrionis, 



B. septemtrionalis, 68. 

 Brizo skipper, 309. 

 Bruchians (Bruchidaj), 62. 



Bnichus pisi, 61, 62. 

 Bud-moths, 480, 482. 

 Bug, chinch, 198; plant, 200; squash, 



194. 

 Bugs, 193, 194. 

 Bulla, 185. 



Buprestians (Buprestidae), 45, IIG. 

 Buprestis charaoteristica, B. dentipes, 49. 



B. divaricata, 48. B. Drummondi, B. 

 femorata, B. fulvoguttata, 50. B. lu- 

 rida, B. obscura, 49. B. Virginica, 48. 



Butalis, 499, 507. B. cerealella, 606, 609. 



Butterflies, 262, 263 ; four-footed, 279, 

 282. 



Button-wood trees attacked by caterpil- 

 lars, 363, 404 ; by wood- wasps, 537. 



Cabbage butterfly, 270. C. caterpillar, 



270, 451. C. cutworm, 443, 445, 449 



G. plant-louse, 238. 

 Calandra, 69, 82. C. granaria, 83. C. 



Oryza3, ib. 

 Callidium, 99. C. antennatum, C. baju- 



lus, C. violaceum, 100. 

 Callimorpha Carolina, 344. C. Lecontei, 



345. C. militaris, 344. 

 Calliphora vomitoria, 614. 

 Caloptenus, 174. 

 Calosoma scrutator, 470. 

 Camel-crickets. 146. 

 CanephoriE, 414. 

 Canker-worm, 461, 470. 

 Cantharides (Cantharidid£e), 135. 

 Cantharis atrata, 139. C. cinerea, 138. 



C. marginata, 137. C. vittata, 136, 139. 

 Capricorn beetles, 92, 94, 96, 116. 

 Capsus oblineatus, 200. 



Caradrina cubicularis, 453. 



Carolina sphinx, 322. 



Carpenter moths, 412. 



Carpet^moth, 493. 



Carpocapsa Pomonella, 4b4. 



Carrot-caterpillars, 263. 



Cassida aurichalcea, 122. 



Cassidadaj, 121. 



Catalogue, reference to, 32. 



Caterpillars are the young of butterflies 



and moths, 257. C. described, 258. C. 



false, 616. C. food of, 268. C. habits 



of, 259. C. injurious to gardens, 349. 



C. numbers of, 257. C. spiny, 284. C. 



transformations of, 5, 260. "C. wheat, 



452, 455. 

 Cecidomyia, 554, 568, 670, 583. C. cul- 



micola', 582. C. destructor, 566, 668, 



683. C. Eobiniffi, 567. C. Salicis, 566, 



567. C. Tritici, 453, 566, 587, 692. 

 CecidomyiadiB, 565. 

 Cedar (red), insects attacking, 87. 

 Celtis sphinx, 328. 

 Cephalem^^ia ovis, 624. 

 Cephus, 516. C. Pygma3us, 517. 

 Cerambycidffi, 92, 94, 96. 

 Cerambyx, 94. C. cinctus, 97. C. pal- 



liatus, 115. C. violaceus, 100. 



