INDEX. 



101 



Lachnosterna tristis, 79. 

 Lecanium, an undescribed species on oak. 84. 

 Lockwood, Rev. Samuel, letters from, 84, 00. 

 Locusts iii Yucatan, 92. 



injuring the cranberry, 30. 

 injurious to cotton in Brazil, 65. 

 migratory, in New Mexico, 53. 

 "native." of Rocky Mountain region, 56- 



G0. 



remedies against depredations by, 31. 

 ditching, 53. 

 gathering and crushing in wagon 



sheets, 53. 

 kerosene, 31-53. 

 pyrethrum, 31. 

 turkeys, 31. 

 special food plants of, 58,59. 

 Lophyrus, a species of, injuring pines in Arkan- 

 sas, 76. 

 Lucas. (_'.. Utter from, 88. 



M. 



Macrocentrus dclicafus parasitic uponTeras o.x.v- 



ooccana, 25. 

 Mamestra picta, hand-picking a remedy for, 92. 



injuring pea vines. 91, 92. 

 Mealy bug, Hie, 85. 

 Melanoplus cinereus, 58. 



devastator, 58. 

 Mellichamp, J. IL, letter from, 84. 

 Menelas, C, letter from, 80. 

 Moore, Alfred II.. letter from, 88. 



repot t on Pyrethrum, 95. 



I Moseley. W. A., letter from, 70. 



Murvite solution, mode of application, 86. 



a remedy against the mealy 

 bug, 80. 

 M vi ilaspis citricola, 71. 



destroyed by cold, 75. 

 gloverii, 71. 



N. 



Neal, Dr. J.C., letter from, 87. 

 Xewlou. W.S., letter from. 78. 



O. 



(Kdipoda aequalis, 30. 

 collaris, 30. 

 eucerala, 30. 

 maritima, 30, 



Orange rust mile, 85. 



tap root disease, how caused. 86, 



tree injured by Raphigaster bilaris, 81-83. 

 Orgyia leucostignia, description, 41. 



injuring the hop, 11. 

 remedies. 41. 

 <K\ tropis lambertii, 52. 



Paria atcrrima injuriog strawb i 



Paris green, 70. 



Parlatoria pergandii, 71. 



Petroleum, crude, versus kerosene and creo 



I'ezotettix albus, 58. 



borckii, 58. 



dodgei, 57. 

 Phyllotreta \ it tat a. 50. 

 Phylloxera, supposed importation of. 93. 

 Plumer, William, letter from. 74 

 Psinidia wallula. 59. 

 Psylliodes punct ulata. 50. 



Pyrethrum as an insecticide, 74. • 



furthei reports on the growth of, 95. 

 on roaches 



R. 



Raphigaster bilaris injuring the orange tree, 81- 

 83. 



red rust attributed to. 82. 

 Riley. C. V., on dimorphism in Teras oxycoccana, 

 24. 

 unity of habit in parasites, 25. 

 supposed importation of Phyl, ox- 

 era, 9.3. 

 Robertson, W. IP. letter from, on Phylloxera, 93 

 Rust mite, the orange, 85. 



S. 

 Sand bee, 78. 



Sarcophaga georgina, killing animals and human 

 beings, 78. 

 remedies : 

 calomel, 79. 

 catholic acid. 79. 

 chloroform, 79. 

 Saw-fly, a pine, from Arkansas. 7(i. 



larvae of, on wheat heads. 76, 77. 

 Scardia cloacella, in dried fungus. 77. 

 Scale insects, report on the elle.ts of cold upon, in 

 Florida. 79. 

 tables, giving results of cold artifi- 

 cially produced, 72. 7:;. 

 Screw worm, the, 78. 



Smith. John P> . report by. upon cranberry and 

 hop insects, 9. 



Spilosoma cunea injuring the hop, II. 

 remedy, 11. 



Stelidota strigosa injuring strawberries, 81. 

 Stenobothrus maoulipennis, 30. 



occipitalis, 58. 

 Strawberry fruit-beetles, 80. 



Sugar cane, diseased. 66. 



Syrphus llv mistaken for the parent of the hop 



grub. 34. 

 Systena frontalis. 50. 



f. 



Papil,,,. 



ites destroy ed b\ a speoi 



Mutilla, 87. 

 destroyed by 'sugar 



,y 



Tachinid, a species parasitic upon Teras ox 



cana, 25. 

 Tansy, oil of, as an insecticide, 87. 

 Tenebrio molitor, 90. 

 obsourus, 90. 



