INDEX. 



Actias lima, common in Iowa, 44. 



Alesia fromata, feeding on cabbage apbis, 13. 



imported from Australia, 13. 



probably established in California, 26. 

 Amarantus, web-worm on, 38. 

 Ammonia, no improvement to Paris green, 32. 

 Antbomyia sp., possibly a beet enemy, 40. 

 Apan teles glomeratus, parasitic on Pieris rapae, 43. 

 Apbis brassica±, on rape in Iowa, 46. 

 Apiculture, desirability of continuing experi- 

 ments in, 64. 



report on experiments in, 7, 57. 

 Army worm, appearance in Iowa, 44. 

 Ash-tree Sphinx, in Nebraska, 41. 

 Aspidiotus aurantii, fed upon by Scymnus loph- 

 authaj, 15. 



perniciosus, eaten by Scymnus lophanthae, 15. 

 Bees, breeding of, 58. 



removing queen to prevent swarming, 58. 

 Beet insects, in Nebraska, 36. 



web-worm, injury by, 37. 

 life history of, 39. 

 Beets, attacked by white grubs, 37. 

 Bill-bugs, scarcity of, in Missouri, 49. 



plentiful in Iowa, 42. 

 Blister-beetle, spotted, on beets, 36, 

 Blister-beetles attacking beets, 36. 



remedies tried against, 36. 

 Blue-grass worm in Missouri, 53. 

 Botrytis tenella vs. Lachnosterna 47. 

 Box-elder Gracilaria, in Missouri, 51. 

 Bracon juglaudis, parasite of Loxostege ma- 



clurae, 53. 

 Brnner, Lawrence, report by, 7, 34. 

 Cabbage butterfly, imported, rare in Iowa, 43. 



Curculio, in Missouri, 50. 



Plusia, plentiful in Iowa, 43. 

 Camnula pellucida, in Nebraska, 35. 

 Canker-worms, outbreak of, in California, 9. 

 Carpocapsa pomonella, in California. 30. 

 Cecidomyiid, on sugar maples in Missouri, 56. 

 Cecropia moth, in Nebraska, 41. 

 Ceutorhyuchus rape, in Missouri, 50. 

 Chenopodium album, Anthomyia sp. on, 40. 



Epicauta maculata on, 36. 



web-worm on, 38, 39. 

 Clliuch bug, checked by rains, 41. 



notes on, in Nebraska, 41. 

 Chinch bugs, absence of, in Missouri, 49. 

 Chrysanthemum, twelve-spotted Diabrotiea on, 



50. 

 Cladius pectinicornis, on roses in Missouri, 50. 

 Clover-need caterpillar, plentiful in Iowa, 44. 



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Coccinella sanguinea, parasitised by Euphoru* 



sculptus, 16. 

 Coccinellid, an undetermined, 23. 

 Coccinellidse, received from Australia, 11. 

 Codling moth, benefits of spraying for, 33. 



in California, 30. 



parasites of, 30, 56. 



Paris green for, 32. 



three-brooded in California, 30. 

 Ccelodasys unicornis in Nebraska, 41. 

 Cooper, Ellwood, letter of, 26. 

 Coquillett, D. "W., report by, 7, 9. 

 Corn ear- worm, on corn iu Missouri, 50. 

 Cosmos, twelve-spotted Diabrotiea damaging, 50. 

 Cottony-cushion scale, Novius koebelei an enemy 

 of, 26. 



still controlled by Vedalia. 9, 26. 

 Crambus exsiecatus, injurious in Iowa, 44. 



teterrellus, description of egg and larva, 54. 

 hymenopterous parasites of, 54. 

 in Missouri, 53. 

 Cruciferous plants, enemies of, in Iowa, 43. 

 Ctenochiton depressuiu, feeds sparingly on scale- 

 insects, 11. 



received from Now Zealand, 10. 

 Dahlia, twelve-spotted Diabrotiea damaging, 50. 

 Datana angusii, abundant iu Iowa, 44. 

 Deltocephalusdebilis, life history of, 45. 



inimicus, life history of, 45. 

 Diabrotiea, twelve-spotted, injuries of, 50. 

 Diamond back moth, in Iowa, 43. 

 Diedrocephala mollipes, winter conditions of, 



45. 

 Dissosteira Carolina, in coitu with D. longipeu- 

 nis, 35. 



lon^ipennis, in Nebraska, 35. 

 Diplosis sp., on soft maple, 55. 

 Disonycha oollaris, a spinach pest, 50. 

 Edema albifrons, injurious to oak iu Iowa. 44. 

 Empiisa grylli, fungous disease of locusts. 34. 

 Entomological notes for 1892, Missouri. 4 i .t. 

 Eutomophthora, prevalent among locusts, 35. 

 Epicauta maculata. on beets, 36. 



peuusylvanica, on beets, 30. 

 Eriocampa cerasi. checked by spraying, 92. 

 Euphorus sculptus, hosts of. 15, 1<J. 



parasitic iu America and Australia. 16. 

 Experiments in apiculture. L8S2, 57. 

 Fall web-worm, iu Nebraska, 41. 

 Field agents, work of, 7. 



Eh a beetles, not numerous in Missouri. BO. 

 Flttted SOale, destroyed by Noviu* ka'belci. 26 



still controlled by Ycdaha. 9. 



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