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Page. 

 Extracts from Corrkspoxdence 340 



Trumpet-creeper injured hy Lygwus 7'edivatus. — Thrips tritici injuring Or- 

 ange Blossoms. — White Ants in A-Ustralia. — The Toad vs. Cockroaches. 

 — White Grub Injury to Strawberries. — Larva of Cicada septendecim. 

 — Some Additions to Packard's Forest-tree Insects. — A Phytoptus on 

 Plum. — A Lac Insect on the Creosote Bush. — A Rhizococcus on Grass 

 in Dakota. — Wash for Apple-tree Bark-lice and Borers. — Saw-fly on 

 Polygonum dumetoriim. — Oscinis sp. on Chrysanthemum. — Ants destroy- 

 ing young Maples in Nebraska. 



General Notes 347 



The Spider Bite Question. — Uropoda americana on Euphoria inda. — Evap- 

 orated Sulphur for Red Spider in Greenhouses. — Double Flowers 

 caused by Mites. — Rheumatism and Stings of Bees. — The Black Bird 

 and the Boll Worm. — Swarms of a Gnat in Iowa. — New Remedy for 

 Striped Bugs. — The European Ribbon-footed Corn-fly. — Sparrow De- 

 struction in Australia. — Hermetia mucens infesting Bee-hives. — The 

 Chinch Bug this Year. — Codling Moth Destruction in Tasmania. — Gas 

 Lime for the Onion Maggot. — Paris Green for the Garden Web-worm. 

 — Phylloxera in Asia Minor. — Bark Lice on the Cocoauut. — Important 

 Publications on Economic Entomology. — The Pyrethruui Industry. — A 

 new Use for the Fluted Scale. — Codling Motli Notes.— Obituary. — The 

 Entomological Society of Washington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 12. 



Special Notes '. 353 



Notes ox some injurious axd beneficial Ixsects of Australia axd 

 Tasmaxia F. M. Webster.. 361 



Two xew Species of Scymxus Dr. David Sharp.. 364 



A Case of Lachnosterxa Damage 365 



Notes ox Pronuba axd Yucca Pollixatiox C. V. Riley.. 367 



Notes ox some Species of Ixsects which affect the upper Portiox 



OF the Stems of some Grasses - F. M. Webster.. 372 



Extracts from Correspoxdexce 375 



The Mole Cricket as a Harbinger of Spring. — First injurious Appearance 

 of the Army- worm in Florida. — The Camellia Scale. — The Australian 

 Lady-bird. — Valgus canaliculatus a Quince Enemy. — Application to 

 prevent Icerya from ascending Trees. — Lasioderma serricorne injuring 

 Cigarettes. — Injury by the Fall Web-worm in Texas. — Dryocampa im- 

 per talis on Elm and Linden. — Larv;e of Tenehrio molitor in a Woman's 

 Stomach. — Another Note on the retarded Development of Caloptenus 

 spretus Eggs at Manhattan, Kans. 



General Notes 380 



Linen injured by Agrotis Larviie. — Impression of an Insact in Paper. — The 

 Destructive Leaf-hopper injuring Timothy. — The Sunflower a Food 

 Plant of Rnodobcenus V3-punctatus. — Pieris rapce and protodice in Colo- 

 rado. — Ligyrus gibbosus injuring Carrots in Indiana. — The Scurfy Bark 

 Louse upon the Currant. — Phylloxera at the Cape of Good Hope. — 

 White Ants in Fences.— A new Butterfly Publication.— The Bot Fly of 

 the Ox. — A Note on Museum Pests. — The Phylloxera in Colorado. — 

 The Rhizococcus on Grass. — A new Grape Pest in the Southwest. — An 

 Aleurodes on Tobacco. — A Corn Root-worm in South Carolina. — A Deer 

 Bot-fly. — The Shield Method for Leaf-hopi)ers. — Lord Walsingham's 

 Index. — The Entomological Society of Washington. 



