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CONTENTS OF NO. 7. 



Page. 



Special Notes 201 



A CONTRIBUTIOX TO THE LITERATURE OF FATAL SpIDER BiTES (illustrated).. 204 



Description of Leonia rileyi, a new Meloid Genus near Hornia 



(illustrated) Eugene Dugh.. 211 



On the Emasculating Bot-fly (illustrated) 214 



Extracts from Correspondence •. 216 



lujurious lusects iu Mississippi for 1888. — Larva of Satnrnia io on Saw Pal- 

 metto in Florida. — Acanthacara similis injuring Fine-apple in Florida. — 

 Hylesinus trifoUi in Ohio. — Wisconsin Letter on Cicada septendecim. — A 

 proposed Remedy for the Chinch Bug. — One of the Parasite Introduc- 

 tion Experiments in California. — Two species of Anomala injurious to 

 the Vine in the South. — Beetles boring in an Opium Pipe from China. 

 — A Grape-vine Flea-beetle in the Southwest. — The '•' Voice " of Vanessa 

 antiopa. — A Swarming of the Milk-weed Butterfly in 1886. — A Phyllox- 

 era on the Pecan. — Anthrenus destroying Whalebone. 

 General Notes 222 



Results of Professor Forbes's Investigations on the Relation of Wheat Cult- 

 ure to the Chinch Bug. — An old American Account of the Buffalo 

 Gnat. — Notes on Pteromalus puparum. — Another Human Bot-fly. — 

 Geographical Range of the Chinch Bug. — Damage to Fruit by the 

 Adult of Allorhina. — The Imbricated Snout-beetle. — Notes on Acri- 

 didae inLos Angeles, Cal. — Chloridea rhexia injuring Tobacco. — A curious 

 Habit of Epilachna horealis. — Birds and the White Grub. — Dosing Trees 

 with Sulphur and other Substances. — Alum as a Currant-worm 

 Remedy. — An Australian Experiment. — The Entomological Society of 

 Washington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 8. 



Special Notes 231 



The Red Bug or Cotton Stainer (illustrated) 234 



A Parasite of the supposed Eggs of the Cotton Stainer (illustrated) 



L. 0. Howard.. 241 



Spraying Devices (illustrated) C. V. Eiley.. 243 



Early Occurrence of the Chinch Bug in the Mississippi Valley 



S. A. Forhes.. 249 



Hepialus argexteomaculatus D. S. KeUicott . . 250 



Extracts from Correspondence 252 



Late autumnal Occurrence of Mites in great Numbers. — Balaninus na- 

 sicus in granulated Sugar. — On Thalessa and Tremex : A Correction. — 

 Sap Beetles in injured Figs. 



Steps towards a Revision of Chambers' Index, etc Lord Walsingliam. 254 



General Notes 258 



Notes on Cochineal Insects. — The Beet Carrion-beetle. — An African Lady- 

 bird introduced into New Zealand. — Successful Spraying with Paris 

 Green for Codling Moth. — The Leather Beetle Litigation. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 9. 



Special Notes 261 



Insecticide Appliances (illustrated) C. V. Eiley.. 263 



Three new Parasites OF Icerya (illustrated) L. O. Howard.. 268 



A Contribution to the History of Theophila mandarina/'/u'/j^ Walker.. 270 

 Notes on the Cultivation of the Japanese Oak-feeding Silk-worm 



C. E. Webster, M. D.. 273 



Notes ON a Species OK Bryobia infesting Dwellings F. M. Webster.. 277 



