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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 1. 



Page. 

 Salutatory 3 



The Cokn-pollen Syrphus-fly (illustrated) 5 



The Willow-shoot Saw-fly (illustrated) C. V.BiUy.. 8 



The SuGAR-CAXE Beetle INJURING Corn L. 0. Howard.. 11 



Extracts from Correspondence 13 



Garden Web- worm. — A new Enemy to tlie Date Palm in Florida. — A Vir- 

 ginia Simulium called "Cholera Gnat." — The Black-polled Titmouse 

 destroying Canker Worms. — Kerosene Emulsion for the Cabbage Mag- 

 got. — After Effect of the Ovipositionofthe Periodical Cicada. — More Tes- 

 timony on the Buckwheat Remedy for Cut- worms. — An Application for 

 Buffalo Gnat Bites. — Relative Merits of arsenical Solutions. — Probably 

 a new Enemy to Pear from Oregon. — An extraordinary Flight of Lach- 

 nosterna. — Lime and Tobacco for Currant-worms. — Some Notes from 

 Mississippi. 



New Species of Oncocnemis John B, Smith.. 18 



The Australian Parasite of Icerya PURCHASi(illustrated'>.<S. TF. XFiZZisfon.. 21 



The Privet Web-worm (illustrated) 22 



Notes 26 



Chinch Bug in California. — German Phylloxera Laws. — Kerosene Emulsion 

 against Cabbage Worms. — Swarmingof Hackberry Butterflies. — South- 

 ward Spread of the Asparagus Beetle. —Caterpillars stopping Trains. — 

 Injury by the R :y Mountain Locust. — The Periodical Cicada in 

 1888. — The Chinch Bug in 1888. — Increase of Cryptocephalus venus- 

 . tus. — The Hessian Fly half way around the World. — " Eau celeste " for 

 the Rose Beetle. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 2. 



The Yellow-spotted Willow-slug (illustrated) L. O.Howard.. 33 



Notes on Eum.eus atala (illustrated) E. A.Schwarz.. 37 



Supplementary Report on the Gas Treatment for Scale-insects 



B.W.Coquilleti.. 41 



External Spider Parasites L. O.Howard.. 42 



The Sweet-potato Saw-fly (illustrated) 43 



The Morelos Orange Fruit- worm (illustrated) C. V.Eiley.. 45 



Kerosene Emulsion as a Remedy for White Grubs 48 



Extracts from Correspondence 50 



A new Tomato Enemy in Georgia. — Precursors of Brood V of the Periodical 

 Cicada. — Mites infesting an old Grain Elevator. — The Streaked Cotton- 

 wood Leaf-beetle in the East. — Hibernatiou of Mosquitoes. — Leaf Hop- 

 pers and the ''Die-back" of the Orange. — The Barnacle Scale injuring 



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