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GENERAL INDEX. 
Lye, concentrated j>otash, experiments against 
the San Jose scale, 293. 
Lygus pratensis, in New Mexico, 210. 
Lymeon annulicornis, sp. n., descr., 243. 
Lyniexylon sericeum, on chestnut. 149, 152. 
Lysiplilebus citraphis, bred from the cotton 
aphis, 315. 
testaceipes,bred from cotton aphis,243,315,323. 
M. 
Machine for destruction of insects in mills, 263. 
Macratria murina, in cotton blossoms, 247. 
Macrostola lutea, fertilizing aroid plant, 342. 
Madams undulatus, on grape and Ampelopsis, 
387. 
Maggots, in poor butter, m., 279. 
Manual of entomology, a new, 423. 
Maple Pseudococcus. (See Pseudococcus aceris.) 
Margarodes formicarum, in Montserrat, 359. 
in the United States, 359. 
Maritime species of Coccidse, art., 42-44. 
Mealy bugs, and their allies, art., 1C8-175. 
Mediterranean flour moth in New York, 416. 
Megathope violacca, beneficial to pastures, 358. 
Megillamaculata, devouring Thripson onion, 206. 
feeding on cotton aphis, 247. 
Melanoplus femur-mbrum, on cotton, 26. 
Melasoma, correct genus for Lina scripta and 
tremulae, 419. 
Melon louse. (See Melon plant louse. ) 
plant louse, bisulphide of carbon against, 
exports, 109. 
in New Jersey, 195. 
in West Virginia, 150. 
(or aphis) in New Jersey, 151. 
Meso<rrapta polita, feeding on pollen, 326. 
Metachroma luridum, injurious to nut and fruit 
trees, 430. 
sp., injuring grapevines, 387. 
Metapodius femoratus, puncturing bolls of cotton, 
320. 
Microdus sanctus, on cotton, 243. 
Mill insects, machine for destroying, 263. 
Minute three-toed cricket, on cotton, 25. 
Mole-cricket, damage by, 205. 
Monobia quadridens, on cotton, 242. 
Monomorium carbonarium, on cotton, 242. 
Mononychus vulpeculus, destroying Iris ttowerg, 
201. 
Mordella 8-punctata, in cotton blossoms, 247. 
Mosquitoes, experience with, art., 212, 213. 
Moth-catching plant, New Zealand, 268. 
Mud-dauber wasps, on cotton, 241. 
Mud wasps in paper wasps' nests, 53. 
Musca domestica, in New Mexico, 209. 
Musk, dry, Ptiuus brunneus attacking, 32. 
Sitodrepa panicea attacking, 32. 
Mycetobia pallipes?, following attacks of other 
insects on trees, 136. 
Mygale, notes on, 262. 
Myochrous denticollis, on cotton, 247. 
Mytilaspis citricola and gloveri, in Ceylon, 429. 
in South Australia, ref., 267. 
pomorum fed upon by the blue and long-tailed 
tit and by Certhia familiaris, 428. 
abundant in Ottawa, 168. 
Mytilaspis citricola and gloveri, Chiloneurus dia- 
spidinarum parasitic on, art., 256. 
list of parasites of, 256. 
N. 
Neides muticus, probably feeds on cotton, 320. 
Nematoneura nialvacearum n. sp. , descr., 252. 
Nemobius fasciatus, on cotton, 25. 
sp., on cotton, 240. 
Neoclytus erythrocephalus, injuring grape-vines, 
384. 
Nezara hilaris, feeding on cotton, 320. 
Nicobium hirtum, art., 396-398. 
Nitidula bipustulata, in pantries, 207. 
Nitrogenous food and reproductive organs, 266. 
Noctua fennica as an army worm, 415. 
Nodonota puncticollis, correct name for Colaspis 
tristis, 419. 
tristis, on cotton, 247. 
Nomenclature, some changes in, 418. 
Notes from New Mexico, art., 207-211. 
of the year in New Jersey, art., 185-197. 
Notolophus orgyia, cooperative work against, 257. 
Notoxus anchora, eating cherries, 200. 
bicolor, in cotton blossoms, 247. 
Novius cardinalis, correct name for Vedalia car- 
dinalis, 418. 
O. 
Oberea schaumii, on Populus monilifera, 9. 
Odynerus conformis, on cotton, 242. 
fulvipes, on cotton, 242. 
CEcanthus fasciatus, on cotton, 25. 
niveus, Antigaster mirabilis parasitic on, 245. 
eggs of, mistaken for those of Ceresa buba- 
lus, 10. 
on cotton, 25. 
Oiketicus abboti, damage by, 270. 
townsendi, in New Mexico, 210. 
Oncideres cingulata, art., 345-347. 
Oncometopia costalis, feeding on cotton, 322. 
undata, on cotton, 322. 
Onion maggot, kainit against, 196. 
Thrips injuring onions, 393. 
Orchelimum fasciatum, on cotton, 26. 
gossypii, on cotton, 26. 
longicauda Walsh MS. = O. gossypii Scudd., 
26. 
glaberrunum, on cotton, 26. 
Orcus chalybeus, not devouring Pollinia costse, 
mm., 50. 
Oregon wash, experiments against the San Jose 
scale, 373. 
winter wash, experiments against the San 
Jose scale, 294. 
Orgyia leucostigma, in New York City parks, 
treatment of, 135. 
(See also Notolophus orgyia.) 
Ormenis, white, on cotton, 322. 
Ortalid, injuring growing cereals, art., 352-354. 
Otacustes atriceps, sp. n., descr., 244. 
chrysopa;, sp. n., descr., 243. 
Ovate chalcis, on cotton, 245. 
Oxyopes viridans, on cotton, 241. 
