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Harpiphorus maculatus TV. Hague Harrington . . 227 



Adults of the American Cimbex injuring the Willow and Cotton- 

 wood in Nebraska (illustrated) , F. M. Webster.. 228 



Observations on Monomorium Pharaonis M. A. Bellevoye.. 230 



The dipterous Parasite of Diabrotica soror (illustrated) D. W.CoquiUett.. 233 



Spilosoma fuliginosa (illustrated) Otto Lugger.. 236 



A Grub supposed to have traveled in the human Body (illustrated).. 238 



The Dog-wood Saw-fly (illustrated) 239 



Platypsyllus-Egg and Ultimate Larva (illustrated), C. V.Riley.. 244 



Some new Parasites of the Grain Plant-louse ( illustrated ).Z. O.Howard.. 246 

 An Australian Hymenopterous Parasite of the Fluted Scale (illus- 

 trated) C. V.Riley.. 248 



Extracts from Correspondence 250 



The Orchid Isosoma iu America. — A Flaxseed Mite.— Abundance of JEgeria 

 acerni. — Hessian Fly in California. — An Ivy Scale-insect. — Ant Hills and 

 Slugs. — A curious Case of insect Litigation. — Two interesting Parasites. — 

 Work of White Ants. — Importation of Orange Pests from Florida to Cali- 

 fornia. — On some Dung Flies. — Spider Bites. 



General Notes 255 



Insects affecting Salsify.— Au Egyptian Mealy-bug. — A case of excessive Para- 

 sitism. — Some hitherto unrecorded Enemies of Raspberries and Blackber- 

 ries. — Nebraska Insects. — A Podurid which destroys the Red Rust of 

 Wheat. — Insecticide litig ition. — North European Dragon Flies. — A Correc- 

 tion.— A Parasite of the Mediterranean Flour-moth. — Effects of the open 

 Winter. — Honey Bees and Arsenicals used as Sprays. — Entomological 

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CONTENTS OF NO. 9. 



Special Notes 263 



Some insect Pests of the Household.— Cockroaches (illustrated) 



C. V. Riley.. 266 



Two Spider-egg Parasites (illustrated) L. 0. Howard.. 269 



On the Parasitic Castration of Typhlocyba by the Larva of a Hy 



menopter and that of a Dipter M. A. Giard.. 271 



A Poisonous Spider in Madagascar 273 



Extracts from Correspondence 275 



Injury to Grass from Gastroidea polygoni. — Resin Wash against Mealy Bug 

 and Woolly Aphis. — Dryocampa rubicunda. — Combined Spraying for Bark- 

 lice and Codling Moth. — Greenhouse Pests. — Euphoria damaging green 

 Corn.^The Indian-meal Moth in Kansas. — A Cocoanut Pest to be guarded 

 against. — Food of the Scydmaenidae. — Abundance of Bryobia pratensis — 

 Larval Habits of Xyleborus dispar. — Iusects from Iowa. — A Grasshopper- 

 Letter from Utah. — Another Insect impressed in Paper. — The " Katy-did" 

 Cail. — Notes of the Season from Mississippi. 

 Steps Towards a Revision of Chambers' Index, w'ith Notes and De- 

 scriptions of new Species Lord fValsingham . . 284 



General Notes 286 



The Wheat Saw-fly. — Tasmauian Lady Birds and the American Blight. — Flies 

 on Apple Twigs in New Zealand. — Nomenclature of Blister Beetles. — Plant 

 Importation into Italy. — Traps for the Winter Moth useless. — A new Elm 

 Insect. — Soot as a Remedy for Woolly Apple louse. — Metamorphoses of 

 Fleas. — The Entomological Society of Washington. 



