VII 



CONTENTS OF NO. 10. 



Page. 



Special Notes 293 



The Rose Chafer. — Macrodactylus subspinosus (illustrated). C. V. Biley.. 295 



A New Genus and two new Species of Australian Lamellicorns 



Dr. David Sharp . - 302 



An interesting Tineid.— Menestamelanella (illustrated) MaryE. Murtfeldt. 303 



Experiments with the Plum Curculio F. M. Webster.. 305 



The Ph ylloxera Problem abroad as it appears to-day 310 



The Los Angeles County Horticultural Commission 312 



Extracts from Correspondence 314 



The Pine Lachnus as a Honey-maker. — Root-Knot on Apple. — A Fuchsia 

 Aleurodes. — The Skein Centipede and Silver Fish. — A Guava Scale. — The 

 Tile-horn Borer. — The Boll Worm. — Feather Felting by Dermestids. — Ex- 

 treme Ravages of Cut-worms. — Migrations of Plants as affecting those of 

 Insects. — Hymenopterous Parasite of Icerya in Australia. — Proconia 

 undata injuring the Vine. 

 Steps towards a Revision of Chambrs' Index, with Notes and Descrip- 

 tions of new Species (illustrated) Lord Walsingham.. 322 



General Notes : 326 



A Rhizococcus on Grass in Indiana. — Further Note on the Egyptain Mealy 

 Bug. — Indian Rhynchota. — Two Parasites of the Garden Web-Worm. — An 

 Aphis attacking Carrots. — More Insects injuring the Tea Plant in Ceylon. 

 —New Insect Legislation. — A Test Case under the Horticultural Law. — 

 Locusts in India. — New injurious Insects in Colorado. — Obituary. — En- 

 tomological Society of Washington. 



CONTENTS OF NO. 11-12. 



Special Notes . * * 335 



The Insect Collection of a large Musem (illustrated) C. V.Riley.. 342 



Notes on Languria F. H. Chittenden.. 346 



Some of the bred parasitic Hymenoptera in the National Collection. — 

 Familx Braconid^e 348 



Anthrax parasitic on Cut-worms (illustrated) 353 



Mountain Swarming of Vanessa californica C. L. Hopkins.. 355 



Notes on a Species of necrophagous Diptera F. M. Webster.. 356 



Additional Note on Spider Egg-parasites L. O. Howard. . 359 



Preparatory Stages of Syntomeida epilais and Scepsis edwardsii 



Harrison G. Dyar.. 360 



The Tulip Tree Leaf Gall-Flv 362 



An Experiment with Coccinellid^: in the Conservatory. J 1 . M. Webster.. 363 



A North American Axima and its Habits (illustrated) L. O. Howard.. 365 



Extracts from Correspondence 367 



The Scale Question in Florida.— A Palm-leaf Scale in Trinidad.— The Cigar- 

 ette Beetle.— A curious Case.— Beneficial Beetles infested with Mites.— 

 Flea Beetle Injury to Strawberries. — Lecanium hespcridum.— Flies in an 

 exhumed Corpse.— The May Beetle and the White Grub.— Parorgyia on 

 Cranberry in Wisconsin.— Helomyza sp. found in Mayfield Cave, In- 

 diana.— A Cave Crustacean in a Well.— Potato Stalk-borer in Corn and 

 Rag- weed. —The Melon Worm. -Cut-Worms and Carnations.— The 

 Plant-feeding Lady-bird and the Potato Stalk-beetle.— Intrusion of the 

 Elm Leaf-beetle in Houses. — Be Lestophouus. 



