402 



Icerya purchasi, Telephorus consors a new enemy 

 of, 49. 

 rosae, MS. name proposed, 333. 

 sacchari, mm, 333. 

 Ichneumon sp., bred from Ceratina, 366. 

 Ichneumonidae, parasitic on Ocneria, 210. 

 Ide, characters and relations, 150, 155. 



lithosina, note, 155. 



os8eella n. sp. "Wlsm., described, 155. 



vestalis, note, 155. 

 Idiocerus sp., on mango in India, 265. 

 Imbricated Snout-beetle, in Bruner's report, 258. 

 Imported Cabbage-worm, mm, 340. 



Gipsy Moth, in Europe, Asia, and Japan, 209. 



In New England, 208. 

 Indian meal-moth, damage in America, 167. 



in flouring mills, 278. 

 Inquilinae, bred from iEgeria, 281. 

 Insecticides, American, in India, 17, 47 , 264. ■ 



litigation concerning, 260. 



and fungicides combined, 339. 

 Insidious Plant-bug, attacking scales, 364. 

 Irrigation, effect on injurious insects, 215. 

 Ischnaspis flliformis, on palm leaf, 368. 

 Isosoma hordei, not parasitic on Cecidomyia, 195. 



orchidearum, on orchids, 250. 

 lulus sp., on exhumed corpses, 371. 



impressus, infesting ripe raspberries, 258. 

 Ixodes bovis, injury to cattle in Texas, 20. 



Jassidae, Dryinidae and Pipunculidae parasitic on, 

 271. 

 injury in India, 61. 

 Jay, destroying the "White Grub, 195. 

 Joint-worm, not parasitic on Cecidomyia, 195. 



K. 

 Kakerlak orientalis, in French houses, 231. 

 Katipo of New Zealand, bites of, 134. 

 Katy-did, call of, 282. 



oviposition, 224. 

 King-bird, destroying the White Grub, 195. 

 Koebele, Albert, testimonial, 379. 



Laboratory, organization of work in, 185. 

 Lachnosterna, sudden appearance, 297. 

 fusca in Colorado, 332. 



larva eating locust eggs, 298. 

 larval life, 372. 

 remedies, 300. 

 birticula, in Mississippi, 283. 

 prunina, local abundance in Michigan, 43. 

 rugosa, in stomach of Chuck-wills-widow, 189. 

 Lachnus, on Pine, 314. 



longistigma, on Linden in Washington, 90. 

 platanicola, differences between longistigma 

 and, 90. 

 Lady-bird, mm, 339. 



cannibalism with, 55. 

 parasite, observed by Coding, 147. 

 Lamphides elpis, larvae injuring Cardamom in Cey- 

 lon, 61. 

 Languria gracilis, bred from rag-weed, 347. 

 mozardi, breeding habits, 346. 



Laphria canis, in Michigan, 43, 162. 

 Larch Saw-fly, in Lintner's report, 200. 

 Lasioderma serricorne, mm, 385. 

 in cigarettes, 369. 

 testaceum, injuring opium balls and cheroots, 

 62. 

 Lathridius nodifer, nt^w to fauna, 333. 

 Lathrodectus sp., in Madagascar, 273. 



mactans, allied species in New Zealand, 75. 

 scelio, bites of, 134. 

 verecundus, bite of, 46. 

 Leaf Crumpler, Hemiteles bred from. 382. 

 Leaf-hoppers, on Cranberry, 337. 

 Leather Beetle, injury to goat skins in Delaware, 

 62. 

 damaging silk-worm cocoons in India, 62. 

 Lecanium sp., not attacked by Vedalia, 73. 



acuminatum, L. mangiferae distinct from, 48. 

 coffeae, affecting coffee, 265. 

 hesperidum, in Africa, 2. 



on life history, 370. 

 mangiferae on Mango, 48. 

 nigrum, affecting coffee, 265. 

 oleae, albinism in, 379. 



Dilophogastercalifornicaaparasiteof, 248. 

 in Australia, 336. 

 not attacked by Vedalia, 73. 

 viride, mm, 370. 

 affecting coffee, 265. 

 kerosene emulsion for in India, 17. 

 Leis cor.formis, destroying Schizoneura, 287. 

 Lepidoptera, noises made by, 11. 

 Lepisma saccharina, in houses, 316. 

 Leptocorisa acuta, injury to rice in India, 61. 

 Lesser Locust in Michigan, 44. 



New Hampshire, 62, 66. 

 water-bug, devouring aquatic animals, 201. 

 Lestophonus, validity of the genus, 91. 

 icerya 1 , distinct from monophloebi, 261. 

 in California, 377. 

 value as an Icerya destroyer, 147- 

 monophloebi, distinct from iceryae, 261. 

 Leucania unipuncta in Michigan, 42. 

 Leucanthiza sp., referred to Metonius laevigatas, 



78. 

 Leucopis sp., preying on aphides, 281. 

 Ligyrus gibbosus, in bird's stomach, 189. 

 Limneria, reared from larvae on salsify, 255. 

 difformis, parasite of Ocneria, 210. 

 eurycreontis, parasite of web- worm, 328. 

 Limonius auripilis, eating raspberries, 258. 

 Limulus, eye of, 293. 

 Lina lapponica, in Minnesota, 164. 

 scripta, in Minnesota, 164. 

 tremulae, in Minnesota, 164. 

 Linden tree-louse, on linden in Washington, 90. 

 Liobonum dorsatum, in Weed's catalogue, 199. 



formosum, in "Weed's catalogue, 199. 

 Listronotus latiusculus, breeding in Sagittaria, 



201. 

 Lithobius, mm, 282. 



Lithocolletis sp., referred to Brachys aeruginosa, 

 77. 

 sp., referred to coleoptera, 77, 78. 

 sp., upper and lower mines on Betula, 120. 

 sp., upper mines on Grindelia, 119. 



