V 
EXTRACTS FROM CORRESPONDENCE—Continued. 
Purple Scale of the Orange in Montserrat—Notes on Buffalo Gnats— 
The Horn Fly in Kentucky—Non-migratory Locust Devastations in 
Nevada—The Grasshopper Plague in Michigan—Grasshopper Notes in 
Idaho—A Flight of White Ants—The Malodorous Lace-wing—A Ground 
Squirrel] Parasite—Poisonous Qualities of a northern Centipede. 
PRS oo ie SSG UTS I ea ee RS EEL En Re ee ge RI eS i A Pee hey ny Kh NE 
Chrysomelid Larve in Ants’ Nests—A Compendium of Economic Zoélogy— 
A Generic synopsis of the Coccide—Work in Algeria with a Fungus 
Disease of the Locust—A novel Mode of using Disease Germs— 
Mortality among Flies in the District—A favorable View of the En- 
glish Sparrow—Occasional Development of Wings in normally ap- 
terous Hemiptera—An Argument against spraying for Scale Insects— 
New Meaus against Orange Pests—Late Entomological Publications of 
the National Museum--Tiger Beetle Larve vs. Colias philodice—The 
Reported Death of M. Kiinckel d’Herculais—A new Hematobia: the 
Moose Fly—Miss Ormerod’s Resignation—The Bumble Bee in New 
Zealand—Some of our Insects in Jamaica—Living Insect Larvz in 
the Intestines of a Child—New Bee Flies—A Bark-louse from Ants’ 
Nests—Oebalus pugnax an Enemy to Grasses—New Food-plant of Rho- 
dobenus 13-punctatus—Living Larvee in the Ear—Bad Work by Yellow 
Jackets—Death from a Bee Sting—A predaceous Capsus—Water Beetles 
found in an old Gasometer—Hickory Horned Devil injuring Cotton— 
A new Food-plant of Icerya—The Ladybird of the Egyptian Icerya— 
Reappearance of Icerya purchasi—The Pear Midge in New York—A 
possible new Insecticide—Bitten by a Katipo—Entomological Society 
of Washington. 
CONTENTS OF NOS. 5 AND 6. 
PEER OMEN SY pts Se cam ee ee RT eS oe Soler Wot oie a na alee wae Oe 
WHEAT AND GRASS SAW-FLIES (illustrated)....C. V. Riley and C. L. Marlatt.. 
THE IMPORTATION OF A HESSIAN FLY PARASITE FROM EvUROPE.-S. A. Forbes. - 
THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARASITISM AMONG THE SARCOPTIDZ. 
we ce ne i gy OR aE = Tele Yr a eR eee eed H. Garman.. 
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARASITIC HABIT IN MALLOPHAGA AND 
EMDLCULID AN. 3.. 2S. SST SL Rp Sia SRE Seok eS Ds Se Herbert Osborn... 
THE USE OF GRAPE BAGS BY A PAPER-MAKING WASP..... Mary E. Murtfeldt.. 
THE METHODS OF PUPATION AMONG THE CHALCIDID (illustrated). 
TN ae a poet Neg Oc palanio e aim isis, cinidvacwmciarnin aes L. O. Howard. . 
NOTES ON GRASS INSECTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C .-.---..------ Herbert Osborn. . 
PoE RESTING AQUATIC BUG (illustrated)... ....:.2hs..---222-682- he aoe 
HoMINIVOROUS HABITS OF THE SCREW WORM IN ST. Louis. 
2Fi bo scet Ses 228 ee ee ae Mary E. Murtfeldt. - 
MROEHhR, SPIDHR-HGG PARASITE _/...........1.....-2--.---2- L. O. Howard... 
tees Toho CORRESPONDENCE =. .....<<s2.<--c co cee lce lee cee leet oe 
Another Lead-boring Insect (illustrated)—Red Ants in California 
Gall 
on a common Weed—A Clerid Beetle found in Plush—A Twig-girdler 
of Fig Trees—An old Enemy of the Colorado Potato Beetle—Do 
Ground Beetles destroy Peach-tree Borers?—Good Results from Spray- 
ing for Codling Moth—The Tin Can Remedy for Cut-worms—A Sphinx 
Larva feeding on Mints—The Clover-hay Worm—A California Twig- 
borer: Is it Anarsia?—The Red-humped Caterpillar killed by Para- 
sites—Treatment of Grain infested with Angoumois Moths—Treatment 
of the Boll Worm—The Strawberry Leaf-roller—The Electric-light 
Bug—Woolly Root-louse of the Apple—The Grape Phylloxera in the 
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