419 
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Bees, at South Dakota station, 68. 
carpenter, hibernation of, rem., 352. 
how far do they fly? art., 319. 
valuable to fruit and seed growers, art., 254-6. 
Bee flies, new genera and species, rev., 158. 
Beetle larve, in intestines of child, 158. 
Beetles, East India, catalogue of, notice, 282. 
Bembecia marginata, supposed larva, on black- 
berry, 29. 
Benacus griseus, at electric lights, 210. 
bite of, rem., 352. 
Benzine, insecticide for tea-bushes, 408. 
Bibionid larve found on snow, 336. 
Bill-bug, corn, in New Jersey, 44, ref., 358. 
grain, in wheat, ref., 357. 
Birds, destroying gypsy moth, ref., 354. 
destroying insects, 286. 
in India, ref., 296. 
tame, as insect destroyers, 278. 
Bird lice, affinities of, 188. 
Black ants, see Ants. 
Blackberry borers, and gall makers. art., 27-20. 
crown borer = Bembecia marginata. 
midge= Lasioptera farinosa. 
Blackbird, crow, as insect destroyers, 278. 
Blastobasis sp., preying upon Chionaspis, m., 290. 
Blastophaga psenes, first introduction of, into Cal., 
94, art. 128-129. 
relation to Smyrna fig, 374. 
Blissus leucopterus, in Nebraska, 133. 
Blister beetles, in Texas, 395. 
on cabbage, 77. 
“ Blood-sucking cone-nose,”’ 273. 
Blue bird, suggested remedy for red spider, 278. 
Bogus Yucca moth—Prodoxus decipiens. 
Boll-worm, early reference to, art., 326. 
- in corn,in New Mexico, m., 26. 
in India, ref., 296. 
injury attributed to, due to other insects, m., 17. 
in Mississippi, m., 34. 
in Nebraska, 133. 
treatment of, 208. 
Bombi, introduced into New Zealand, 157. 
Bombyliidz, new species of, rev., 158. 
Boéphilus, genus erected for Ixodes bovis, 233. 
Boots, Sitodrepa panicea damaging, 403. 
Bordeaux mixture, as an adjunct in spraying with 
arsenicals, 238. 
experiments with, ref., 2. 
in combination with insecticides, 284. 
Borers, notes on a few, art., 64, 67. 
on blackberry, art., 27. 
squash, habits and remedies, art., 30. 
Bos, J. Ritzema, rey. of work of, 149. 
Bostrychus jesuita, in Australia, ref., 294. 
Bots under the skin of man, 275, 309, 310. 
See also Ox bot. 
Box-elder bug, a household pest, 400. 
attacking fruit in Washington State, 273. 
leaf-roller, in Colorado, ref., 355. 
Bracon, bred species of, 256, 257. 
sp., bred from Saperda concolor galls, 66. 
sp., Hylesinus aculeatus reared from, 66. 
Braconidz, characteristic cocoons of, 377. 
list of bred species, art., 256-259. 
Bronzy cutworm, on snow, ref., 336. 
Bruchus fabe, art., 299. 
description of larva, 300. 
pisi, arts., 297, 392. 
in Colorado, ref., 355. 
rufimanus, injurious in Sweden, ref., 2. 
scutellaris, parasite, mm., 49. 
temperature of peas infested by, 160. 
Bruner, Lawrence, notice of report by, 358. 
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| Bryobia pratensis, on clover in Iowa, ref., 87. 
_ Bud-moth, eye-spotted, injurious in Canada, 227. 
Bud worm, injuring tobacco, ref., 287. 
Buffalo gnats, damage by, 406. 
notes on, 143. 
moth, see Carpet beetle. 
Bug, an interesting aquatic, art., 198-200. 
Bugs, true, of Tennessee, rev., 224. 
| Bumble bee, in New Zealand, 157. 
and the production of clover seed, 334. 
Butterflies, migratory movements of, rem., 230, 
Butterfly, erroneously reported as having sold 
for $1,500, ref., 226. 
remarkable enemy of, 283. 
Byturus tomentosus, on raspberry in England, 
m., 38. 
C. 
Cabbage caterpillar, remedy for, mm., 13. 
maggot, Aleochara larve said to breed in, 
mm., 27. 
Plusia, see Plusia. 
Plutella = Plutella cruciferarum. 
root maggot, late planting a remedy for, 13. 
worm, imported in Ohio, ref., 2. 
Caccecia argyrospila, in Colorado, ref., 355. 
rosaceana, parasite of, mm., 195. 
injurious in Canada, m., 227. 
semiferana, in Colorado, ref., 355. 
Cacus cecanthi, bred from (eanthus, 124. 
Caddo, n. g., ref. to paper on, 229. 
agilis, n. sp., on Long Island, 229. 
Cadiot, M., rev. of article by, 407. 
Czenophanes, bred species of, 258. 
Calandra orrz, in Miss. bull., ref., 293. 
Calcium oxalate, produced by an insect, 226. 
California notes, more, 343. 
Callixtenus, hickory, mites on, mm., 212. 
Caloptenus bivittatus—Melanoplus differentialis. 
differentialis, ref., 323, 401. 
spretus, ref., 322, see also Melanoplus spretus. 
See also Melanoplus. 
Calothysanis amaturaria, 
382-384. 
Calyptus tibiator, hosts of, 259. 
Camnula pellucida, habits and occurrence, 19, 20, 
22, mm., 23, 146, 323. 
Camponotus melleus, Coscinoptera dominicana 
larvae in nests of, 148. 
Canker-worm, fall, occurrence‘in California doubt- 
ful, m., 167. fc 
Canker-worms, in California, ref., 167. 
Cantharides, mites among, 185. 
Canthon, mistake about, 400. 
Caprification of fig., 373, 394. 
Capside, new species, exhibited, 161. 
remarks on, 411. 
Capsus capillaris, feeding upon Aphis ros@, 160. 
life-history, art. 
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