CONTENTS. 



Spkcial Notes.. ''^^ 



The Pkeskxt Year's Appeakances of the Pekiodical Cicada ' 298 



Further N,,,,,, ^.v Yucca Ixsects and Yr(;cA Po.xixat.ox (Vllustrated) 



Ox t.ie Po.j.ination of Yucca w.iii^ple. ix Cali'forxia ....... ..' '^ ^^ 



842 



^, ■;: J>. jr. Coquuiett.. 8ii 



l.iE CocoANUT AXD GuAVA Meaey-wing {Aln,rod}r„s cocois Curtis) (illus- 

 trated) ^ ^ 



^ 314 



Further Notes ox the Cottontail Bot wit.. t..e Breeding and Iden- 

 tification OF THE Fly r TT r.n.., ^r i 



The huGAR-HEET Web-worm {Loxoste<ie sticticalis L.) (illustrated) 390 



EEPo.rr ON a Trip to Northwest Missouri to Ixvestigate Locust "in iu"- 



RIES 



The AxGor.Mois Grain Moth or -Fly Weevil" (Gelechia cerealeUa) 



-P, L. 0. Howard. . 825 



Descriptions of Noctuid.e from the Death Valley (illustrated) 



^,„ ■ ^' J.B. Smith.. 828 



IHE Red-legged Flea-beetle (Crepidodera rufipes L.) (illustrated) 334 



Extracts from Correspondence 



The Overflow Bug or ''Grease Bug/^i Plague in C.^fbrnia-IstJieEuoiish 

 bparrow mstrumeutal in Suppressing the Horse Bot fly?— Notes on 

 some Gail insects and Parasites-An Intruder in California Vine- 

 yards—Living Insects in the Human Ear— Eucalyptus vs. Mosquitos— 

 Another vegetarian Mos<iuito-Insect Injury to Cactus Plants-Gapes 

 in Fowls— The Clover Mite in Houses— The Utilization of Spider Silk- 

 Further concerning the new Chicken Plague in Texas- Painful Spider 

 Bites— Supposed Gall Mites on Blue Gum. 



Notes from Correspondents 



General Notes 



The Cherry-tree Tortrix (illustrated)-An important" Contribution" "to 

 Insect Embryology— Insects said to Forecast the Weather— What 

 Constitutes a Species-The Ravages of Book Worms-Further on 

 Bee Stings and Rheumatism— The Mediterranean Flour-moth again- 

 Helioihh annl(/er hi Australia— Cut-worm damage to Grapes in Cali- 

 fornia— On the transformations of the Saturniida-- The Tityrus But- 

 terfly attracted to Light-A Banana Borer in Trinidad-The supposed 

 Spread of the Gypsy Moth-Southern Range of tlie Colorado Potato- 

 beetle— The Spotted Bean-beetle-The Palm Weevil in British Hon- 

 duras-Alum for Rose Chafers— A Mos(iuito exterminator— The Horn 

 Fly in Canada— Recent Studies upon Lachiidium acridionim Gd —Gall- 

 making Coccid.e-The Egyptian Icerya in India-Carbon bisulphide 

 for Hen Lice-The Long Scale not brought from Mexico to California— 

 An enemy of the Oyster-shell Bark-louse of the Apple-An article on 

 Scale-insects— North American Neuroptera-New Entomological Pub- 

 lication-Entomological Society of Ontario-A new patented Insecti- 

 cide-Why insects infest Plants-Ins«u-t legislation in Massachusetts- 

 Borers in Fig Trees-Food of a Tarantula in confinement-Entomo- 

 logical Society of Washington. 



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849 

 850 



