382 



Bracon ery throgaster, reared from hickory infested 

 Avitli Cyllene picta, 248. 

 eurygaster, bred from quince infested by Ela- 



pliidion villosum. 248. 

 simplex, reared from nests of Khagium linea- 



tum, 248. 

 sp., bred from Aphis rumicis, mm., 141. 

 sp., bred from Thalpochares cociphaga, 141; 



mm., 207. 

 sp., bred from Tychius semisquamosus, 141. 

 Braconidfe, species reared from Coleoptera, 248. 

 Brathinus, synoptic table of, ref.. 287. 



californicus, n. sp., ref.. 287. 

 British Columbia, Dept. Agriculture of rep't by, 



rev., 66. 

 Brown's insect exterminator, notice. 364. 

 Bruchus I:^orth American, food-plants ofart.. 

 165, 166. 

 acupunctus— B. obtectus, 31. 

 alboscutellatus, on Ludwigia alternifolia, 165. 

 amicus, on Parkinsonia, 165. 

 aureolus, on Astragalus, 166. 

 bisignatus, food-plant and parasite of, 286. 

 bivulneratus, on Cassia marilandica, 165. 

 breweri — B. obtectus, 31. 

 chinensis, bred from beans, 165. 

 cruentatus, on Parkinsonia, 165. 

 desertorum, food-plants of, 166. 

 discoideus, on Ipomaja, 165, 166. 

 exiguus, Eupelmus cyaniceps reared with, 250. 



on Amorpha fruticosa, 166. 

 fabte := B. obtectus. 31. 



old name of bean weevil, 27. 

 fraterculus, infesting Hedysarum boreale, 165. 

 hibisci, on Hibiscus, 165. 

 irresectus = B. obtectus, 31. 

 leguminarius = B. obtectus, 31. 

 longicollis, on Canavalia, 166. 

 lucosomus, on Ipomaea, 166. 

 n. sp., on Prosopis pubescens, 165. 

 obscurus = B.obsoletus = B. obtectus, 31. 

 obsoletus = B. obtectus, 31. 

 compared with B. fabse, 27. 

 on Astragalus, 30. 

 obtectus, article on, 27-33. 



bred from beans, mm., 165. 

 synonyms of, 31. 



the proper name for the bean weevil, 133. 

 pallidipes = B. obtectus, 31. 

 pisi, bred from peas, mm., 165. 



compared with bean weevil, 86. 

 compared with B. obtectus, 32. 

 tirst larval stage of, 204. 

 on Prosopis juliflora. 165, 166. 

 prosopis, on Strombocarpus, 166. 

 protractus, on Prosopis j nliflora, 165. 

 pruininus, on ironwood, 165, 166. 

 quadrimaculatus, in beans, 32. 

 on bean and cowpeas, 165. 

 rufimauus, bred from peas, 165. 

 schrankiae, on Schrankia uncinata, 165. 

 scutellaris, in beans, 32. 

 spp., food-plajits of, 166. 

 subarmatus = B. obtectus, 31. 

 subellipticus = B. obtectus, 31. 

 ulkei, on Parkinsonia, 165. 



Bruclius uuiformis, on Prosopis and Strombocar- 

 pus, 166. 

 varicornis = manuscript name, 31. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, notice of divisional bulletin 



by, 218. 

 Bryobia pratensis, in houses, 266, 347. 

 Bucculatrix canadensisella, in Canada, m., 289. 



on birches, art., 14-16. 

 Bud curculio, in Tasmania, ref., 216. 

 Bud moth, eye-spotted, in Canada, ref., 1, 62. 

 (or worm), note on spraying, rem., 123. 

 Paris green for, 293. 

 rev. of bulletin on, 293. 

 " Buffalo bug," Otiorhynchus ovatus suspected to 

 feed on, 46. 

 gnat, new species of, 61. 

 moths, lady birds mistaken for, 49. 

 Bufonida?, dipterous larvfe infesting, 209. 

 Bulimus decollatus, injurious in Bermuda, 269. 

 "Bull-heads," caused by Gortyna immunis, 125. 

 Buprestid on strawberry, 17, 18. 

 Burgess, Edward, work in natural science, 205. 

 Burmeister, Hermann, obituary of, 21 1 . 

 Butterflies, important paper on, rev., 275. 

 Butterfly larvae, unusual abundance of, 207. 

 "Buttoning," evidently due to Thrips, 126, 127. 



Cabbage-bug, harlequin, irrigation against, m., 81. 

 paper on, ref., 117. 

 parasites of, 138. 

 butterfly, imported. Chipping sparrow de- 

 stroying, 266; ref., 148. 

 Sarcophaga bred from, 23. 

 fly in England, m., 293. 

 lice, soapsuds for, ref., 5, 62. 

 maggot, carbon bisulphide against, 136. 



hellebore against, m., 74. 

 moth, diamond-back, ref., 214. 

 Plutella, remedy for, m.. 73. 

 root-maggot, in Canada, ref., 62. 

 stem weevil, in England, m., 296. 

 worms, arsenites against, 94, 99. 

 corn meal against, ref., 62. 

 green, in Nebraska, 195. 

 Immersion against, m., 81. 

 Paris green used on, 94. 

 remedy for, m., 73. 

 Cacoecia argyrospila, on apple and gooseberry, 17, 

 postivittana, mistaken for codling moth, ref.> 



215. 

 rosaceana, on osage orange, 155. 

 semiferana (probably) on box-elder, etc., 49. 

 sp. on cranberry, 94. 

 Cactophagus, synopsis of, ref., 279. 

 Cjenophanes dinoderi, bred from Dinoderus punc- 

 tatus, 248. 

 n. sp., Brtichus bisignatus parasitized by, 



287. 

 utilis, reared from Liopus ciuereus, 248. 

 Calandra, synopsis of, ref., 279. 

 linearis, new to our fauna, 279. 

 oryza?, in Maryland, ref., 2. 

 remotepunctata, attacking grain, refs., 62. 

 considered a synonym of C. granaria. 279. 



