395 



JMiyloptus pyri, in (Canada, 1'25. 



remedies against, 104, 105. 

 IMcns villosus, feeding on ])arsni]) web-wonn, 



107. 

 Pit^ris, native and iniportetl. about Washington, 

 99. 

 rapa? ( ?), in Japan. 194. 

 in New Jersey, 94. 

 Pteromalus puparum checking, 126. 

 Sarcophaga bred from, ref., 23. 

 scarcity in Iowa, 112. 

 rigeon, parasite of, art., 77-78. 

 IMgmy mangold beetle in England, m., 296. 

 IMrapIa ellopiiTp. parasite on Vancouver Island 



oak-looper, 289. 

 I'in- borer, sugar-cane. t;ircular on, 51. 



sugar-cane, ref., 5;}. 

 Pionea rimosalis, on cabbage about Washington, 



m., 99. 

 Piophila casei, bred from ham, 135. 



in Kansas City, Mo., 116. 

 Pityophthorus digestus, cmRhus integrifolia. m., 



36. 

 Planchonia pustulans, <m Cupauia edulis, 245. 

 Plant-bugs, injuring oranges in Florida, 264. 

 faun£E, notes on, art., 117-121. 

 lice, insecticides for, 73. 



parasitism of Leucopis on, 279. 

 remedies for, 74; ref., 6. 

 louse, coloring matter of, 49. 

 gall, tannin in, 145. 

 galls, on trees and vines, ref., 214. 

 hop, in Washington, 60. 

 new, infesting orange, m., 17. 

 new, on cherry, 16. 

 on strawberry, m., 17. 

 undeterminable, infesting orange, 18. 

 Platinus maculicollis in houses, 342. 

 riatydema oregonense, on Cryptoporus obvolutus, 



133. 

 Platypus compositus, on orange, m., 17. 

 Pleistodontes imperialis, Australian tig insect, 



ref., 63. 

 Pleonectyptera finitima, n. sp. descr., 333. 



spp., variability of, 333. 

 Plochionus timidus, enemy of fall web- worm, ref., 



134. 

 Plum Curculio. See Curculio. 

 Plusia brassicae, on cabbage about Washington, 

 m., 97. 

 cabbage, in Oklahoma, bull., ref., 148. 

 gamma, on clover in England, m., 296. 

 Plntella cruciferarum, in Iowa., ref., 66. 

 in Iowa, 112. 



in New Hebrides, ref.. 214. 

 on turnip, m., 296. 

 Podacantbus wilkinsoni, injuring trees, ref., 64. 

 Pceciloptera pruinosa, on Osage orange, 155. 

 Polistes aurifer supposed parasite of, 40. 



habits of Xenos parasite of, 133. 

 Pollenia rudis, a bousehold pest. 263. 

 Pollination of yucca, art., 300. ' 



Polyborus cheriway, enemy of Lucilia macellaria, i 



269. 

 Polycaon confertus on live oak and almond, 34. 

 stoutii, food-plants of, 33. 



Polychroma sp., parasite on Chrysobothris sp., 



141. 

 Polyguotus, reared from Mnhlenbergia, 132. 

 Polygrapbus riilipennis, believed to have been 



destroyed by enemies, 188. 

 Porthetria japonica, see Gypsy moth, Jajjanese. 

 Potassium iodide, for bee stings, ref., 62. 

 Potato-beetle. Colorado, disappearance of. in 

 South Carolina, 50. 

 Paris green for, first u.se of, 44. 

 remedies for, ref., 6. 

 scarcity in Iowa, mm., 112. 

 scarcity in Missouri, 135. 

 bug, different species known l)y this uanie^ 

 261. 

 quails destroying, 143. 

 moth, destroying tobacco, rvi., 214. 

 tuber moth, art., 163-164: m., 291. 

 Potter, T. I., on banana borer, ref., 356. 

 Potter wa.sp, see Wasp. 

 Praon chenopodiaphidis, bred from Aphis rumi- 



cis, 141. 

 Pri<mus californicns. on live oak, 34. 



root-borer, ref., 39. 

 Proconia uudata, cause of "Weeping tree.'' 204. 



compared witli Homalodisca, 151. 

 Proctotrypid, i)arasite of Ellopia somniaria, 126. 



parasitic on Mamestra picta, 126. 

 Proctotrypidse, bred species of. 250. 

 Prodoxus, species of, 306. 

 fenescens, 307. 

 cinereus, 306. 



technical description. 307. 

 coloradensis, description of, 306. 

 intermedins, compared with other species, 



307. 

 intricatus, description of, 3U8. 

 pulverulentus, larva' found in see(l-i>o(ls of 



Yucca Whipple!, 311, 312. 

 reticulatus, 306. 

 Promecotarsus n. g., synopsis of. ref., 279. 

 Pronuba, maxillarj- tentacles of, art., 161-163. 



ma<5ulata, larvio found in seeds of Yucca 



wbipplei, 311, 312. 

 peculiarities of, 301 . 

 pollinating Yucca. 300. 

 variety aterrima, 304. 

 var. aterrima, pollination by. 304. 

 Yucca wbipplei pollinated by, 301. 

 synthetica, habits of, 304. 



(.ollination by, 305. 

 yuccasella, occurrence of, 310. 

 on Pacific coast, 304. 

 pollination by, 304. 

 Protoparce celeus, parasitised by Ai)anTele8 <'on- 

 gregatus, 289. 

 cingulata, on sweet potato, 349. 

 Pseudococcus n. sp.. on orange, 202. 

 yucca}, on Yucca wbipplei, 312. 

 Pseudo-galls, on Desmanthus, 286, 287. 

 Pseudopentarthrum, synopsis of, ref., 279. 

 Psoa 4-signata, on grape, 34. 

 Psocidae, Edward Burgess's work on, ref., 205. 

 I'sylla. pear-tree, art., lCO-103; 226-230. 

 in New York, 200. 

 kerosene emulsion for, m.,73. 



