M 



"S'ew York Agricnltnral Society, Report, cited, 

 bl. 



State Entomologist of, Reports, cited, 32, 59, 

 62,70,75,78. 

 Notes on Cut.vorms, 84-97. 



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Oats, Chinch Bugs breeding in, 51,54. 



injury to, by Clay-backed Cutworm, 90,92. 

 by cutworms, 84. 

 by snout beetles, 58, 63. 

 by Sphenophorus parvulus, 63. 

 young, effect of coal-tar emulsion upon, 41. 

 Observations of the Food of the Snout Beetles, 

 75. 



ochreus, Sphenophorus, 58,59,63,66,67,68,69,71. 

 Olivier, A. G., Entomologie, ou Histoire Nat- 



urelle des Insectes, cited, 60. 

 Onion as food plant of cutworms, 84, 

 Orchard, injury to, by grasshoppers, XII. 

 Osborn, Herbert, on kerosene emulsion for the 

 Chinch Bug, 37. 

 on wheat culture and the Chinch Bug, 33. 

 The Chinch Bug in Iowa, bulletin on, cited, 

 33. 



Ottawa Field-Naturalists'' Club, Transactions, 

 cited, 59. 



Over, William, on disease of Chinch Bug, 48. 

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Packard, A. S., Guide to the Study of Insects, 

 cited, 78. 

 paper, cited, 61. 

 Pale Striped Flea Beetle, XI. 

 Panicum crus-galli, chinch buga' eggs upon 



roots of, 52. 

 Parandra brunnea parasitized by Botrytis, 49. 

 Parasites of Clay-backed Cutworm, 93. 



of European Cabbage Worm, IX. 

 of Greasy Cutworm, 93. 

 Parasitic fungi, 40,45, 77. 

 Paris green for Chinch Bug, 42,56. 



for Sphenophorus, 72. 

 parvulus, Sphenophorus, 58,69,63,65,67,69,71. 

 Pear as food plant of Epicaerus imbricatus, 76. 

 pennsylvaniciim. Polygonum, 76. 

 persicaria, Polygonum, 51. 

 pertinax, Sphenophorus, 58, 60,64, 67,68. 

 Peyton, R. S., on kerosene emulsion for the 



Chinch Bug, 39. 

 Pe/otettix differentialis, XII. 



femur-rubrnni, XII. 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 



Proceedings, cited, 60,61,90,100. 

 PhraginiteH. Krratum. See Scirpus. 



connminis as food plant of Sphenophorus 

 ochreuH, 58, 69. 

 F'if ris rau;i', IX . 

 Piyeon (iruBs. 76. 

 Pink-barked Cutworm, 91. 



description of larva, 95. 

 jilacldns, Sphenophorns, 5K,6*»», 65,67, BH, 70. 



Plant lice, maple, effect of steam upon, 43. 

 Plantago lanceolata, 51. 

 Plantain, 51. 



Plaster, land, for Sphenophorus pertinax, (?0. 

 Plowing under as measure against Chinch Bug, 

 45,62. 



Plum as food plant of Plum Curculio, 76. 

 Borer, IX. 



Curculio, food experiments with, 76. 

 Poisons. See under insecticides, 

 arsenical, for Codling Moth, X. 

 for Plum Curculio, 76. 

 method of field application, X. 

 Pollen as food of Rhynchites hirtus, 75. 

 Polj'gonum infested by Chinch Bug, 50. 



dumetorum, chinch bugs confined with plant 

 of, 50,56. 



pennsylvanicum as food plant of Lixus 



terminalis, 76. 

 persicaria as food plant of Negro Bug, 51. 

 Popenoe, E. A., article on The Chinch Bug and 

 the Season cited, 45. 

 paper, cited, 59, 

 Potato, injury to, by Clay -backed Catworm,91, 92. 

 i by cutworms, 84,85. 



I Sweet. See under Sweet Potato, 

 i Practical Entomologist cited, 61. . 

 ! Prairie Farmer cited, 32,33,45,61,78,79. 



Proceedings of the American Philosophical 

 I Society cited, 59,60,61,62,63. 



Boston Society of Natural History cited, 89. 

 j Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 

 i cited, 60,61,90,100. 



Pseudanaphora arcanella, X,98. 

 pulicaria, Corimelajna, 51. 

 pulicarius, Thyreocoris, 51. 

 pyrrhopus, Rhinoncus, 77. 



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Quicklime for Sphenophorus pertinax, 60. 

 15-punctata, Anatis, XI. 



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Ragweed, 51. 

 rap;TC, Pieris, IX. 



Reed, food plant of Sphenophorus ochreus, 58. 

 Remedies and preventives for insect depreda- 

 I tions: arsenic, 41,56. 



I arsenical poisons, X,42,76. 

 I buhach, 42,56. 

 ' burning, 53,72. 



stubble, 62,71. 

 coal-tar as barrier, 43,56. 



an 1 oil or grease as barrier, 43, .')(). 

 ' emulsion, 41,56. 



! water, 40, 5(). 



corrosive sublimate. 42, 56. 

 cultivating swamp land, 72. 

 ditching, 53, 56. 

 Egyptian insecticide, 42,56. 

 fertilizers, 35, 39, 65,60. 

 Ilax-raining, 71. 



