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Attacus cecropia, 387, 402 



promethea, 402 



Aughey, Prof. Samuel, experiments on plover, . . . . . 204 



on birds v. locusts, 205 



Australia, importation of rabbits into, 233 



importation of sparrow into, 233 



Avery, John G., elected member of gypsy moth committee, . . 84 



B. 



Bacteria, aid rendered by, 288 



occurring in larval stomach, 369 



Bailey, C. E., observation on birds distributing the gypsy moth, . 236 



observation on Cimbex americana, 379 



observation on cuckoo, 212 



observation on downy woodpecker, 221 



observation on egg-feeding birds, . . . . . . 229 



observation on Theronia melanocephala, 876 



observation on vireos, ' . . . . 222 



observation on warbler, ........ 219 



Baltimore oriole attacking the gypsy moth, . . . .213, 225 



Bands, burlap, 167 



pitch, 285 



raupenleim, 64, 129, 195 



tar, 285, 286 



tree ink, 64, 128 



wadding, 127, 285 



Barrett, C. G., on disappearance of gypsy moth in England, . . 270 



Bavaria invaded by nun moth, 208 



Bay State Brick Company, shipments of wood to, . . . . Ill 



Bazin on ravages of gypsy moth in France, 277 



Bean, James, statement of, 20, 29 



Bechstein on egg killing, 117 



on ravages of gypsy moth, . . 275 



Bees, danger to, from spraying, 157 



Beetles, cages for breeding, 384 



predaceous, 381 



Belcher, Mrs. William, statement of, 8, 11, 17, 26 



Beling, Theodore, on methods of destroying the gypsy moth, . . 285 

 Belmont, colonies found in, ........ 47 



Benson, Mrs. John, statement of, 19, 27 



Benzine, eggs treated with, . 408 



Berlin, occurrence of gypsy moth at, 274, 277 



Bibliography of gypsy moth, 257-267 



Birch attacked by gypsy moth in Europe, 277, 282 



Birds as destroyers of locusts, 205 



attacking the gypsy moth, 207 



attracted to infested localities, 223 



destroyed for milliners, 243 



destruction of canker worms by, 96 



destruction of parasites by, 240, 376 



