393 
Birch-leaf Rucculatrix in New York, ret'., 283. 
Birds, fruit and grain eating, in Australia, ref., 60. 
Bisulphide of carbon, fumigation with, 159. 
other uses of, 160. 
Blandford, W. F. H., on Xyleborus perforans, 
rev., 337. 
Blastobasis glandulella, acorn raoth, 323. 
Blatchley, W. S., rev. of papers by, 51,341. 
Blattariaj of Australia and New Zealand, 43. 
Blattidse of Indiana, rev., 341.. 
Blissus leucopterUs. (/S'eealso Chinch bug.) 
Blister-beetle, a handsome, 36. 
remedies for, 37. 
Blow fly, Lownes' monograph, rev., 278. 
Bolhnan, C. H.. on Myriapoda, rev. , 271. 
Boll-worm, a Southern species, 154. 
remedies for, 94, 154, 167, 169. 
insecticides ineffectual against. 94, 167, 169. 
late plowing for, 154 . 
trap crops against. 94, 167. 169 
Bomhus, wax-producing organs of, 360. 
Bombyliidae, parasitism of, 202, 204. 
Book-worms, Syrian. 265. 
Bootettix argentatus in New Mexico, 30. 
Borer, celery, ref., 211. 
Borers in British Columbia, ref., 3. 
Bordeaux mixture, best fungicide, ref., 211. 
Bostrychus typographus, destroyed by Tillus 
formicarius, 125. 
Bot, attacking cats, two new cases, 327. 
emasculating, note, 46. 
Bottle bees =Melipona, 360. 
Brachyacantha ursina, in Trinidad. 197. 
Brachypeplus binotatus, ref., 55. 
Bracon brevicornis, ref., 44. 
Bran and Paris green for cutworms, note, 376, 
British Columbia, Dept. Agriculture, report, 
rev., 3. 
Brodie, Dr. William, article by, rev., 332. 
George and W. A., article by, notice, 333. 
Bruchida.', in foreign exhibits, 220. 
Bruchus chinensis (scutellaris) at World's Fair, 
220, 223. 
economic importance of. 223. 
lentis at World's Fair, 220. 
obtectus at World's Fair, 220. 
pi si at World's Fair, 220. 
disappearance from Sturgeon Bay, Wis., 
38. 
4-maculatus at World s Fair, 220. 
economic importance of, 223. 
rufimanus in Windsor beans, 220. 
undetermined species in various exhibits at 
World's Fair, 220. 
Bucculatrix canadensisella, in New York, 283. 
Bud-moth, eye-spotted, early spraying for, 184. 
in Nova Scotia, 333. 
Bud-worm, apple. (See Eccopsis malana.) 
local name for boll-worm on corn, 168. 
"Buffalo fly," popular name of horn fly, 52. 
"gnat," popular name of horn fly, 52. 
'Bugonia," so-called, ref., 350. • 
Bumble bees, introduced in New Zealand, 50. 133. 
Cabbage maggot, hellebore effective against, 96. 
moth, diamond-back, in Australia, ref., 59. 
worm in Colorado, ref., 4. 
preservation of parasites of, 132. 
Cabinet beetles, unusual experience with, 336. 
Cacao bug, of Java, rev., 339. 
Cae<ecia rosaceana on celery, ref., 211. 
spraying for. 184. 
Calandra granaria at World's Fair, 213, 221. 
oryzaj, at World's Fair, 213, 214,221, 275. 
(See also Rice Weevil.) 
remotepunctata— granaria, 221. 
Calliphora erythrocephala, monograph of, rev., 
277. 
Callimorpha fulvicosta attacked by Scutigera for- 
ceps, 258. 
lecontei, devoured by Scutigera forceps. 258. 
Callirhytis fruticola, acorn gallmaker, 322. 
Caloptenus atlanis in Idaho, ref. , 19, 21. 
bivittatus, in Idaho, ref., 19, 21. 
cinereus in Idaho, ref., 19. 
devastator in Idaho, ref., 19. 
femur rubrum, abundance in Canada, 333. 
Calvert, P. P., on dragon flies, rev., 342. 
Cameron, P.. on Tenthredmidae, rev., 49. 
Camnula atrox, in Minnesota, note, 373. 
pellucida in Idaho, ref., 19. 
in New Mexico, 30. 
Canada, report of official entomologist, rev., 284. 
'Canada fly," popular name of horn fly, 52. 
Canadian sawflies, notice, 277. 
Canarsia hammondi. (See Phycis.) 
Canker-worm, early spraying for, 184. 
in Canada, ref., 212. 
Carbolic acid effective against rose-chafers, 35. 
Carnation disease, not "twitter," 344. 
Carnation twitter, notes on, 45, 345. 
Carpet beetles in New York, ref.. 283. 
Carpocapsa latiferreana. (See Melissopus ) 
saltitans, ref., 320. 
Carpophilus dimidiatus in corn meal, 219. 
hemipterus in dried fruit, 219. 
Carrington, John T., article by, rev., 334. 
Caryoborus sp. in vegetable ivory, 220. 
Case-bearer, apple tree, early spraying for, 184. 
Catocala grynea. spraying for, 184. 
ultronia on plum, 184. 
Catolaccus sp. at World's Fair, 222. 
Catoraraa tabaci( ?) in annatto, 219. 
Cat warble, probably Cuterebra emasculator, 266. 
Cave larvas, silk spinning, note, 47, 
Cecidomyia destructor. (See Hessian Fly.) 
Cecidomyiidae, parasitic on Coccidae and aphides, 
202. 
Cerambycidae, in foreign exhibits at World's Fair, 
219, 227. 
Ceratitis capitata on oranges in Malta, 341. 
citriperda, hibernation of, note, 278. 
in South Africa, 51. 
Cerataphis lataniae in Trinidad, J.96. 
Cereal grains, insect foes of, art., 146-157. 
Ceresa bubalus, eggs of, ref., 206. 
taurina, eggs of, ref., 206. 
Ceroplastes cassiae in Antigua, 50. 
cirripediformis in Antigua, 50. 
denudatis in Antigua, 50. 
Florida, =C. floridensis. 
floridensis, ref., 2, 103, 347. 
plumbaginis in Antigua, 50. 
Ceuthophilus in Florida gopher holes, 303. 
latibuli n. sp. descr., 313. 
