INDEX, 
Page. 
Alfalfa, food plant of Limonius californicus 11, 16, 17, 35 
meal, poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
Amaranthus retro flexus, food plant of Limonius californicus 16 
Arsenate of lead in poisoned baits against sugar-beet wireworm 60 
beetles 51 
Arsenite of zinc in poisoned baits against sugar-beet wireworm 60 
beetles 51 
Ash. water against sugar-beet wireworm 52. 56 
Aster, wild, food plant of Limonius californicus 16 
Bacterial diseases of Limonius californicus larvae 48-49 
Beans, food plants of Limonius californicus 12, 16, 17 
poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
Beet roots, food of Limonius californicus beetles 35-36 
sugar, food plant of Limonius californicus 11. 12. 16, 17 
Beets, injury by wireworms, Limonius californicus 26-27 
shredded, poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
Blackbird, Brewer's. (See Euphagus cyanocephalus .) . 
"Blacksmiths," colloquial name for Elateridae 13 
Blapstinus sp. in sugar-beet fields with Limonius californicus 13 
prey of Lanius ludovicianus gambeli 46 
Bran, poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
Brassica niger, food plant of Limonius californicus 16 
Cages for rearing Limonius californicus 21-22, 36-37 
Calosoma cancellatum, enemy of Limonius californicus 47, 48 
semilseve, enemy of Limonius californicus beetles 47 
Carabidae, enemies of Limonius californicus beetles 47 
Carbolic acid and carbolic emulsion against sugar-beet wireworm 52, 53 
Cardiophorus seneus, in sugar-beet fields, comparison with Limonius californicus . 13 
californicus =Limonius californicus 13 
original description 14 
crinitus (?), in sugar-beet fields, comparison with Limonius cali- 
fornicus 13 
Chordeiles virginianus henryi, enemy of Limonius californicus beetles 47 
Chrysanthemum, food plant of Limonius californicus 16 
Coniontis sp. in sugar-beet fields with Limonius californicus 13 
Copperas solution against sugar-beet wireworm 52, 58 
Copper sulphate against sugar-beet wireworm 52, 58 
Corn, food plant of Limonius californicus 11, 12. 16, 17 
meal, poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
poisoned, as bait for sugar-beet wireworm 60 
Creosote, coal-tar. (See Cresol.) 
Cresol against sugar-beet wireworm 52, 57-58 
Culture, clean, against sugar-beet wireworm adults 61-64 
Dock. (See Rumex hymenosepalus.) 
Drasterius livens, in sugar-beet fields, comparison with Limonius californicus. . . 12, 13 
6140°— Bull. 123—14 5 65 
