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INDEX. 
Lsernophlseus alternans in stored grain, 32 
Lepidoptera, scarcity of, in Dakota, 9 
Leucania unipuncta in Louisiana, 27 
Locust, Rocky Mountain — see Caloptenus spre- 
• tus 
in air, 5, 10 
numerous species of young, noticed at 
Fort Buford, 9 
Rocky Mountain, Is there a remedy 
for? 22 
Lonsdale, Edwin, letters from, 27, 28 
Lucas, C, letter from, 32 
Lyons, Rev. J. A., letter from, 30 
M. 
Mansfield, G. W., letter from, 29 
Melanoplus devastator, habits of, 11 
Meloidae on blossoms of sunflower and thistle, 9 
Mockett, J. H.Jr., reference to, 7 
Mytilaspis gloverii, aid of spiders in the spread 
of, 31 
• N. 
Northern Pacific R. R. Co., favors from, 8 
Palorus depressus in stored grain, 32 
Parlatoria pergandii, aid of spiders in the spread 
of, 31 
Petrochelidon lunifrons, nests of, 19 
Pezotettix dodgei, species resembling, 16 
obesa, species resembling, 16 
Phytonomus punctatus, spread of, 28 
Plateau du Coteau du Missouri, 10 
Plumer, Win., letter from, 32 
Prickly Pear, probable insectivorous habits of, 10 
Pronuba yuccasella at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
Pyrameis huntera at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
K. 
Read, M. C, letter from, 30 
"Riley's Peak," naming of, 12 
Robinson, Lieut., Hospitalities from, 8 
s. 
Salix longifolia, Zerene eatenaria feeding on, 13 
Sand hills south of the Niobrara, locusts hatched 
in, 5 
Scale insects, aid of spiders in the spread of, 30 
effect of frost upon, 33 
Schizoneura imbricator, 30 
Scorias spongiosa on honey-dew, 30 
Seventeen-year cicada in New York. 31 
Silk-spinning mite, 29 
Silvanus surinamensis in stored grain, 32 
Sioux City, young locusts reported as hatching 
in vicinity of, 9 
Smilax injured by insects, 27 
Snook, L. D., letter from, 28 
Spiders, aid of, in spread of scale insects, 30 
Starner, J. A., letter from, 30 
Stenobothrus, spp. at Bismarck, Dak., 9 
St. P., M. and O. R. R., favors from 8 
Sugar-cane, reported case of, saving crops from 
C. spretus, 8 
Systoechus, sp. found at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
Talbot, D. H., statement by, 8 
Tetranyehus telarius, a mite near, 29 
Thistle, an insect enemy to, 29 
Tinea zeaj injuring confectionary, 28 
Treat, Mrs. Mary, letter from, 29 
Triodites, species collected in Dakota. 9 
V. 
Voyle, Jos., letter from, 33 
W. 
Wheat Isosoma in Washington Territory, 30 
White, Dr. C. A., notice of observations on C. 
spretus, 5 
Wickersham, J. W., letter from, 28 
Wistaria-borer, 30 
Y. 
Yucca angustifolia, moths on blossoms of, 9 
Zerene eatenaria, larva of, feeding on Salix lon- 
gifolia, 13 
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