INDEX. 
Agrotis inermis injuring smilax, 27 
Ants, inqnilinous beetles in nests of, 15 
several species of, on yucca blossoms, 9 
Army Worm, at Saratoga, 1882, 27 
in Louisiana, 1882, 27 
Artemesia ludoviciana, a sage resembling, 20 
Aughey, Prof. Samuel, notes on C. spretus, 5 
B. 
Bad lands, what composed of, 9 
Baker, I. G., & Co., favors from, 8 
Bee-fly, on sun-flower and thistle, 9 
Broadwater's Landing, geological formation 
near, 11 
Broom-corn, keeps off C. spretus, 8 
Brunei-, Lawrence, letter from, 29 
reference to report by, 5 
report by, 7-22 
Burning possible at Ft. Buford, 10 
Caloptenus bivittatus at Bismarck, Dak., 9. 
differentialis similar to Melanoplus j 
devastator, 11 
larvae of, noticed, 9 
occidentalis at Bismarck, Dak., 9 
pupae of, noticed, 9. 
spretus, localities collected, 5, 7, 8, 9, 
10 
breeding locality of, 7, 11 
possibility of its continued 
breeding in the vicinity of j 
Fort Buford, 10 
Carnnula atrox, habits of, 15 
Chinch Bugs, experiments on, 2;} 
Chipnian, Col., post commander, hospitalities 
from, 8 
Cicada, the Seventeen-year, in N. Y., 31 
Cicindela cinctipennis, captured atFt. Buford, 10 
Circotettix carlingiana collected near Ft. Mo- 
Leod, 13 
Clover-leaf Weevil, spread of, 2cS 
Conder, W. J., letter from. 27 
Cook, A. J., letter from, 32 
Corn-meal Worm vs. Confectionary, 28 
Correspondence, extracts from, 27. 
Cotyle riparia, nests of, 19 
Cotton Worm, Fast Indian remedy for. 32 
Coulson Steamer Line, favors from. B 
Curtis, F. D., letter from, 27 
D. 
Davis, Mr., statements as to history of Locust in- 
vasions, 17 
E. 
Elaphidion villosum, boring wistaria, 30 
Emulsions of kerosene, used on Chinch Bugs, 23 
Entilia sinuata eating thistle, 29 
Ephestia zeae eating confectionary, 28 
Epicauta callosa, collected at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
sericans, collected at Ft. Buford, Dak., 9 
Extracts from correspondence, 27 
Eufitchia ribearia in Dakota, 9 
F. 
Forbes, Prof. S. A., report of experiments on 
Chinch Bugs, 23 
Forshay, Simon, letter from, 31 
Fort Buford, geological formation near, 11 
Fort McLeod, appearance of country about, 14, 
16, 17, 18, 19 
insect fauna near. 15 
Frost, effects of, upon Scale Insects, 33 
Fuchsias, Graptodera carinata injuring. 27 
Fungus growth on Honey-dew, 30 
Geometrid larva* on wild gooseberry. 9 
Gladstone, Wm. S., interview with, on Migratory 
Locusts, 17 
Gooseberry, wild, Geometrid larva on, 9 
Government saw-mill, camp located at. 7 
Grain, enormous numbers of beetles in. 32 
Graptodera carinata injuring Fuchsias, 27 
H. 
Hagen, Dr. H. A., information from, 5 
Haltica pallicorni*. injuring smilax. 27 
Henshaw, Mr. Samuel, information from, 5 
Ilippiscus coralipes, collected at Bismarck, Oak.. 
9 
Hirundo horreorum, nests of, 19 
Hubbard, H. G., letter from, 31 
I. 
Insecticide. ;i water-proof. 82 
[aosoma tritioi in Washington Territory, 30 
Kerosene emulsions, used on Chinch Bug. 33 
