COXTIiNTS 
iNTKODlc TION „ 5 
Till-: 1*EA( II TwiG-BOKEK (Jnorsia Vineaidla Zell.) (illustrated). C /.. Marlatt.. 7 
The Fig-eater, ou Gkeen Juxe Beetle (Allorhiua nitida Liun.) (illus- 
trated) L. O.Howard.. 20 
Notes ox Cucumber Beetles (illustrated) F.H. Chiitenden . . 26 
The Sugar-cane Borers of Java (illustrated) L. Zehutner.. 32 
Two Japanese Insects Injurious to Fruit (illustrated).. J/. .VafsMmMra.. 36 
Destructive Locusts ix 1897 W.D. HunUr. . 40 
On Insects that affect Asparagus (illustrated) F.H. Chiitenden.. 54 
Further Notes on the House Fly L. 0. Howard. . 63 
The Bui'Falo-(;nats, or Black-flies, of the United States (illus- 
trated) D.W. Coquillett.. 66 
Ox THE Habits of the Oscixid.e and Agp.omyzid.k Reared at the Uxited 
States Department of Agriculture D. f/'. CoquiUett.. 70 
The Tobacco Flea-beetle (Ejntnx parvula Fab.) (illustrated) 
F. H. Chittenden.. 79 
Notes ox the Strawberry Weevil: Its Ixjuries and Bibliography 
F. H. Chittenden.. 82 
General Notes 87 
A Peculiar Damage to the Apple (p. 89 ) ; Another Lead-boring Insect 
(p. 90); Icerija purchasi iu Portugal and the Azores (p. 91); A Little- 
known Tineid Moth of Indoor Habits (p. 92) ; Another Moth Likely to 
be Mistaken for Tinea granella (p. 93); Parasites of Bean and Cowpea 
Weevils (p. 94); Injuvj^ by the Western Flea-Beetle, Ph\jllotreia pusiUa 
Horn (p. 94) ; The Windrow Remedy for Blister Beetles (p. 95) ; White 
Grubs of Allorhina nitida Invading a Cellar (p. 95); Reported Damage 
by the Green Plant-bug, Liodenna nhleri Stal. (p. 96) ; On the Food Hab- 
its of the Harlequin Cabbage Bug (p. 96) ; Food Plants of the "Cotton 
Stainer"' (p. 97) ; Collecting Locust Eggs in Morocco (p. 98) ; Poisoning 
Grasshoppers in Natal (p. 98) ; Collecting Grasshoppers in'^ew Hamp- 
shire (p. 99). 
Notes from Correspoxdence 97 
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