INDEX. 
[127] 
Buckeye, vernacular name of Aescidus, [20]. 
Bu< kshot clay, C8. 
Bud Worm, vernacular name of Heliothis armi- 
gera, 358. 
Bugs, effect of pvrethruiu on, [15]. 
Buhach, 166, 16<J.~170. 
plantation, production of pyrethrum at, 
[113]. 
Bulletin of Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 
literature in, 334, 383. 
Bnmelra, 67. 
Burgess, E., acknowledgments to, xx, xxxiv. 
cited, 48, BC 
Burial kills the chrysalis of A.xylinu, 17-18. 
Burcneister (H.), criticized, 52. 
Burnett < W. I.), literature hv, 324, 331. 
Burning cotton stalks, remedy for A.xylina, 36. 
nests of web-worms, remedy for A. xylina, 
36. 
Butman's pump, 276. 
Cabbage Plusia contained in family Xoctuidce, 2. 
worms, effect of pyrethrum on, [22J, (23]. 
vegetable preparations 
on, [21]. 
Cacoecia rosaceana parasited by Chalcis or ata, [111). 
( lalalian's poisoning carts, 266. 
Calcareous soils, 67, 71, 73, 75. 
Callida decora vs. Aletja, 95,96. 
Callirrhue triangulata, localities for, [103]. 
Calluxamia prvinethea parasited by Cryptns nttn- 
cius, 114. ' 
Calocoris birnaculatvs. ina lptionof imago of, 365. 
injury to cotton bolls by, 36~>. 
rapidxis, description of imago of, 366. 
injury to cotton bolls by, 365, 
366. 
(Jaloptenus differentialis parasited by Smroophagm 
8arracenice,\\00). 
spretus parasited bv Sareophaga tarra- 
cenicr, [109]. 
Calosama gayi vs. Aletia, 95. 
Canadian Entomologist, literature in, 331. 333, 335, 
339, 344, 352, 353, 354, 377, [109], [111]. 
Cane, 73,74. 
hills, 65, 72, 73. 
Canebrake. 74. 
Cannabis, food plant of Heliothis armigera, 363. 
sativa a protection against Aletia, 123. 
Capers (Dr. C. W.J, account of A. rylina by, 1 971- 
[99]. 
cited, 23, 24. 
description of A. xylina by, 
[98]. 
literature by, 322, 331. 
reference to, 1. 
Capsicu>n, 187. 
annutnn, food-plant of Heliothis armi- 
gera, 362. 
Carabidie feeding on Aletia, 95. 
Carbolic acid, 163. 
remedy for .4 . rylina, 36. 
Carboniferous formation, 69, 79. 
sandstone, 65. 
Cardinal (Grosbeak vs. Alotia, 88. 
cardinalis, Attus, vs. Aletia, [106]. 
Cardinalis rirginianus vs. Aletia, 88. 
carnaria, Sarcuphapa, (See Sarcophagacarnaria.) 
Carolina Fanner, literature in 326, 331, 337. 
Carpocapsa pomontUa parasited by rimpla annul 
ipes, 113. 
Cart powder blower, 238. 
Carts in poisoning, 265-268. 
Gary a amara, 65. 
glabra, 67. 
porcina, 66. 
tomentosa, 66, 67. 
Cassia occidentalis, 186. 
catalvce, Sphinx. (See Sphinx catalpot.) 
Catching insects, machines for, 310-314. 
traps for, 314-321. 
"Caterpillar," name of A.xylina, L 
cate.sbari, Quercus, 67. 
Cats vs. Aletia, [106]. 
Ceballos, M., letter from, 41. 
Cedar glades, 75, 76. 
Central America, decrease of cotton culture in, 21. 
prairies, 68. 
Centrifugal nozzles, 211-221. 
Centrifugal nozzles, eddy-chambered, 211-219. 
"as nose-pieces, 218. 
cone-form of, 216. 
construction of, 213. 
convex and concave, 217. 
discharge directions of, 
217-218. 
for blasts. 244-247. 
in blast atomizers, 216. 
involute form of, 216. 
operation of, 212. 
valuation of, 212. 
whistle jets as, 215, 216. 
fistular, 290, 221. 
Clark's, 220. 
Clifford's, 220. 
Gelow's, 220, 221. 
Gray's, 221. 
Hosford's, 221. 
Hotz\ 220. 
Hoyer's. 220. 
Johnson's, 220, 221. 
McUaffey's, 221. 
with cross-plug, 221. 
with rotary segment, 220. 
rose sprayers, 192-193. 
slot-sprayers, 197-199. 
snrav-wheels, 221. 
throwers of poison, 221-226. 
brush-like, 222-226. 
kinds of, 222. 
Wisewell's, 225-226. 
Cerasus carolinensit blossoms fed on by moth of A. 
xylina, 10. 
food plant of Phoberia atom- 
oris, 354. 
Chalciiida; difficulty of denning family, [112]. 
food babits of, [112]. 
Chalcis 0vmta. description of larva of, [ 11 1 J . 
pupa of, fill], 
iusects parasited bv, [ 1 1 1 1 . 
vs. Aletia. 102, 114,115,118. 
Cbampiou pump. 280. 
Cbaracters of Aletia xylina, 5-9. 
Heliothis armigera, 364. 
Charleston Mercury, literature in, 342. 
Chaulwgnathus anlericanus vs. Aletia, 96. 
pennsylvanicus vs. Aletia, 96, 
Cheiracanthium piscatorium vs. Aletia, [106]. 
"Chenille," namo pf A. xylina, 1. 
Chenopodium anthelminticum, 186. 
Chert, 63, 65, 66, 76, 77-78, 79. 
Chestnut, 79. 
oak, 66, 70. 
Cheves (A. J.), quoted, 356. 
Chew (F.S.).acknowledgment of assistance of, [171. 
Chicasaw plum blossoms fed on by moth of A. 
xylina, 10. 
Chick-pea, vernacular name of Cicer arietinum, 
363. 
Chickens vs. Aletia, 88. 
vs. Heliothis armigera, 375. 
Cbinaberries, infusionsot, r.'inedv lor A . xi/ti'/i«,36. 
tree, 185. 
a protection against Aletia, 123. 
experiments with. [21]. 
Chinese quinco blossoms fed on by moth of A. 
xylina, 10. 
Chinquapin, 79. 
Chipley's pump, 278. 
Chisholm (Dr. ), cited, 34, 43. 
literature by, 322, 331, 338. 
Chloral hydrate as a preservative, 45. 
Chloride of lime, remedy for A. xylina, 41. 
Chloridearhexiov, synonym of A spila virescens, 361. 
Chloroform in traps, 320. 
Chordeilos sp. vs. Aletia, 88. 
Chronological account of A. xylina. (Sec History of 
A . xylina. ) 
Chrysalis of A. xylina, description of, 374. 
and figure of, 
8-9. 
destruction of, 128. 
formation of, 8. 
killed by burial, 17-18. 
named Salomilla, 41. 
other species confounded 
with, 16-17. 
