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INDEX. 
Asilus, 605, 606. A. sestuans, 17. A. se- 
riceus, 605. 
Astasia torrefacta, 437. 
Aster gall-flies, 620. 
Asterias butterfly, 265. 
Attaci, 340. 
Attacus Atlas, 338, 390. A. Cecropia, 
385, 387, 389. A. Luna, 382 - 384. 
A. Polyphemus, 384, 386. A. Prome¬ 
theus, 390, 391. 
Attelabians (Attelabidse), 65. 
Attelabus analis, 65. A. bipustulatus, 66. 
Azalea sphinx, 328. 
Babia quadriguttata, 135. 
Bacteria arumatia, 146. B. phyllina, B. 
nibispinosa, 146. 
Bacunculus femoratus, B. Sayi, 146. 
Balaninus, 74. 
Baridius trinotatus, 81. 
Bark-beetles, 85. 
Bark-lice, 194, 204, 248, 250, 252, 256. 
Barley injured by insects, 551, 621. 
Basket ■worms, 415. 
Bathyllus skipper, 312. 
Batia flaAdfrontella, 494. 
Bat-ticks, 625. 
Beach-grass, use of, 57. 
Beans attacked by insects, 138, 229. 
Bear-caterpillars, 343, 349. 
Bee-flies, 603. 
Bee-moths, 489. 
Bees, 512, 514. 
BeesAvax devoui'ed by worms, 491. 
Beetles, 10, 23, 28, 29. 
Bellona butterfly, 287. 
Bird-flies, 624. 
Bittacomorpha, 600. 
Bittacus, 600. 
Blackbeny-bush borei', 114. 
Black fly, 601. 
Black weevil, 83. 
Blatta orientalis, 145. 
Blennocampa, 528. 
Blight beetle, 90. 
Blight of pear-trees, 88. 
Blistering beetles, 135. 
Boisduval’s britterfly, 305. 
Bomboptera, 535. 
Bombyces, 340. 
Bombylians (Bombyliadje), 603. 
Bombylius asqualis, B. major, B. albi- 
pectus, B. fratellus, B. vicinus, 604. 
Bombyx, 340. B. cossus, 412. B. grata, 
427. B. mori, 380. 
Bordered skipper, 308. 
Borers, 46, 92, 331, 410. 
Bostrichians (Bostrichidae), 91. 
Bot-bees, Bot-flies, 622. 
Bots, 624. 
Brenthians (Brenthidoe), 67. 
Brenthus maxillosus, B. septemtrionis, 
B. septemtrionalis, 68. 
Brizo skipper, 309. 
Bruchians (Bi'uchidse), 62. 
Bruchus pisi, 61, 62. 
Bud-moths, 480, 482. 
Bug, chinch, 198; plant, 200; squash, 
194. 
Bugs, 193, 194. 
Bulla, 185. 
Buprestians (Buprestidae), 45, 116. 
Buprestis characteristica, B. dentipes, 49. 
B. divaricata, 48. B. Drummondi, B. 
femorata, B. fulvoguttata, 50. B. lu- 
rida, B. obscura, 49. B. Virginica, 48. 
Butalis, 499, 507. B. cerealella, 506, 509. 
Buttei’flies, 262, 263 ; four-footed, 279, 
282. 
Button-wood trees attacked by caterpil¬ 
lars, 363, 404; by Avood-wasps, 537. 
Cabbage buttei*fly, 270. C. caterpillar, 
270, 451. C. cutworm, 443, 445, 449. 
C. plant-louse, 238. 
Calandra, 69, 82. C. granaria, 83. C. 
Oryzae, ib. 
Callidium, 99. C. antennatum, C. baju- 
lus, C. violaceum, 100. 
Callimorpha Carolina, 344. C. Lecontei, 
345. C. militaris, 344. 
Calliphora vomitoria, 614. 
Caloptenus, 174. 
Calosoma scrutator, 470. 
Camel-crickets, 146. 
CanephorjB, 414. 
Canker-worm, 461, 470. 
Cantharides (Cantharididae), 135. 
Cantharis atrata, 139. C. cinerea, 138. 
C. marginata, 137. C. vittata, 136,139. 
Capricorn beetles, 92, 94, 96, 116. 
Capsus oblineatus, 200. 
Caradrina cubicularis, 453. 
Carolina sphinx, 322. 
Carpenter moths, 412. 
Carpet-moth, 493. 
Carpocapsa Pomonella, 484. 
Carrot-caterpillars, 263. 
Cassida aurichalcea, 122. 
CassidadiE, 121. 
Catalogue, reference to, 32. 
Caterpillars are the young of butterflies 
and moths, 257. C. described, 258. C. 
false, 516. C. food of, 258. C. habits 
of, 259. C. injurious to gardens, 349. 
C. numbers of, 257. C. spiny, 284. C. 
transformations of, 5, 260. C. wheat, 
452, 455. 
Cecidofnyia, 554, 568, 570, 583. C. cul- 
micola, 582. C. destructor, 566, 568, 
583. C. Robinite, 567. C. Salicis, 566, 
567. C. Tritici, 453, 566, 587, 592. 
Cecidomyiadse, 565. 
Cedar (red), insects attacking, 87. 
Celtis sphinx, 328. 
Cephalemyia ovis, 624. 
Cephas, 516. C. Pygmseus, 517. 
Cerambycidfe, 92, 94, 96. 
Cerambyx, 94. C. cinctus, 97. C. pal- 
liatus, 115. C. violaceus, 100. 
