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INDEX. 
Asilus, 605, 606. A. jestuans, 17. A. se- 
riceus, 605. 
Astasia torrefacta, 437. 
Aster gall-flies, 620. 
Asterias butterfly, 265. 
Attaci, 340. 
Attacus Atlas, 338, 390. A. Cecropia, 
3S5, 387. 3S9. A. Luna, 382 - 384. 
A. Polyphemus, 384, 386. A. Prome- 
theus, 390, 391. 
Attelabians ( Attelabidce), 65. 
Attelabus analis, 65. A. bipustulatus, 66. 
Azalea sphinx, 328. 
Babia quadriguttatn, 135. 
Bacteria arumatia, 146. B. phyllina, B. 
rubispinosn, 146. 
Bacunculus femoratus, B. Sayi, 146. 
Balaninus, 74. 
Baridiu9 trinotatus, 81. 
Bark-beetles, 85. 
Bark-lice, 194, 204, 248, 260, 252, 256. 
Barley injured by insects, 651, 621. 
Basket worms, 415. 
Bathyllus skipper, 312. 
Batia flavifrontella, 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, 612, 514. 
Beeswax devoured by worms, 491. 
Beetles, 10, 23, 28, 29. 
Bellona butterfly, 287. 
Bird-flies, 624. 
Bittacomorpha, 600. 
Bittacus, 600. 
Blackberry-bush borer, 114. 
Black fly, 601. 
Black weevil, 83. 
Blatta orientalis, 145. 
Blennocampa, 528. 
Blight beetle, 90. 
Blight of pear-trees, £8. 
Blistering beetles, 135. 
Boisduval’s butterfly, 305. 
Bomboptera, 635. 
Bombvces, 340. 
Bombylians (Bombvliadoe), 603. 
Bombvlius ®qualis, 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 (Bostrichidoe), 91. 
Bot-bees, Bot-flies, 622. 
Bots, 624. 
Brenthians (Brcnthidte), 67. 
Brenthus maxillosus, B. septemtrionis, 
B. scptemtrionalis, 68. 
Brizo skipper, 309. 
Bruchians (Bruchid®), 62. 
Bruchus pisi. 61, 62. 
Bud-moths, 480, 482. 
Bug, chinch, 198; plant, 200; squash, 
194. 
Bugs, 193, 194. 
Bulla, 185. 
Bupresiians (Buprestid®),' 45, 11G. 
Buprestis characteristic a, B. dcntipes, 49. 
13. divaricata, 48. B. Drummondi, B. 
femorata, B. fulvoguttata, 60. B. lu- 
rida, B. obscura, 49. B. Virginica, 48. 
Butalis, 499, 507. B. cerealella, 506, 509. 
Butterflies, 262, 263 ; four-footed, 279, 
282. 
Button-wood trees attacked by caterpil- 
lars, 363, 404; by wood-wasps, 637. 
Cabbage butterfly, 270. C. caterpillar, 
270, 451. C. cutworm, 443, 445, 449 
C. planMouse, 238. 
Calandra, 69, 82. C. granaria, 83. C. 
Oryx®, ib. 
Callidium, 99. C. antonnatum, 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. 
Canephor®, 414. 
Canker-worm. 461, 470. 
Cantharidcs (Cantharidid®), 135. 
Cantharis atrata, 139. C. cinerea, 138. 
C. marginata, 137. C. vittatn, 136, 139. 
Capricorn beetles, 92, 94, 96, 116. 
Capsus oblineatus. 200. 
Caradrina cubicularis, 453. 
Carolina sphinx, 322. 
Carpenter moths, 412. 
Carpet-moth, 493. 
Carpocapsa Pomonclhi, 484. 
Carrot-caterpillars, 263. 
Cassida aurichalcea, 122. 
Cassidada3, 121. 
Catalogue, reference to, 32. 
Caterpillars are the young of butterflies 
ana moths, 257. C. described, 258. C. 
false, 616. C. food of, 268. C. habits 
of, 259. C. injurious to gardens, 349. 
C. numbers of, 257. C. spiny, 284. C. 
transformations of, 6, 260. C. wheat, 
452, 455. 
Cecidomyia, 554, 668, 570, 683. C. cul- 
micolal 582. C. destructor, 566, 568, 
683. C. Robini®, 667. C. Salicis, 606, 
667. C. Tritici, 453, 666, 587, 592. 
Cecidomyiad®, 665. 
Cedar (red), insects attacking, 87. 
Celtis sphinx, 328. 
Cephalemyia ovis, 624. 
Cephus, 616. C. rygmasus, 517. 
Cerambvcid®, 92, 94, 96. 
Cerambyx, 94. C. cinctus, 97. C. pal- 
liatus,' 116. C. violaceus, 100. 
