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Sphenophorus cariosue, injury to Corn, 60. 
cicatricosus, 60. 
costipennis, 64,67,68. 
flexuosus, 60. 
interstialis, 60. 
larvalis, 60. 
melanocephalus, 64. 
minimus, 65. 
description, 65. 
ochreus, 58,59,63,66,67,68,69,71. 
injury to Corn, 58,70. 
to Millet, 59,66,70. 
larva, description, 66. 
remedies, 71. 
parvulus, 58,59,63,65,67,69,71. 
injury to Corn, Timothy, Wheat, Barley, 
Oats, and Rye, 63. 
larva, description, 67. 
pertinax, 58,60,64,67,68. 
injury to Corn, 60,68. 
placidus, 58,62,65,67,68,70. 
injury to Corn, 62,71. 
robustus, 58,59, 60,64,65,66,67,68,69,71. 
injury to corn, 59,60,69,71. 
remedies for, 71. 
sayi, 65. 
scoparius, 58,62,64,68,70. 
sculptilis, 58,61,64,67,68,71,72. 
injury to Corn, 71. 
venatus, 61. 
zeie, 61. 
Spotted Cutworm, 86. 
number of broods and food plants, 86. 
Spraying trees as measure against Codling 
Moth, X. 
Starvation as measure against Chinch Bug, 44,56. 
Steam, effect on blister beetles, 43.- 
on Chinch Bug, 42. 
on corn plants, 42. 
on grasshoppers, 43. 
on Maple Plant Louse, 43. 
Strawberry, injury to, by cutworms, 84. 
by Dingy Cutworm, 88. 
by Thrips tritici, IX. 
strigosus, Cyperus, 68. 
Strong, Geo., on meadow maggots, 83. 
subgothica, Agrotis, 85,88,90. 
Sunflower, wild, as food plant of Lixus conca- 
vus, 76. 
Sweet, C. L., on meadow maggots, 82. 
Sweet Potato, injury to, by Clay-backed Cut¬ 
worm, 91,92. 
by cutworms, 84. 
by Dingy Cutworm, 88. 
by Variegated Cutworm, 94. 
Systena blanda as a melon insect, XI. 
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Tachina, parasite of Greasy Cutworm, 93. 
Tenebrioides mauritanica, injury to stored 
grain by, XI. 
Wheat and Corn as food of, XII. 
tephrocephala, Tipula, 79. 
Termes flavipes, injuries by, XIII. 
terminalis, Lixus, 76. 
Thomas, Cyrus, on meadow maggots, 78. 
on Sphenophorus sculptilis, 61. 
on wheat culture and the Chinch Bug, 32,33. 
Reports as State Entomologist of Illinois, 
cited, 32,61,78. 
Thrips tritici, IX. 
Thyreocoris pulicarius, XII,51. 
Timothy, 51, 54,96. 
injury to, by meadow maggots, 79,82. 
by snout beetles, 58. 
by SphenophoruB parvulus, 63,67. 
sculptilis, 62. 
sowing with wheat as protection against 
Chinch Bug, 52. 
Tipula, 78. See Meadow Maggots, 
bicornis, 78,79,80,81. 
description, 80. 
life history and injuries, 81. 
tephrocephala, 79. 
Tipulid larva in clover meadow, XI. 
injury to meadows, 78,79. 
Tobacco water for Chinch Bug, 39,56. 
Tomato, injury to, by Variegated Cutworm, 94. 
Trampling by sheep or pigs as measure against 
meadow maggots, 83. 
Transactions Illinois State Horticultural So¬ 
ciety cited, 33. 
Kansas Academy of Science cited, 59. 
Ottawa'Field-Xaturalists 1 Club cited, 59. 
tritici, Thrips, IX. 
Trogositidos, XI. 
Turkeys feeding on Sphenophorus, 71. 
Turnips, injury to, by meadow maggots, 79. 
Turpentine emulsion for Chinch Bug, 41,56. 
Typha latifolia food plant of Sphenophorus 
pertinax, 60. 
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Uhler, P. R., paper, cited, 61. 
uniformis, Balaninus, 77. 
U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture, Report, 
cited, 1,50,59,60,61,62,65,75,78. 
of Patents, Report, cited, 59. 
Department of Agriculture, Bulletin, cited, 
33. 
Division of Entomology, Bulletin, cited, 
37. 
Reports of Entomologist, cited, 62,70, 
75,78. 
Geological and Geographical Survey of the 
Territories cited, 61. 
Bulletin, cited, 89. 
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Variegated Cutworm, 93. See Cutworm, Varie¬ 
gated. 
venatus, Sphenophorus, 61. 
versicolor, Iris, 77. 
vestigialis, Agrotis, 90. 
violans, Nephelodes, 85. 
vulpeculus, Mononychue, 77. 
