XVILI 
INDEX. 
food plants, 51, 54. 
injuring broom-corn, 54. 
corn, 54. 
sorghum, 42, 51, 54. 
life history, 52; 
occurrence, 51. 
remedies, 54. 
summary of article, 53, 54. 
Schizoneura venusta, 52. 
Schlaffsucht, 99. 
Sciara species, 57-59. See black-headed 
grass maggot. 
Selandria rosrn, 61, 76. 
Separation of fields to prevent the spread of 
crown-borer, 68. 
insects of feeble migratory power, 68. 
Setaria, 51. 
verticillata, 52. 
viridis, 52. 
sexnotata, Paria, 159-163. 
Schanck’s Excelsior strawberry, 148. 
S.harpless strawberry, 125, 126, 128. 
Shoemaker, John, on injuries of the com¬ 
mon strawberry leaf-roller, 92. 
Sipha, 40. 
Siphonophora fragarias, 62, 98, 100, 103. 
description, 100. 
enemies, 103. 
range, 100. 
remedies, 104. 
var, immaculata, 99. 
granarim, 40. 
minor, 62, 98, 101. 
description, 101. 
enemies, 103. 
first occurrence, 101. 
habits, 101. 
remedies, 104. 
rosae, 101. 
species, 50, 53, 54. 
Slug, rose, 61, 76. 
strawberry, 61. 
Small yellow ant, 45, 61, 112. 
classification, 112. 
description, 113. 
habits, 112. 
injuries to corn, 112, 113. 
strawberries, 112, 113. 
mode of taking food, 113. 
Smartweed, 82. 
Smeared dagger, 61, 82-84. 
calendar, 179. 
description, 82. 
food plants, 82. 
injuring fruit trees, 82. 
strawberry, 82, 84, 
life history, 83. 
literature, 82. 
remedies, 84, 
Smith and Abbott, on Apatela oblinita, 82. 
Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Geor¬ 
gia cited, 82. 
Smith, Emily A., on Emphytus maculatus, 
72. 74, 75. 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 
cited, 159, 163. 
Snails, 63. 
Snout beetle, 61. 
Soapsuds for flea negro bug, 107. 
red spider, 106. 
strawberry insects, 69. 
tarnished plant bug, 131. 
Solenopsis fugax, 45,61,112. See small yel¬ 
low ant. 
sonchi, Rhizobius, 100. 
Soot for Colaspis larvse, 171. 
strawberry root-worms, 171. 
Sorghum, injuries to by Aphis maidis, 46,49, 
Chaitophorus flavus, 44. 
corn root-worm, 55. 
plant-lice, 11,41,53,54. 
Schizoneura panicola, 51. 
Siphonophora species, 50. 
Sorghum, insects affecting, 39-56. See 
Notes on insects affecting sorghum 
and broom-corn. 
plant-louse, yellow, 53. See Chaito¬ 
phorus flavus. 
Span-worm, brown strawberry, 61,76-78,179. 
See brown strawberry span-worm, 
green strawberry, 69. 80, 179. See ; 
green strawberry span-worm, 
horned, 61,79,179. See horned span- 
worm. 
Sparrow, chipping, 75. 
Spiraea, 111. 
Stalk-borer, calendar, 179. 
distinguished from wheat-bulb 
worm, 17. 
injuring strawberries, 61,114. 
remedies, 9. 
Stictonotis isosomatis, 34. 
Strange, A. T., on the flea negro bug, 100. 
Strawberry, 10,11,20,21. 
article on insects affecting, 60-180. 
Bidwell, 125. 
Brooklyn Scarlet, 148. 
Crescent, 125,126,127,128. 
crown-borer, 61,62,142. 
calendar, 179. 
distinguished from strawberry 
root-worms, 157. 
injuries, 176. 
to strawberries. 142. 
life history, additional notos, H«, 
prevention, 68,180. 
crown-miner, calendar, 179. 
injuring strawberries, 179. 
Cutter’s Seedling, 148. 
Downing, 125,127,128. 
Early Scarlet, 148. 
false-worm, 61,71,76. 
