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Miscellaneous insects —Continued. 
The larger wheat-straw Isosoma, Isosoma grande . 357 
The pliytophagic habits of the genus, 357—Mr. Webster’s obser¬ 
vations, 357—Descriptive, Isosoma grande n.sp., 358—Oviposition, 
358—Only females known, 358. 
Silk culture. 359 
Sending out eggs, 359—Reports, 359—The manual of instructions. 
359— Appointment of Philip Walker as special agent, 359— 
Diseases, 359—Pasteur’s process, 359—A Government reeling 
establishment, 360—Correspondence; 360—The Serrell reel, 
360— Home reeling, 361—Herbelin’s filature, 361. 
Reports of agents... 361 
Rust of the orange. By H. G. Hubbard. 361 
Discoloration of the fruit, 361—Time of appearance, 361—It is 
not a fungus, 362—The mite on the leaves, 362—First appear¬ 
ance of mites on the fruit, 363—Attacks of mites always fol¬ 
lowed by rust, 363—Interval between disappearance of mites 
and appearance of rust, 363—Description of the mite, 363—Life 
history, 364—Food, 364—Wandering habits, 365—Numerical 
abundance, 365—Rings of rust on fruit, 366—Influence of 
weather, 366—Agencies which assist in the distribution of the 
mites, 366—Food-plants, 367—Effects of attacks on foliage, 367— 
Rusted fruit, 367—Introduction and spread of the mite, 367— 
Periods of increase, 368—Geographical distribution, 368—Reme¬ 
dies, 368—Influence of soil and methods of cultivation, 368— 
Preventive measures, 368—Application of insecticides, 369— 
Whale-oil soap, 369—Sulphur, 370—Kerosene, 372—Creosote, 
372—Potash, 372—Pyrethrum, 373—Lime, 373—Ashes, 373— 
Caution, 373. 
Second report on the causes of the destruction of the evergreen and 
other forest trees in northern New England and New York. By A. 
S. Packard, jr.. 374 
Localities visited, 374—Destruction of spruces in northern New 
York, 374—Probably caused by bark-boring beetles, 375—De¬ 
struction of spruces in northern Maine, 376—Discussion of 
causes, 376—Condition of the hackmatack in 1884, 377—The 
reddish-yellow spruce-bud worm, 378—Its injuries, 378—Its 
classification, 378—Its habits, 378—Remedies, 379—The com¬ 
mon longicorn pine-borer, 379—Abundance, 379—Mode of ovi¬ 
position, 380—Description of egg, 380—Habits and damage 
done, 381—The sugar-maple borer, 382—Its burrows, 382—Its 
eggs and larvae, 382—Kerosene as a remedy, 383. 
Insects affecting fall wheat. By F. M. Webster. 383 
The wheat-straw Isosoma, 383—Oviposition, 384—Description of 
its egg, 385—Number of generations, 385—Effect of its work on 
wheat-straw, 386—Table o position of larvae in straw, 386— 
Natural enemies, 387-^Wheat and grass saw-fly, 387—Appear¬ 
ance, 388—Parasites, 388—Wheat midge,'389—Natural enemies, 
389—Dates, 389—American Meromyza, 389—Dates, 390—The 
flea-like negro-bug, 390—Dates, 390—Description of egg, 390— 
The tarnished plant-bug, 391—The soldier-bug, 391—The field- 
cricket, 391—Cuttingoff wheat, 391—Insects affecting rye, 392— 
Insects affecting oats, 392—The stalk-borer, 392—Dates, 393. 
