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INDEX. 
Azalea. Beetles on, 156. 
Prasocuris varipos on, 156. 
Bacillus alvei, 2418. 
Back-rolling wonder, 1363. 
Bacterial disease of the imported cabbage-worm 
2251. 
Bacterium, 2251. 
Bad packing, 837. 
Bsetis femorata = Silpblurus femoratus. 
interlineata n. sp., 39 = Silpblurus femora¬ 
tus. 
sicca n. sp., 24. 
Bietisca n. g., 24. 
obesa. Pupa of, 43. 
Bag-worm, 1059,1090,1189,1650, 2378. 
New, 1441. 
at Soiith Pass, HI., 1156. 
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. Re¬ 
marks on, 2272. 
worms, 182, 266, 538, 641, 738,1036. 
again, 815. 
and borers, 1472. 
Ways of, 1424. 
Babia, Brazil. Cotton culture and the insects af¬ 
fecting the plant at, 1788a. 
Bailey, J. S. Tree borers of the family Cossidse, 
2253. 
Balaninus rectus, 1310,1311. 
Balsam fir. Lachnus strobi on, 1039. 
Bamboo Sinoxylon, 2454. 
Banded Ips in calyx of pear, 1239. 
Baridius sesostris = Ampeloglypter sesostris. 
trinotata = Tricbobaris trinotata. 
Bark beetles, 295. 
borer. Hickory, 938,1329. 
Peach-tree, 2047. 
borers, 220. 
boring beetles. Packard on the develop¬ 
ment of, 2267. 
lice, 1, 264, 935, 944, 989, 994,1007. 
again, 1040. 
on apple-trees, 423,1059. 
Native, 1061. 
Curculio and, 487. 
eggs in Missouri. Supposed, 1084. 
on grape-vine, 1212. 
Maple, 1004. 
Means against, 104. 
Native apple-tree, 1152. 
on the pear, 982. 
pears. Apple, 973. 
Preventive of, 1012. 
remedy, 896. 
on rose bushes, 1303. 
louse, 987, 1397, 1583. 
Apple, 1552. 
on apple - trees South. Muscle¬ 
shaped, 1774. 
enemy, 154. 
Imported apple-tree, 255. 
Insect foes of the, 417. 
in Missouri. Oyster-shell, 1169. 
on Osage orange, 389. 
Oyster-shell apple, 1127, 1329, 2238. 
Scurfy apple, 2305. 
Tulip-tree, 271. 
Barley. Insects affecting. 
Lachnosterna fusca, 2394. 
Nectaropbora granaria, 2394. 
Scbizoneura sp., 2394. 
Siphonophoraavense=Nectarophora granaria. 
Barley-root louse, 2394. 
F. M. Webster. Insects affecting, 2394. 
Barnard, W. S. Machinery for destroying Aletia, 
2343. 
Tests of machinery for destroying 
the cotton-worm, 2253. 
Basket-worm, 271, 1059, 1090, 1650. 
Bass. Insects from stomach of rock, 1793. 
Larvie in stomach of black, 1792. 
Bassus bicapillaris n. sp., 385. 
ruficrus n. sp., 385. 
semifasciatus n. sp., 385. 
tripicticrus n. sp., 385. 
Bass-wood. Dipteron on, 548. 
Batrachedra salicipompnella, 821. 
Bazille, Louis. Obituary, 2370. 
Be on the guard, 708. 
Bean. Insects affecting. 
Brucbus fable, 1301, 1631, 2127, 2238. 
granarius, 1120. 
obsoletus, 1155, 1232, 1296. 
Epilacbna corrupta, 2235. 
Lytta cinerea = Macrobasis unicolor. 
Macrobasis unicolor, 38. 
Bean. A new enemy to, 2418. 
weevil, 1155, 1296, 2127, 2238. 
American, 1301. 
Beans. Buggy, 1631. 
Beautiful wood nymph, 1127, 1363. 
Bed bugs, 1502. 
Lepidium vs., 1741. 
Bedeguar of the rose, 1939. 
Bee bread devoured by worms, 1293. 
Bug preying on honey, 13. 
disease. Possible cause of the, 704. 
enemy, 1186. 
fly, 1959. 
killer. Nebraska, 1127, 1311. 
killers, 1543. 
Beetle named, 627. 
Remarkable felting caused by a, 2113. 
in Russia. Excessive injury by, 1935. 
on sugar maple, 1014. 
in thistle, 169. 
Beetles, 1736. 
around peach-trees, 751. 
Food-habits of ground, 1760. 
in dried English currants, 1260. • 
in flouring-mills, 1261. 
injuring cabbages and fuchsias, 1868. 
in stomach of meadow lark, 1013. 
in the corn-field, 2317. 
Mites parasitic on, 315. 
named, 732, 802, 806, 1172, 1187. 
on buttercup and azalea, 156. 
Plant-feeding habits of predaceous, 1956. 
supposed to be feeding on wheat, 1746. 
swarming about the lawn, 718. 
under dead fish, 817. / 
working in wheat, oats, and rye, 1259. 
Belated individuals of the periodical Cicada, 648. 
