INDEX. 
389 
Belfrage, G. W. Obituary, 2161. 
Belostoma americanum, 473, 534, 733, 1570, 1584. 
grande = B. americanum. 
Belvoisia bifasciata, 1329, 2343. 
Bembecia marginata, 576, 1363, 1454. 
rubi = B. marginata. 
Bembex fasciata, 543. 
marginata, 2230. 
Bembidium 4-niaculatmu, 3. 
Bennett, T. Import of experiments at Trenton, 
N. J., 2344. 
Berberry. Aphididas on, 644. 
Berne. Phylloxera convention at, 2147. 
Berry and cherry twigs, 1503. 
Beschreibung einer den Bimen schiidlichen Gall- 
iniicke, 2392. 
Best’s fruit-tree invigorator again, 530. 
iuvigorator once more, 545. 
Betula nigra. Acionycta on, 2280. 
Bibio albipennis, 257, 683. 
Bibionidse, 2076. 
Bibliography of gall literature, 2059. 
Bidens chrysanthemoides. Syrphus sp. caught 
by, 1761. 
Bill bug. Corn, 2291, 2418. 
Biorhiza forticorms, 41, 745. 
Birch. Clytus sp. 1 on, 2267. 
Bird question dispassionately considered, 1768. 
Birds. Professor Riley in favor of the, 1675. 
Relation of Carabidae and Coccinellid® to, 
2152. 
vs. insects, 199. 369. 
Bittacus apterus. Habits of, 2092. 
Bitten by an aphid, 2205. 
Bitter-sweet. Enchenopa binotata on, 1913. 
White waxy secretion on stems of, 
1913. 
Black ants in gardens. Destroying, 438. 
ash. Borers in, 1733. 
bass. Larva in stomach of, 1792. 
blister beetle, 1059,1558. 
beetles on potatoes, 1381. 
breeze fly, 1127. 
bug, 314. 
currant. Currant-worms and, 1079. 
grape-vine caterpillars, 1018. 
knot once more, 930. 
legged tortoise beetle, 1127. 
potato beetles. Large, 1206. 
rat blister beetle, 1059,1558. 
walnut. Insects feeding on sap of, 1195. 
and willow. Enemies of the, 2333. 
Blackberry borers, 302. 
cane borers, 576. 
gall insects, 318. 
Pithy, 1131. 
Galls on, 263. 
Blackberry. Insects affecting. 
iEgeria rubi = Bembecia marginata. 
sp., 302. 
Agrilus ruflcollis, 1771. 
Bembecia marginata, 576,1364,1454. 
Diastrophus cuscutaflormis, 609. 
nebulosus, 263, 610,1131. 
sp., 318. 
Eudemis botrana, 1232. 
Blackberry. Insects affecting— Continued. 
Lecanium sp., 117. 
Lobesia botrana = Eudemis botrana. 
Oberea bimaculata, 302, 783,13G3. 
perspicillata == O. bimaculata. 
tripunctata, 1503. 
GScanthus niveus, 1503. 
Psylla rubi = Trioza tripunctata. 
Trioza tripunctata, 669. 
Blackberry. New insect foe of the, 669. 
and raspberry canes. Gouty galls 
on, 1771. 
scale, 117. 
twig. Fuzzy galls on, 609. 
Pithy galls on, 610. 
Blastobasis iceryseella n. sp., 2394. 
Blastophysa n. sg., 2272. 
celtidis-gemma n. sp., 2272. 
Blatta, 2267. 
germanica =Ectobia germanica. 
Blattidse, 573, 1858. 
Blennocampa pygnnca, 1056,1252. 
Blepharida rhois, 849,1363. 
Blepharocerida;, 1981, 2004. 
Blight. Apple-root, 997. 
Blind-eyed Smerinthns, 1912. 
Going it, 588. 
as those who shut, their eyes. None so, 275. 
Blissus leucopterus, 6, 90,180, 398, 548, 886, 888, 890, 
891,894,895,1068,1127,1357, 1402, 1423,1432,1453, 
1508, 1538, 1681, 2018, 2039, 2048, 2087,2119,2143, 
2237,2252, 2271,2418. 
Blister beetle. Ash-gray, 1059,1209,1558. 
Biack, 1059,1558. 
rat, 1059,1558. 
Margined, 1059,1558. 
on potatoes. Black, 1381. 
Retarded development in, 1860. 
Striped, 1059,1558. 
beetles, 134, 289, 301, 362, 1059, 1558, 2238, 
2418. 
Larval characters and habits of, 
1600. 
from New Mexico, 1796. 
Notes on life-history of, 1651. 
Pear leaf, 1739. 
Blood-red lady bird, 2119. 
sucker and pear slug, 1253. 
sucking cone-nose, 795, 854. 
Conorhinus, 2291. 
Blow-fly. Cheese-fly and, 1266. 
Bluebird. Ichneumonid from stomach of, 1878. 
Larvae from stomach of, 1871. 
Bluebirds feeding on parasitic and predaceous 
insects, 1885. 
Blue caterpillars of the vine, 1127,1363. 
spangled peach-worm, 1301. 
Bogus chinch-bug, 1127,1423. 
Colorado potato-beetle, 1558. 
bug, 519. 
Thrips. True Thrips and, 203. 
Yucca moth. True and, 1804. 
Boll-worm, 821,1301,1353, 2119, 2164, 2343. 
Report on, 2164. 
worms feeding on cabbage, 1915. 
Bombardier beetle, Kansas, 1311. 
