INDEX. 
443 
Silk-culture in the United States, 1668, 1945, 2070, 
2196, 2336. 
Walker, P., 2418. 
fiber from cocoons raised at the Department. 
McMurtrie, W. Test of, 2253. 
industry in the United States (Review), 2268. 
producer. Antlieraea yama maia as a, 1346. 
reel. Walker P. Sewell's automatic, 2386. 
spiders, 830. 
Silk-worm, 2095. 
Ailanthus, 899,1311. 
breeding, 1648. 
Cecropia, 1311. 
Circular, 2303. 
cocoons, 1486. 
eggs, 1114,1753. 
Japanese mode of packing, 1616. 
prices and where obtained, 2062. 
Sale of, 1908, 2303. 
Length and weight of the thread of 
the, 1359. 
Luna, 1311. 
Manual of the, 1721,1724. 
in Missouri. Ailanthus, 1460. 
Mulberry, 1311. 
naturalized. Ailanthus, 1179. 
notes, 2232. 
Osage orange for the mulberry, 1220, 
1286. , 
vs. mulberry for the, 
2234. 
Perny, 1311. 
Silk-worm. Polyphemus, 1311. 
Promethea, 1311. 
Tusseh, 1311. 
Yamamai, 1311. 
Silk-worms fed with osage orange, 1341. 
Pood for, 1318. 
Nomenclature of American, 303. 
Silky mite, 1423,1625. 
Silpha americana, 817,1226. 
peltata = S. americana. 
surinamensis, 1259, 1260,1261. 
Silphurus femoratus, 39. 
Silvanus. Grain, 1259. 
in dried English currants, 1260. 
in flouring-mills, 1261. 
Silver plate by insects. Damage to, 2154. 
Simulium, 1160, 2291, 2416. 
attacking mules, 1811. 
feeding on other insects, 2177. 
from Lake Superior, 2032. 
meridionale n. sp., 2394. 
molestum, 1174. 
pecuarum n. sp., 2394. 
pictipes, 1958, 2032. 
piscidium n. sp., 1174, 1283,1345. 
Sinea diadema, 34, 638, 731. 
Singular caterpillar, 880. 
Sinoxylon basilare, 1311,1747. . 
Red shouldered, 1311. 
Siphonophora, 1678. 
avena; — Nectarophora granaria. 
rudbeckias = Nectarophora rud- 
beckise. 
Sitaris, 1600,1643. 
! Sitones flavescens, 2394. 
Sitopliilus granarius — Calandra granaria. 
oryzae = Calandra oryzae. 
remotepunctata = Calandra remote- 
punctata. 
Six worst insect enemies of fruit-growers in 
northern Illinois, 377. 
Sixth report State entomologist of Missouri, 1363. 
Skeletonizer. Apple-leaf, 1311,1322. 
Skipper. Cheese, 1700. 
Skippefs injuring smoked ham, 1734. 
Slug on pear and cherry-trees, 1222. 
Pear-tree, 1382. 
Rose, 672,1780. 
worm. Spined, 1150. 
Small apple-leaf worm, 747. 
borer in apple-twig, 1458. 
galls and minings in apple-twigs, 552. 
grains. A new leaf-hopper injurious to, 
1767. 
and grasses. Webster, F. M. In¬ 
sects affecting, 2394. 
reddish snout beetle in apple, 1244. 
white bristly cut-worm, 1059. 
Smaller corustalk borer, 2119. 
Smart bugs. Concerning certain, 565. 
Smeared dagger, 1301. 
Smerinthus. Blind-eyed, 1912. 
excsecatus, 1912. 
Smicra albifrons, 6. 
Smilax. Agrotis saucia injuring, 1941. 
injured by cut-worms, 1941. 
Smilia auriculata, 1183. 
Smith, E. A. The cotton belt, 2343. 
Smith, J. B. Report upon cranberry and hop in 
sects, 2277. 
Report upon insects affecting the 
hop and tLe cranberry, 2291. 
Smith's patent Curculio-trap, 969. 
Smoked hams. Skippers injuring, 1734. 
Smut in wheat, 1479. 
Cause of, 1461. 
Snake of Brazil. Lignified, 2136. 
worms, 1547. 
Snakes. Hair, 612, 861,1143. 
Horse hair, 612. 
Snellen von Vollenhoven. Obituary, 1817. 
Snout beetle, 700,1168,1302. 
on apple. Small reddish, 1244. 
Imbricated, 1301, 2291. 
Large gray straight horned, 1033. 
beetles injurious to fruits, 1302. 
Snow-balls. Aphididae on, 1184. 
Lice on, 1184. 
fleas, 608. 
Snowy tree-cricket, 1059,1329, 2238, 2291. 
in raspberry canes. Eggs of, 
1122. 
So-called army-worms. Three, 328. 
web-worm of young trout, 1283. 
Soap. Apply, 1367. 
against borers, 47. 
Social wasp. Rust-red, 1329,1559. 
Social wasps, 616. 
Sod-worm, 2418. 
j Soft maples. Flat-headed borer in, 1250. 
