424 



Insect Notes (Concluded): — 



Tetranychus mytilaspidis (citrus red 



spider), 29S. 

 — sp. (cotton red spider), 362. 

 The fiddler heet]e {Praepodes vittatus), 



122. 

 Thermesia gemmatalis (woolly pyrol 



moth), 2.50. 

 Tiphia parallela, 2G, 138,171, 186. 

 Tiphia inornata, 346. 



Jamaica agricultural societies (Special 

 Loans) Law, 1912, 108. 



— , dairying in, 341. 



— , dual-purpose cattle in, 357. 



— ginger, misbranding of, 204. 



— , 'Panama disease' of bananas in, 5. 

 j — , plant distribution in, 60. 

 i — , progress in sugar industry in, 5. 

 I Jamaican bananas, taxation of, 233. 

 iJamra, 77. 



parasite of brown hard back. Jams, adulteration of, lO.j. 

 59. , Japan, agricultural implements in, 261. 



Jatropha Curcas (pulza oil plant), 375. 

 Java, agrculture in, 277. 

 Johnson, H. W., 9. 



Johnson gruss (Son/hum halepense), 91. 

 Jones, J., 36. 



Juice scale, automatic recording, 261. 

 Juniperus bermudiana, 5. 



— — (small black wasp), 218. 

 Tobacco stem borer (Phtliorivae heli 



opa). 315. 

 Tomarub bituberculatus, 170. 



— — , (banana root grub), 155. 



— — . (root feeder of banana), 

 ls6. 



Tomaspis sp. (froghopper), 282. 



— varia, 26. 

 Trichogramma pretiosa, 282. 



— — , parasitic on moth borer, 

 346. 



Trypeta ludens (orange worm), 410. 

 Twig girdler, 91. 

 Weevil borer, 26. 



— — (Metamasius [SphenophorusJ 

 hemiptei-us), 282. 



— — (Sphenopfwrtis ohscurus), 

 330. 



— — {^phenophorus sericeus), 

 202. 



West Indian red scale {Sehnaspidus 



articul'itus), 250. 

 White ants (Termes gestroi), 181. 



— fly, Aegerita webberi on, 398. 



— — , A.schersonia aleyrodis on, 398. 



— — , Microcera op. on, 398. 



— — , (Vertieillium heterocladum), 

 398. 



— grub, Campsomeris [Dielis] dor- La gomme, 149 

 sata, parasitic on, 346. Lamont, Norman, 59, 69. 



— — , El is sexcinota, parasitic on, Lancashire and cotton, 1912, 54. 

 346. Land, draining to free from salt, 343. 



— — , Tachinidae spp., parasitic on, Landolphia rubber, extraction of latex, 

 346. 327. 



— scale (Chionaspis citri), 43, 250. '• Latex, yield, influence of position and 



— — , (Hemichioiiaspis minor), 182. j slope of incision on, 395. 

 Vertieillium heterocladum on white j Leave.';, nitrogen-fixing bacteria in, 57. 



Kapok, 21. 



— industry, 326. 



Kiln-drying of grain, 213. 



Kola on the London market, 15, 47, 79, 



111, 191, 223, 255, 319, 351, 399. 

 Kulphi (Dnlichos fjiHora), 217. 



fly, 398. 

 Vinsonia stellifera (the glassy star 



scale), 58. 

 Woolly pyrol moth {Thermesia gem- 



metalis), 250. 

 Xyleborus sp. (shot borer), 282. 

 Yellow scale {Chrysomphalusaurantii, 



var. citrinus). 346. 

 Zelus rubidus, 250, 



Jamaica, agricultural progress in, 5. 



Leeward Islands, improvement in econo- 

 mic conditions of, 107. 



— — , opportunities for onion cul- 

 tivation in, 367. 



Legislation in regard to plant importa- 

 tion, 410. 



Lemon grass oil and Cyrabopogon colora- 

 tus, 375. 



Liberian coffee, 20. 



Lime cultivation, 340. 



— — in Dominica, 168. 

 — St. Lucia, 151. 



— -— — the West Indies, 392. 



— juice and scurvy, 169. 



— — on the London market, 15, 79, 

 111, 143, 225, 319. 



Lime oil on the London market, 15 79 

 111, 143, 191, 223, 255, 287, 319, 

 351, 399. 



— trees, efiect of sunlight on, 1 9. 



Linseed cultivation in Morocco, 12. 



Live stock improvement, grants-in-aid of 

 in Great Britain, 309. 



Louisiana, cotton problems in, 326. 



- — , its untold treasures, 377. 



Lyon bean, 19. 



55, 287, 319, 

 wind-breaks. 



M. 



Mace on the London market, 15, 47, 79 



111, 143, 191. 223, -T 



351, 399. 

 Machelia C'hanipaka for 



380. 

 Machine for extracting rubber, 223. 



— — making agricultural lime, 

 223. 



Maguey, export from the Philippines, 21. 

 Maize, floral abnormalities in, 153. 



— for dairy cows, 205. 



— stalks, fibre from, 9. 



— with silks maturing before tassels 



121. 

 Mai de caderas, 411. 

 Malaria carrying mosquito, 13. 

 Mamon {Anona f/lahra), 324. 

 Manganese sulphate useful as fertilizer. 



188, 

 Mango, budding of in St. Lucia, 4, 19. 

 — , flowering of the, 148. 



— pests in the Philippines, 26. 

 Mangoes, Indian, facts concerning, 196. 

 Manitoba rubber, extraction of, 327. 

 Manihot dichotoma, 43, 317, 327. 



— Glaziovii, 43, 201, 259, 299. 



— heptophylla, 317. 



— piauhyensis, 317. 



Manila hemp, export from the Philip- 

 pines, 21. 



Manual labour, efficiency of in diflferent 

 operations, 279, 295. 



Manures, mineral, world's production 

 and consumption of, 281. 



Manurial salts, effects on germination, 

 136. 



Market Reports, 16, 32, 48, 64, 80, 96, 

 112, 128, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 

 221, 240, 256, 272, 288, 304, 320, 

 336. 352, 368, 384, 400, 416. 



Marseilles colonial institute, fifth annual 

 exhibition, 201. 



Mauritius, sugar crop of, 108. 



Meat, new method of preserving, 89. 



Mexican poppy, oil from, 72. 



'M'gergeb', lOU. 



Micro organisms, mutation in, 249. 



Milk adulteration, 124. 



