INDEX. 



227 



Lamprococcyx basalis, 143. 



Leaf Tunneller, 71 ; hydrocyanic 

 acid-gas used against, 72; kerosene 

 emulsion, 72 ; Sonchus, breeding 

 grounds for, 71 ; tobacco smoke used 

 against, 72 ; tobacco water, 72. 



Lethorion Carbon Cones, 181. 



Leto Staceyi, no. 



Lime, salt, and sulphur mixture for 

 San Jose scale, 90. 



Locusts : Bisulphide of carbon used 

 against, 30; castor oil plant, 30; 

 common Victorian, 27 ; cost of 

 screens for, 30; creosote-oil used 

 against, 30; dipterous flies (Masi- 

 cera pachytilis and Tachina cedipodoj) 

 destroying, 31 ; eggs, Mr. Olliff on 

 destruction of, 32; egg-laying, favorite 

 places for, 28 ; fungus, 31 ; fungus. 

 Inspector Cock's experiments with, 34 ; 

 fungus, preparation of, 36; kerosene 

 emulsion used against, 31 ; machines, 

 Anderson coal-oil contrivance, J. A. 

 Anderson, Kansas, United States, 205 ; 

 "Florey," J. S. Florey, Colorado, 

 United States, 204; "King" suction, 

 J. A. King, Colorado, 207; "Locust 

 catcher," Prof. Riley, United States, 

 204; "Peteler" crushing, F. Peteler, 

 Minnesotta, United States, 207 ; Mr. 

 Buggy, Corowa, N.S.W., note on 

 Braconid flies destroying, 31 ; Mr. 

 Olliff; notes on, 33; Mr. Peringuey, 

 report on, 80; Paris Green used against, 

 31 ; preparation for destroying, 31 ; 

 principal breeding-grounds, 33; Prof. 

 Riley, on destroying eggs of, 33 ; on 

 preventing Locusts from ascending 

 trees, 33 ; remedies and devices for de- 

 struction. United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, 203 ; R. 

 Helms, notes on the habits of, 27; 



Robbins' coal-tar pan for, 205 ; screens, 

 29 ; simple coal-oil pan for, 206 ; Trom- 

 bid Mite destroying, 31 ; value of 

 birds for destroying, 31. 



London Purple, 181. 



M. 



Mamestra Ewingi, 75. 



Mnesampela privata, 55. 



Mucor racemosus, 31. 



Myzus sp., 63. 



McAlpine, D., combination mixture 

 for spraying, 99. 



Nicotine Emulsion, 182 ; soap, 181. 

 Nikoteen, 181. 



O. 



Opuntia, common, for rendering canvas 

 airtight, 161 ; Engelmanni, for render- 

 ing canvas airtight, 161. 



Orthorrhinus cylindrostris, 61, 

 0. Klugii, 60. 



Pachytelus australis, 27. 



Painted Apple Moth, 27 ; destroy- 

 ing Acacia pycnantha, 95; Paris Green 

 used against, 98; W. W. Froggatt, 

 notes on, 95. 



Palm Weevils, 46. 



Paris Green, 181 ; A. N. Pearson, 



formula for, 99 ; (Blundell's) 181 ; 



used against Banksia Moth, 122 ; 



Gum Emperor Moth, 114; Locusts, 



31 ; Painted Apple Moth, 98 ; Tomato 



Moth, 51. 



Pepper Tree, Schinus molle, destroyed 

 by Gum Emperor Moth, 114. 



Perga dorsalis, 117. 

 Pestide Compound, 181. 

 Phytomyza affinis, 71. 



