INDEX. 



L. 



Larva, definition of term, 13, 14. 

 Lecanium Olese. See Black Scale. 

 Legislation, necessity for, 30. 

 Leptops Hopei. See Apple-root Borer. 

 Leptops robusta, 72. 

 Lipht-brown Apple Moth, 67, 68. 



Habits similar to codlin moth, 67. 



Application of London Purple, Paris 

 Green against, 68. 

 Lime, 126. 



Harlequin Fruit Bug, used against, 90. 



Pear Slug, used against, 102. 

 London Purple, 126. 



Price of, 53. 



Apple Beetle, used against, 85. 



Codlin Moth, used against, 51. 



Light-brown Apple Moth, used against, 

 68. 

 Lowe and Park's Steam Insect Extermi- 

 nator, 135. 

 Lye, 126. 



As a disinfectant, concentrated, 32, 



M. 



MacOwan, Prof., on beetles damaging gum 

 trees in South Africa, 61. 

 On treatment of icerya, 123. 

 " Magic Soap," 128. 



Used against Pear Phytoptus, 123. 

 "Majetin" Apple as blight-proof stock, 

 35. 

 Inferior to "Northern Spy " Apple, 37. 

 Mandibulata, definition of term, 18. 

 Maroga Gigantella. See Cherry Borer. 

 Maskell, W. M., on scale insects, 77, 79. 



On materials for destroying insects, 124. 

 Measurement of Insects (French system), 



49. 

 Metamorphoses of Insects, 11 tt seq. 

 Murray, Andrevj, extract from work of, 



93 et seq. 

 Mytilaspis Pomorum. See Apple-hark 

 Scale, 



N. 



Norris' Insect Soap, 128. 



" Northern Spy " Apple as blight-proof 



stock, 35, 37. 

 Nysius angustatus, 105. 

 Nysius destructor, 105. 



O. 



Oliff, A., Sydney (Govt. Entomologist, 

 N.S.W.), on the Codlin Moth in 

 N.S.W., 47, 54. 

 On parasites of Codlin Moth, 55. 

 On C. postvittana, injurious to apples, 



67. 

 On dodicus pestilens, attacking apples, 

 83, 84. 

 Ormerod, Miss E. A., extract from work of, 

 11 et seq. 

 On the Pear Slug, 102. 



P. 



Parasites of Codlin Moth, 55, 



Of scale insects, 80. 

 Paris Green, 127. 



Codlin moth, used against, 52. 

 Light-brown Apple Moth, used against, 

 68. 

 Pear and Cherry Slug, 99, 100, 

 Application of Quibell's mixture, carbon 

 bi-sulphide, kerosene emulsion against, 

 101. 

 Application 'of sulphate of iron against, 



101, 102, 103. 

 Application of oil of eucalypti (crude), 

 slaked lime, benzole, quicklime against, 

 102. 

 Pear Phytoptus, 119 et seq. 

 Imported into Victoria recently, 120. 

 Application of kerosene emulsion, caustic 

 soda, sulphuretted lime, whale-oil soap, 

 soft soap, sulphate of potassium 

 against, 122. 

 Application of "Magic Soap" against, 



123. 

 Killing by means of gas treatment, 123. 

 Soapy solution has been effectual when 

 applied hot, 123. 

 " Perfection Paradise " Apple, new blight- 

 proof stock, 37. 

 Phlfeotribus olete, destructive to olives, 64, 

 Phenyle against cherry borer, application 



of, 114. 

 Phytoptus Pyri, 119. 

 Potash as a disinfectant, 32. 



In solution for woolly aphis, 40. 

 Preservation of insect collections, 21, 

 Pupa, definition of term, 12, 15. 

 Pyrethrum, 127. 



Q. 



Quarantine rules in California, horticul- 

 tural, 30 et seq. 



Cuttings, &c., infested by insects, 31, 



Cuttings, &c., imported, 31. 



Fruit infested by scale insects, 31. 



Fruit infested by codlin moth, or in 

 boxes, &c., 32. 



Boxes, packages, &c., used in shipping, 

 32. 



Tree or plant cuttings may be disinfected 

 in solution of concentrated lye, .32. 



Empty boxes may be disinfected in solu- 

 tion of potash, 32. 



Deciduous and citrus trees may be disin- 

 fected in solution of whale-oil soap, 

 &c., 33. 



Certificate of disinfection necessary, 33. 

 Quibell's Insecticide, 127. 



Apple Beetle, used against, 85. 



Apple-root Borer, used against, 53. 



Cherry Borer, used against, 114. 



Pear Slug, used against, 101. 



Rutherglen Fly Pest, used against, 108. 



As a disinfectant, 59. 



Price of, 74, 



