Contents. vii 



PAGES 



The Pear Leaf Blister Mite ; Big Bud in Currants ; Oribatidse or Beetle 

 Mites ; Hover Flies or Syrphidm ; The Mussel Scale (Mytilaspis 

 pomormn). Hop Pests : Woodlice in Hops. Cereal Pests : Beetles 

 in Barley affected with Smut. Potato Pests : The Rosy Rustic Moth 

 (Hydnecia micacea) ; Surface larvas attacking Potatoes and Celery ; The 

 Pigmy Potato Beetle (Bathyscia wollastoni) ; Millepedes attacking 

 Potatoes ; Notes on the Colorado Beetle in England. Root-crop Pests : 

 Cabbage Aphis on Turnips ; Tipulidse or Daddy-long-legs . . 62-104: 



Section II. ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO HORTICULTURE. 



Julidx destroying plants in the gardens of Downton Castle, Ludlow ; Wood- 

 lice in Gardens ; A new Phytoptid Disease in Violas ; The Narcissus Fly 

 {Merodoii equestris) ; The Marguerite Fly and its Destruction ; The 

 Carrot-fly and Aphides on Carrots ; Correspondence and Report on 

 Insects in Orchid Houses ; Fumigation for Mealy Bug . . . 105-113 



Section III. ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO FORESTRY. 



Goat-Moth larvse attacking Willows ; Insects on Osiers and Willows ; Insects 

 on Elm and Willow ; Pissodes notatus ravaging Austrian Pines ; The 

 Spruce Gall Aphis (Ohermes ahietis) ...... 113-119 



GROUP F. 



SUB-GBOUP A. 



Acarine household pests (^Glyciphagus domesticus and G. spinipes) ; 

 Anohium tcsselJatum in St. Alban's Cathedral ; Earwigs causing 

 annoyance indoors ......... 119-124 



Sub-group G. 



The Cigar Beetle {Lasioderma testaceum. Duff) ; The Indian Meal Moth 



(Flodia inttrpundella) attacking Almonds ; The Larder Beetle . 125-127 



GENERAL SUBJECTS. 

 Green Matter in Lewes Public Baths ; Short Reports .... 127-129 



B. Extpa-Bpitish. 



GROUP D. 



A poisonous Land Bug in Singapore ; The Screw Worm in St. Lucia . 130-131 



