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INDEX. 



A. 



Acarina, 223 — 226 ; character- 

 istics of the class, 224 



Aceto-arsenite of copper, 140 



Acherontia atropos, 127 



Aculeata, 165 



Agrotis exclamationis, 141 

 ,, segetum, 141 



Aleyrodes proletella, 189 



Alkali waste, 92, 93 



American blight Aphis, 183 — 185; 

 action of, on bark, 184 



" Anbury," 110 



Anguillulidffi (Figs.), 215, 216 



Anisopteryx tescularia, 137 



Anthomyia ceparum, 49 

 ,, radicum, 58, 54 



Anthonomus pomorum, 104 



Aphaniptera, 28, 78, 80 



Aphides, 172—175, 188 ; to dis- 

 tinguish tribes of, by nervures 

 of wings, 176, 177 



Aphidinse, life-history of, 177 



Apion apricans, 107 



Apple-blossom Weevil, 104 



Apple Mussel Scale, 189, 190 



Apple Sawfiy, 154 ; difference 

 between caterpillar of, and 

 that of Codlin Moth, 155 ; 

 remedies for, 155 



Apple-suckers, 174 



Arachnida, 227 



Aromia moschata, 114 



Ash-bark Beetle, 113 



Aspidiotus conchiformis (^ My- 

 tilaspis pomorum), 180, 190 



Athalia spinarum, 154 



B. 



Balaninus nucum, 103 



Barley Bug, 190, 191 



Bean Aphis, to destroy, 179 



Bean-seed Beetles, 108 ; dressing 

 to destroy in seed, 109 



Bee Parasites, 34, 166, 167 



Beet Carrion Beetle, 88 



Beetles, description of, in differ- 

 ent stages, 81 ; main divi- 

 sions classed by number of 

 joints of the feet, 82 



Birds, uses of, in clearing cater- 

 pillars, 147 



" Blood-worm," 48 



Bombyx (Gasteropacha) neustria, 

 (Lackey Moth), 139 



Bos, Dr. J. Ritzema, reference to 

 his works on Tylenchus de- 

 vastatrix, 221 



Bostrichus dispar, 99 



Brachelytra, 85 



Bruchi, 108 



Bush-harrowing, 39 



Butterflies and Moths, 122—148 ; 

 larv.e and metamorphosis 

 of, 123, 125 



Byturus tomentosus, 98, 99 



Cabbage Butterfly, 1(;2 

 Moth, 142 

 ,, -root Flies, 53, 54 

 Caterpillars, effect of weather on, 

 15 ; to destroy, in wood, 192 



