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INDEX. 



M. 



]Mamestra brassiciv, 142 

 Mangold and Beet Fly, 51 

 Man-old-feeding Beetle, 84 

 March Moth, 137 

 Meligethes ffineus, 87 

 Melophagus ovinus, 78 

 Millepedes : flattened, 223 ; snake, 



222, 233 ; history of, 222 

 Mirus dolabratus, 190, 191 



„ tritici, 190, 191 

 Mites, 223—226 

 Mollusca, 204—207; definition 



of, 204 

 Monomera, 172 

 Musk Beetle, 114 

 Mustard Beetle, 116, 119 ; means 



of prevention for, 120 



N. 



Necrophaga, 86 — 88 

 Nematoda, 216 

 Nematus ribesii, 153 

 Nest-making caterpillars, 138 ; 



to destroy, 139 

 Neuroptera, 34, 167 

 Nitrate of soda, 40, 97 

 Nut Weevil, 103 



0. 



Oak Leaf-roller Moth, 148 



(EstridiB, 64—76 



<Estrus bovis (see Hypoderma 

 bovis) 



CEstrus ovis, 75 



Onion Fly, 40, 50 



Orchard moth caterpillars, 133— 

 141 ; to destroy by Paris- 

 green, 140 



Orders of insects, 27—34 ; named 

 from number or nature of 

 wings, 26 ; enumerated, 27 



Orgyia antiqua, 137 



Orlhoptera, 34, 193 



Oscinis frit, 61 



Ox Gad Fly, a blood-sucker, 63 ; 

 the larva a ground feeder, 64 



Ox Warble Fly, 67—75; life- 

 history of, 67—70 ; effect of 

 warble on surface of carcase, 

 71, 72 ; loss from attack, on 

 milk, &c., 72 ; on hides, 73 ; 

 preventive measures and 

 remedies for, 73 — 75 



Paris-green spraying, 140 



Pea and Bean Seed Weevils, 108, 

 109 



Pea and Bean Weevils, 105 — 107 



Pear-shaped Wee\als, 107 



PhiBdon betuliB, 116, 119 



Phorodon humuli, 180 



Phytophaga, 115—120 



Phytopti, 226 



Pine Sawfly, 152 



Plasmodiophora brassicffi, 110 



Platygaster tipulae, 164 



Polydesmus complanatus, 223 



Potato Bug (fig.), 190 



Principles of study of prevention 

 of insect ravage, 199 — 203 



Proctotrupidft?, 163, 164 



Psylla mali, 174 



Psyllidiv, 172, 173 



Pteromalus puparum, and obser- 

 vations on, 163 



Pupa, 17 — 23 ; transformation of 

 from butterfly caterpillar, 19, 

 to perfect Grasshopper, 21 



Pupipara, 77, 78 ; peculiarity of 

 development of, 77 



R. 



Kape-cake, as a remedy for Wire- 

 worm attack, 97 

 Raspberry Beetle, 98, 99 

 Red Spider, and remedies for, 225 

 Ribbon-footed Corn Fly, 59 

 Rove Beetles, 85 

 Rhyncoi^hora, 102 — 114 



S. 

 Salt, 39 

 Scale-insects, 189 



