INDEX. 



237 



Scolytus destructor, 112 



Screenings, destruction of, as a 

 preventive measure, 44, 46 



Sesia bembecit'ormis, 129 

 ,, tipuliformis, 130 



Sheep-driving, to shake off cater- 

 pillars, 156 



Sheep's Nostril Fly, history of, 

 75, 76 ; prevention for at- 

 tack of, 76 



*' Sheep Tick," incorrectly so 

 called, 78 



Shot-borer Beetle, 99—101 



Silpha opaca, 88 



Sirex, Common or Steel-blue, 

 and Giant, 158, 159 



Sitones, 105—107 



Skimming the surface stubble, 

 remedy for Pea "Weevils, 107 



Slime-fungus, cause of Anbury 

 and Club, 110 



Slugs, Black and Milky, 204; 

 Arion ater, 205 ; principle 

 of destruction of, 205 



Small White Ermine, 138 



Smerinthus ocellatus, 128 



Snails, Marsh or Water, 206, 207 



Snowy Fly, 189 



Soft-soap mixtures, 140 



Soft-soap and sulj^hur compound 

 useful against Bed Spider, 

 225 



Spinning Mites, 225 



Sprayer, Knapsack (Eclair, No. 

 1), 197 



Spruce Chermes, 187 



Stem Eelworms, 212—221 ; plants 

 infested by, 213 ; effects on 

 plant growth, 217 ; remedies 

 for, 219, 220 



Sternoxi, 93—98 



Steropus madidus, 84 



Strepsiptera, 34, 166, 167 



Surface caterpillars, 141 ; effect 

 of weather on, 143 ; buryin;.' 

 of, 143 ; remedial treatnuiii 

 for attack of, 143—147 



T. 



Tabanus bovinus, 63, 64 



Tar, mjurious to bark, 137, 184 



Tarred boards to shake weevils 

 down on, 105 ; to catch Hop 

 Froghoppers, 173 



Tetramera (Pseudo-tetramera), 

 102—120 



Tetranychus telarius, 225 



Threadworms, 216 



Thrips, 33, 195, 196; nature of 

 feeding apparatus of, 196 ; 

 means of prevention of, 197 



Thysanoptera, 133, 195, 196 



Tipula oleracea, 38 — 42 



Tortrix viridana, 148 



Trematodes, 227 



Trenching, use of, 111 



Trichoptera, 34, 167 



Trimera (Pseudo-trimera), 120 



Trimera (section of Homoptera)» 

 172 



Trogosita mauritanica, 86 



" Tulip-root," 216 (see also refe- 

 rences to Stem Eelworms) 



Turnip Aphides, 178 



,, Blossom Beetles, 87 



Turnip (or Dart) Moth, 141 



Turnip Flea Beetles, 110—119; 

 winter shelter and food- 

 plants, 117; cultivation to 

 prevent, 118 ; stimulants to 

 support crop under attack, 

 119 



Turnip-gall Weevil, 109, 110 



Turnip Leaf-miner, 50 



Turnip Sawtiy, 154 — 157 ; reme- 

 dies for, 155, 157 



Tylenchus devastatrix, 212, 215 

 „ tritici, 214 



Tyroglyphus longior, 224 



W. 



Weevils, 102—114 

 Wheat Bug, 190, 191 

 Wheat-bulb Fly, 57 ; after fallow, 



61 

 Wheat Midge, 42 

 White Cabbage Butterflies, 122, 



124 ; methods of prevention 



for, 126 

 Wingless female moths, 135 ; to 



prevent ascending trees, 136 



