406 



INDEX. 



tractive to, also Mangolds attrac- 

 tive to, 15(J ; also bone refuse, 150; 

 power of migration of one species, 

 151 



Mineral oil and soft-soap, or com- 

 mon soap mixtures, or washes, 

 847—349 (see also paraffin and 

 soft-soap and soap washes) 



Mottled Umber Moth, 336—338; 

 " looper " caterpillar of, figured, 

 336 



Mussel Scale, 297 (see Scale, Mus- 

 sel) 



Mustard, 151—156 



Beetle, 151—156 ; first 



remarkable appearance of, 152 ; 

 identification of larva, 152 ; where 

 spring attack comes from, 152 ; 

 burning straw of, to destroy, 153, 

 154, — to check advance of, 155 ; 

 jarring or shaking down, 154 ; 

 ploiighing in, 155 



Mytilaspis pomorum, 297 



N. 



Nematus ribesii, 313 

 Neuroptera (Order), 384, 385 

 Neuropterus lenticularis, 237 

 Niggers (" Blacks " or " Black 



Palmers"), 194 

 Nitrate of soda, 27 ; effect of, on 



Daddy Longlegs grubs, 71, 116, 



147, 150 

 Noctua (Triphsena) prouuba, 31 

 Nut, 318—320 

 Weevil, 318—320 



0. 



Oak, 229—242 



Leaf-roller Moth, 238—241 ; 



birds which destroy caterpillar, 

 239; "washing" with water to 

 destroy, 240; effect of weather 

 on, 241 ; carnivorous caterpillars, 

 241 



Odyneri, 46 



Onion, 157—162 



Fly, 157—162 ; different 



species of, 157, 158; trenching 

 to prevent attack of, 158, 159 ; 

 earthing up bulbs, 159 ; clearing 

 infested bulbs, 160 ; fluid appU- 

 cations to check, 161 ; di-y dress- 

 ings to check, 161 



Orgyia antiqua, 322 



Orthoptera (Order), 382—384 



Orthotsenia turionana, 246 

 Oscinis frit ('? vastator, Curtis), 72 

 Otiorhynchus picipes, 361, 362 



sulcatus, 361, 362 



teuebricosus, 362 



Otter Moth, 132—134 



Paraffin oil, mixtm'e to check Carrot 

 Fly attack, 43 ; with ashes, &c., 

 as preventive for Hop Fly, 123 ; 

 with soft-soap, as a wash, 125 ; 

 with sand, as a preventive for 

 Hop Wireworm, &c., 144, 161 ; 

 and lime, 191 (to destroy Turnip 

 Fly) ; dilute, 222 ; " emulsions " 

 and washes of, or other mineral 

 oils, with soap, 347 — 349 ; and 

 red-lead, to paint stems of yoimg 

 trees with, 264 



Paring and bmniing, 68, 114, 143 



Paris-green, 352 — 360 ; proportion 

 recommended for use in spraying 

 caterpillars, 352—354, 357—359 ; 

 spraying apparatus, 354, 359 ; 

 method of distributing spray, 353 ; 

 nature of, 354, 355 ; cautions to 

 be observed in use of, 355 ; fatal 

 effect of great carelessness, 355 ; 

 cost of "green," 356; spray to 

 check Codlin Moth, 289 ; method 

 of use recommended by Prof. 

 Webster, 289, 290 ; spraying 

 with, to destroy Willow Beetle, 

 274 ; proportions and cautions 

 as to method of using, also desir- 

 ableness of procuring the powder 

 damped, 275, 276 



Parsnip, 162 (see, for attacks, 

 Carrot and Parsnip ; and Celery 

 and Parsnip insects) 



Pea Moth, 163, 164 



— and Clover Weevils, 164—169 ; 

 description of larvffi, 166; numbers 

 can be destroyed at harvest time, 

 167 ; on surface of snow amongst 

 stubble, 167 ; seen feeding at 

 night, as well as by dav, 169 



Pear, 820—327 



Moths, 320—323 (see Va- 



poiu'er and Wood Leopard Moths) 



and Cherry Sawfly, 324 



" Slug-worm," 324 

 Peas, 163—169 

 Phorbia cepetorum, 157 

 Phorodon humuli, 119 

 Phratora vitelliiise, 270 



