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INDEX. 



laterella, Agromyza. 



Lathyrus silvestris, Bruclius affinis 

 in pods of, in France, 236. 



laticinctus, Microdus. 



laticinerea, Graptolitha. 



laticollis, Prionus. 



latifrons, Brethesia. 



latinasus, Caulophilus. 



latreillei, Tropidacris. 



Laurel {Lauriis nohilis), Trioza 

 alacris on, in Argentina, 252 ; 

 pests of, in Italy, 157. 



lauri, Aonidia ; Heilipus ; Rhyncolus. 



Laurus nohilis (see Bay Tree). 



Lawns, LapJiygma exigua in, in S. 

 Africa, 331. 



Lawsonia alba, Wallceriana cinerea 

 on, in S. India, 403. 



Lazal, in mixture for dusting 

 against Anthonomus grandis, 497. 



Lead, Buprestis japonensis boring in, 

 in Japan, 275. 



Lead Arsenate, as a powder, 6, 57, 

 61, 75, 79, 100, 102, 149, 174, 175, 

 207, 256, 293, 333, 341, 394, 479, 

 497, 522; in baits, 16, 79, 105; 

 formulae for, in sprays, 81, 262, 

 440, 463, 464 ; against coconut 

 pests, 14, 390, 391 ; against 

 cotton pests, 75, 102, 149, 497, 

 522 ; against pests of forest 

 trees, 60, 176, 357, 383, 416, 444 ; 

 aoainst orchard pests, 27, 28, 

 50, 63, 100, 120, 167, 171, 173, 

 174, 175, 207, 208, 213, 216, 222, 

 251, 256, 262, 273, 293, 305, 310, 

 313, 332, 337, 338, 340, 342, 362, 

 366, 372, 394, 428, 440, 450, 462, 

 463, 464, 468, 483, 495, 508, 509 ; 

 against vegetable pests, 8, 56, 

 57, 58, 61,"79, 81, 84, 105, 117, 

 148, 151, 166, 208, 312, 325, 338, 

 339, 341, 375, 394, 405, 417, 418, 

 444, 479, 522 ; against vine pests, 

 100, 397; and Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, 148, 337, 375, 450, 495, 522, 

 525 ; calcium arsenate as a 

 substitute for, 101, 188, 338, 525 ; 

 and lime, 14, 85, 310, 313, 333, 

 342, 394, 479 ; and lime-sulphur, 

 146, 171, 173, 207, 208, 337, 366, 

 45 ; effect of addition of molasses 

 to, 495 ; and Paris green, 16 ; 

 and sulphur, 6, 174, 175, 256, 

 341 ; and tobacco extracts, 63, 

 174, 342 ; value of, as an 

 insecticide, 522 ; cost of, in 

 sprays, compared with other 

 insecticides, 325 ; diluents for 

 dusting with, 479 ; experiments 

 with different brands of, 428 ; 

 effect of freezing on, 83 ; ineffec- 

 tive against Pempheres affinis, 

 114 ; ineffective against termites 

 on sugar-cane, 133. 



Lead Chromate, spraying experi- 

 ments with, against Homona 

 eoffearia, 405 ; suggested spray- 

 ing with, against Utetheisa pul- 

 chella, 55. 



Lead Oxide, lime less expensive 

 than, 188. 



Leaf-hoppers, notes on parasites of, 

 in N. America, 197 ; on rice in 

 Korea, 274; in Japan, 100; 

 on rice in Malaya, 520 ; a possible 

 factor in dissemination of mot- 

 tUng disease of sugar-cane in 

 Porto Rico, 514 ; (see Empoasca, 

 Etitettix, Perkinsiella, etc.). 



Leather-] ackets, measui'es against, 

 in Britain, 442 ; destroyed by 

 crows in U.S.A., 204 ; (see 

 Tipula). 



Lebia ornata, predaceous on Galeru- 

 cella cavicollis in Xew York, 182. 



lecanii, Coccopliagus ; Torrubiella. 



Lecaniiim, intercepted in California, 

 427, 503, 504 ; infested with 

 Aschersonia turhinata in Cuba, 

 349 ; on peaches and apricots 

 in Denmark, 448 ; intercepted 

 on spruce in Nebraska, 9. 



Lecaniuni capreae (see Eulecanium). 



Lecanium corni (see Eulecanium). 



Lecaniwm coryli (see Eulecanium,). 



Lecanium hemisphaerica (see Sais- 

 setia). 



Lecanium hesperidum (see Coccus). 



Lecanium hunoensis, intercepted on 

 plums in California, 361. 



Lecanium nigra (see Saissetia). 



Lecanium nigrofasciatum (see Eule- 

 canium). 



Jjecanium oleae (see Saissetia). 



Ljccanium persicae (see Eulecanium). 



Lecanium prunastri{see Eulecanium). 



Lecanium signiferum, in Portugal, 6. 



Lecanium tessellatum (see Eucalym- 

 natus). 



Lecanium viridis (see Coccus). 



Lecanopsis, on Gramineae, 276. 



lecontei, H.ippodamia. 



lecttilarius, Cimex. 



lecythus, Asilus. 



Leeks, pests of, in Britain, 509, 542 ; 

 pests of, in Denmark, 448 ; 

 Acrolepia assectella on, in France, 

 270 ; Phorbia platura on, in 

 Holland, 124. 



Legislation, doubt as to value of, 

 against foulbrood in bees in S. 

 Africa, 244 ; proposed against 

 importation of bees into Den- 

 mark, 452 ; against bee diseases 

 in Florida, 501 ; (see Plant Pests). 



leguminicola, Eriococcus ; Perrisia 

 (Dasyneura). 



Leidyana erratica, parasite of Gryllus 

 spp., 196. 



