INDEX. 



665 



beetles, 532, 533 ; oil of, as a 



protection against clothes moths, 



532. 

 Laxton-berry, Fenusa pumilis on, in 



Britain, 510. 

 leachellus, Crawhus. 

 Lead, Xijlopsocus yibbicoUis boring 



in, in Australia, 142. 

 Lead Acetate, experiments with, 



in poison-baits for BJissns le^icop- 



terusi, 305, 306 ; in preparation 



of lead arsenate. 191. 

 I^ead Arsenate, 361, 370 ; as a 



powder, 53, 54, 200, 201, 214, 216, 



228, 241, 248, 255, 299, 300, 371, 

 395, 452, 459, 485 ; in poison- 

 baits, 262, 371, 372, 396, 493; 

 formulae for, in sprays, 73, 122, 

 169, 191, 226, 228, 229, 230. 231, 

 459, 468 ; and sugar, spraying 

 Avith, against Anteslia lineati- 

 ro/Z/.s, 15; and clay, as a dress- 

 ing against bark- beetles, 430; 

 against cranberry pests, 553, 554, 

 562, 563 ; spraying with, against 

 coconut pests, 237 ; against cot- 

 ton pests, 248, 452 ; against 

 insects on forest trees, 118, 122, 

 144, 178, 205, 218, 267, 268, 330. 

 331, 456, 457, 458, 460 ; against 

 fruit flics, 242, 262, 413,^ 415, 

 468; a-zainst orchard ])ests, 28, 

 37, 53, 54, 64, 96, 112, 122, 145, 

 159, 165, 169, 173, 191, 228, 228, 



229, 230, 231, 239, 242, 267, 268, 

 274, 293, 309, 310, 319, 324, 341, 

 362, 366, 371, 372. 385, 388, 389, 

 401, 413, 415, 424, 448, 452, 456, 

 457, 458, 460, 464, 468, 473, 486, 

 511, 546, 552, 560, 561 ; spraying, 

 with, against I'hloeolhrip» oleoe, 

 55 ; against locusts and grass- 

 hoppers, 31, 517 ; for protecting 

 sugar-cane from termites, 123 ; 

 against tobacco pests, 271 ; 

 against veaetable pests, 82, 92, 

 153, 200, 201, 214, 215, 216, 221, 

 241, 242, 255, 294, 299, 300, 340, 

 371, 388, 395, 409, 454, 459, 485, 

 486, 499, 509, 538 ; against vine 

 pests, 73, 95, 163, 273, 471 ; and 

 Bordeaux mixture, 71, 273, 395; 

 comparison of calcium arsenate 

 and, 61, 198, 329, 330, 341, 361, 

 560 ; less satisfactory than cal- 

 cium arsenate when combined 

 with Bordeaux mixture, 330 ; 

 and copper sulphate, 401 ; and 

 lime, 169, 229, 231, 388, 401, 452, 

 464, 473, 499 ; and lime-sulnhur, 



230, 299, 300, 341 ; and molasses, 

 293, 415: influence of molasses 

 on adhesiveness of, 198 ; and nico- 

 tine, 545, 565 ; and Paris green, 

 255, 271, 395 ; and soap, 201 ; 



and sulphur, 255, 452 ; effect 

 of use of prickly pear sap in 

 sprays of, 472 ; effect of residues 

 of, on man and animals, 467 ; 

 effect of, against Bruchids, 466; 

 experiments with spreaders for 

 sprays of, 199 ; spraying with, 



impracticable against' Contheyla 



rotunda, 47 ; ineffective against 

 Cydia molesia, 374 ; ineffective 



against Depressaria herncleana, 

 255 ; ineffective against willow 



pests, 41 ; legislation respecting 



purity of, in Pennsylvania, 40. 

 Lead Arsenite, replaced by cak^um 



arsenate in sprays, 329. 

 Lead Carbonate, ineffective against 



clothes moths, 532. 

 Lead C'hromate, spraying expeii- 



ments with, against Rhopobota 



naeimio, 118. 

 Lead Oxide, ineffective against 



clothes moths, 532, 

 Lead Paint, White, experiments 



with, against .legrerm exitiosa, 448. 

 Lead Siilphide, formed by mixing 



lime-sulphur and lead arsenate, 



61. 

 Lead, White, in mixture for paint- 

 ing apple trees against Eriosoma 



lanigerum, 471. 

 Lead -boring Beetle (see Xylupsocus 



(jibbicollis). 

 Leaf-Burn of Potato, and its rela- 

 tion to Empoasra mali in U.S.A., 



489. 

 Leaf -cutting Ant (see Attn). 

 Leaf -eating Crane-fly (see Cylin- 



drotoma splevdens). 

 Leaf footed Tomato Bug (see f.epto- 



(jlossus balte(dns). 

 Leaf-hoppers, on sn<:ar-cane in the 



Philippines, 25 ; experiments in 



transmission of curly-top of beet 



by, 481, 564 ; (see Empnasco, 



EuteUi.r aJid Typhlocyba). 

 Leathet, infested with Dermestfs 



ridpinus in U.S.A., 350. 

 Leather Beetle (see Dermesles iml- 



pinus). 

 Leconium, intercepted in ijuaranUne 



on currants in S. Africa 358 ; 



intercepted in avocado se^d in 



V.^.A., 206. 

 Lpcanium bitahcrculatum. (see Eule- 



caninm). 

 Lecaniuni capreae, food -plants of, 



in Britain, 59. 

 Lecanium cerasorum (see Eideca- 



nium). 

 Lecanium corni (see Eidpcanium). 

 Lecanium elon^atiim (see Coccus). 

 Lecanium hesperidum (see Coccus). 

 Lecanium hemisphaericum, (see 



SaisseUa). 



