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INDEX. 



Acanthocinus sedilis, 99, 100 



American Blight, 15 



Anobium imniceum, 77; (= Sitodrepa 



pamcea), 105 ; striatum, 105 ; tessel- 



latum = Xestobium tessellatum. Fab. 



{= X. rufo-villosum, De G.), 105 

 Anthonomus pomorum, 14 

 Antler Moth in Surrey, 33 

 Aphis mali, 15 

 Apple, 1—16 

 Apple Aphis, 15 

 Apple-blossom Weevil, 14 

 AjDple Sawflj, 15 

 Apple-suckers, 15 

 Astynomus asdilis ( = Acanthocinus tedi- 



lis), 99, 100 

 Atoinaria linearis, 68 — 71 



Bacon Beetle, 60—63 (see also Larder 

 Beetle) 



Bat Beetle, 123—126 



Beneficial insects, 30 — 33 



Benzinated water for dogs and cats. 

 49 



Birds, usefulness of, 129 



Boot Beetle, 105, 110 (see also Seeds, 

 Stores, and Wood ) 



Bread or Paste Beetle, 105 (see also 

 Seeds, Stores, and Wood) 



Bristle-tails, 116—119 



Buff-tip Moth, 1—5 ; food-plants of, 1 ; 

 infesting orchards, 2; localities of 

 infestation, 2 ; life-history of, 3 ; pre- 

 vention and remedies, 4,5; to collect 

 caterpillars by jarring or shaking, 4 ; 

 tarred bands to prevent caterpillars 

 re-ascending tree, 4 ; to destroy females 

 to prevent egg-laying, 5 ; children to 

 collect chrysalids of, 5 



Bull-heads, caused by caterpillar of 

 Gortyna immanis, 104 



Calathus cisteloides, 124 



Carpocapsa pomonella, 15 



Cat and Dog Flea, 44, 48, 49 



Cecidomyia brassicte, 130—133 ; de- 

 structor, 33; nigra?, 84 — 92; pyri- 

 cola, 84—92 ; trifoUi, 18, 21, 25 



Cerostoma xylostella, 127 — 129 



Ceutorhynchus assimilis, 130—133 



Charffias graminis, 33 



Checkered Death-watch Beetle, 105 (see 

 also Seeds, Stores, and Wood) 



Chaerocampa elpenor, 72 — 75 



Chiswick Soap Company, 43 



Clay-coloured Weevil, 14, 78—82; in- 

 juring hop-grounds, 78 ; at Farnham, 

 79 ; observations on attack, 79 ; pre- 

 vention and remedies, 80 ; traps for, 

 80 ; method of treatment of wall trees 

 for, 81, 82 



Clover, 17—33 



Cockchafer, 120—123 



Codlin Moth, 15 



Common Cockchafer, noted as injuri- 

 ous, 33 



Copper, aceto-arsenite of, 9 (see Paris- 

 green) 



Corn and Grass, 33 



Corn Sawfly, not recorded as injurious 

 this year, 33 



Creolined water and powder for dogs 

 and cats, 49 



Currant, 34 — 43 



Currant Gall Mite, 34—38 ; loss caused 

 by, 34 ; experiments on, at Woburn, 

 34, 35 ; life-history of the whole year 

 known, 35 ; life-history of, 35—37 ; 

 cost of hand-picking, 37, 38; possible 

 means of dissemination, 38 ; other 

 fruit bushes or crops grown amongst 

 Black Currants give safety and lessen 

 attack, 38 



Currant Scale, 38—43 ; food-plants of, 

 38, 39 ; Raspberry a new food-plant 

 for, 39 : synonymy of, 39 ; description 

 of, 39 ; observations on habits of, 

 *^9 — 42 ; prevention and remedies for, 

 42, 43 ; to destroy, on Raspberry, by 

 early removal of " canes," 42 ; date 

 of winter pruning important, 43; 

 treatment of wall-trained jjlants, 43 ; 

 soap-washes to destroy, and different 

 methods of application of, 43 



Daddy Longlegs (Tipiila), 33 



Death-watch Beetle, Checkered, 105; 

 Strii^ed, 105 (see also Seeds, Stores] 

 and Wood) 



Deciduous Tree-boring Beetle, 92 98 ; 



chief characters of insect, its method 

 of infestation and life-history com- 

 pared with Trypodendron Uneatum, 



96, 97 ; prevention and remedies for 



97, 98 



Dermestes lardarius, 60 — 63 



