PREFACE. V 



Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera). 



Buff-tip Moth, Pygcera bnccpltala Leaves. 



Cabbage White Butterflies, Large, Fieris hrassiccc . . Cabbage leaves. 

 ,, ,, ,, Small, Pieris rapce ... ,, 



,, ,, ,, Green-veined, Pieris ntqri . ,, 



Common Vapourcr Moth, Orgijia antiqua Fruit-tree leafage. 



Currant (" Spinacli ") Moth, Cidaria doiata .... Currant leaves. 



Death's-head Moth, AcJieroiitia atrojjos Potato leaves. 



Diamond-back Moth, Plutella cruciferarum .... Turnip loaves. 



Eyed Hawk Moth, S)iierintJtus ocellatus Ajiple leaves. 



Eye-spotted Bud Moth, Tmctocera ocellana Apple buds and leaves. 



Lobster Moth, Stauroims ftuji Leaves of Oak, Sic. 



Mediterranean Mill Moth, Ephestia kuhniella .... Stored Hour. 



Privet Moth, Sphinx lujiistri Privet leaves. 



Puss Moth, Dicranura viniila Poplar and Willow leaves. 



Easpborrybud Moth, Lampionia ruhiclla . . . llaspberry llowers & leaf-buds. 



Surface Caterpillars (Aijrotis of various species) . . Boots of Turnips, corn, c&c. 



Wood Leopard Moth, Zcuzera ccsciili Wood of Pear branches, &c. 



Two-winged Flies (Diptera). 



Cabbage-root Maggots, AiitJionn/in sp Cabbage roots. 



Cheese and Bacon Fly, Piophila canel Cheese and Bacon. 



Daddy Longlegs ((Jabbage), Tipula oleracea . . Boots of Grass, Strawberry, c&c. 

 ,, (Spotted), ,, maculosa . . ,, ,, 



Deer Forest Fly, Lipoptera cervi On Deer. 



Deer Throat Bot Fly, Cephenomyia rufibarhis .... Nostrils & throat of Deer. 



Frit Fly, Oscinis frit Young Oat jjlants. 



Grouse Fly, Oinithoimjia avicularia On (irouse. 



Hessian Fly, Cecidomyia destructor Barley and Wheat stems. 



Horse Bot Fly, GaHtrophilus eqni Horses, internally. 



Ox Warble Fly, Hypodcrma bovis In hides of cattle. 



Pear Gnat Midge, Diplosis pyrivora Young Pears. 



Sheep's Nostril Fly, CEstrus avis Sheep's nostrils. 



Wheat-bulb Fly, Hyleinia courctata Young Wheat plants. 



Sawflies, &c. {Hymenoptera). 



Corn Sawfly, Cephus pygmceus Inside Wheat stems. 



Sirex, Giant, Sirex gigas Pine timber. 



,, Steel-blue, Sirex juvencus ,, 



Slug-worm of Pear Sawfly, Eriocampa liviacina . . . Pear and Cherry leaves. 



Crickets, Cockroaches [Orthoptera). 



House Cricket, AcJieta doniestica General feeders in houses. 



Cockroach, German, Pliyllodronda yermanica .... ,, ,, 



Aphides, Scale Insects, &c. {Homoptera). 



Aphis, Woolly Apple, "American Blight," Schizoneura laniycra Apple bark. 

 Scale, Apple, Oyster Scale, Mytilaspis pomorum . . . Bark. 



,, Beech "Felt," Cryptococcus fayi Beech bark. 



,, Currant and Gooseberry, Lccanium ribis . . . Bark. 



The above list gives names of the most important of the 

 attacks regarding which communication has been made. There 

 has been also enquiry regarding attacks of crop pests commonly- 

 known as insect allies, as Julus-worms, or False Wireworms, 

 Eelworms, &c. ; and of two of these attacks, entered on in detail, 

 that of the Snail-slug is given on account of it being so beneficial, 

 by preying on earth vermin, that it is desirable that it should 

 not be destroyed as an ordinary Slug; and the " Planarian," or 



