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INDEX. 



A. 



Agriotes obscurus, 64-70 



Unusual enquiries regarding, and 

 allied species, 64, 65 ; differential 

 characters of, and allied species, 

 65 ; locality for egg-laying, 65 ; 

 plan of trapping, 64, 65, 66 ; food 

 of, 66 ; experimental results of 

 effect of rape cake, Indian or 

 Kurrachee, mustard-cake, castor oil 

 seed-cake, and cotton oil-cake on, 

 68, 69 ; description of experiments 

 on Wireworm, 69 ; period of exist- 

 ence on limited supply of food, 69, 

 70 



Agriotes sputator, considered jointly with 

 A. obscurus (q. v.), 64-70 



Aldersey Grammar School, work of 

 boys clearing Cabbage Butterflies, 

 5,6 



Alder Killer (German) (see Cryptorhyn- 

 chus lapathi) 



Apion apricans, 20-26 



Descriptions of A. assimile and A. 

 trifolii, 20, 21 ; synonymy of, 21 ; 

 three species attacking Clover, 21 ; 

 life-history of, 21, 22; description 

 of larva, i:)upa, and jjerfect insect, 

 22, 23 ; note on attack, 23, 25 ; 

 prevention and remedy, 24-26 ; 

 early mowing, or feeding crop to 

 prevent, 25 ; suggested treatment 

 for checking beetles travelling from 

 Clover stacks, 25; useof Paris-green, 

 with necessary precautions, advised, 

 25 



Apion assimile, 20-26 



Considered jointly with Apion apri- 

 cans (q. v.), 20-26 



Apion fagi (see A. apricans) 



Apion jlavifemoratum (see A. apricans) 



Apple (see Plant index) 



Arsenical wash, 110 

 For Selandria atra, 110 



Athous rhombeus, 64, 66 



And jointly with Agriotes obscurus, 

 64-70 ; carnivorous habits of, 64, 

 66, 67 ; larva attacking Otiorhyn- 

 clius, 66, 67 ; description of larva, 67 



B. 



Bat Beetle (see Harpalus ruficornis) 



Bedstraw (see Plant index) 



Beech (see Plant index) 



Beech-bark Felt Scale (see Cryptococcus 



Beneficial Insect (see Athous rhombeus) 



Beneficial Snail (see Testacella haiio- 

 tidea) 



Bipalium kewense, 111-113 



Habitat of, 111, 113; description of, 

 112, 113 ; life-habits of, 113 ; pres- 

 ence of, at Kew, 113 



Bisulphide of carbon, use against corn 

 and tiour pests, 55 



Bordeaux mixture, 75 



Braula, characters of, in comparative 

 table, 62 



Bread Beetle, " Cadellc " (see Tene- 

 brioides (Trogosita) muritanicus) 



C. 



Cabbage (see Plant index) 



Cabbage Butterflies (see Pieris brassicee, 

 F. rapce, and /-". napi) 



Cabbage Daddy Longlegs (see Tipnla 

 oleracea and spp.) 



" Cadelle," or Bread Beetle (see Te7ie- 

 brioides [Trogosita) muritanicus) 



Calandra sp., 53 

 Treatment of sacks infested by, 53 



Calathus cisteloides, referred to, 144 



Calceolaria (see Plant index) 



Carnivorous Wireworm Beetle (see 

 Athous rhombeus) 



Caustic alkali solution, 141, 142 



Results of use against fruit-tree pests, 

 141 ; method of mixing, precautions 

 to operator, 142 



Cecidomyia destructor, 33-40 

 Notification of attack of, in August, 

 18'.»9, on Wiltshire Downs, 33 ; de- 

 scription of Fly, method of attack, 

 34 ; character of infested Wheat, 

 35, 37 ; observations on life-history, 

 36-38 ; structural characters of 

 pupa and maggot, 37, 38 ; preven- 



