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tion and remedies, 38-40 ; date of 

 sowing, imiiortant as a preventive, 

 38 ; destruction of screenings, 38, 

 39 ; theoretical objections to, aban- 

 doned, 39 ; burning stubble to de- 

 stroy tlax-seeds, 39 

 Cecidomyia nigra (see Diplosis pyri- 



vora) 

 Cecidomyia pyricola (see Diplosis pyri- 



vora) 

 Cerura vimila (see Dicranura vitmla) 

 Cheese and Bacon (see Special index) 

 Cheese and Bacon Fly (see Fiophila 



casei) 

 Cheese Hopper (see Fiophila casei) 

 Cidaria dotata, 46-48 

 Attacking Red Currants, 46 ; descrip- 

 tion of the moth and caterpillar, 

 46, 47 ; observations on attack, 47 ; 

 food-plants of, 48 ; prevention and 

 remedy, destroying eggs, hand- 

 picking pupffi, Paris-green, for, 

 48 

 Click Beetle, Small Brown (see Agriotes 



obscurus) 

 Click Beetle, Pasture (see Agriotes spu- 



tator) 

 Coccus, Beech (see Cryptococcus fagi) 

 Copper sulphate (blue vitriol), 75 

 Corn and Grass (see Plant index) 

 Corn Sawfly, reference to local observa- 

 tions on, 40 

 Crane Flies (see Tipula oleracea and 



spp.) 

 Cryptococcus fagi, 139-141 

 Nature of infestation, 139 ; general 

 characters of , 139, 140; localities of 

 infestation, 140 ; soap and parafiin 

 for, 140 

 Cryptorliyuchus lapathi, 131-136 



Early injury to Willows noted, 131 ; 

 localities of infestation, 132, 133 ; 

 correspondents' observations on, 

 132, 133 ; sound caused by, 133 ; de- 

 scription of beetle and larvte, l;:i3, 

 134 ; life-history, 134, 135 ; nature 

 of injury, 135 ; prevention and 

 remedy, 135, 136 ; cutting away 

 infested wood, 135 ; period for 

 carrying out work, 136 ; " beating'' 

 to collect beetles, 136 

 Currant (see Plant index) 

 Currant Gall Mite (see Phytoptiis ribis) 



D. 



Daddy Longlegs (see Tipula oleracea and 

 spp.) 



Dicranura vimila, 114-119 



Food-plants of, 114 ; description of 

 caterpillar, 114, 115 ; life-history, 

 115, 116 ; data of observation on 

 larvffi in captivity, 117, 118; pre- 

 vention and remedy, 118, 119 



Diplosis pyrivora, 92-101 



Observation on previous attack, 92 ; 

 description of tly, method of egg- 

 laying, and description of maggot, 

 93, 94 ; number of, in a single fruit, 

 97 ; place of pupation, 94 ; obser- 

 vations on experiments by various 

 contributors, 94-99 ; methods of 

 prevention and remedy, 94-101 ; 

 importance of early gathering of 

 infested fruit, 94, 99, 100; use of 

 kainite against, 95, 96, 97, 98 ; re- 

 moving surface soil, 94, 96, 97, 98 ; 

 quicklime for, 95 ; nitrate of soda 

 and kainite, 97 ; gas-lime water for, 

 97 ; wood ashes, 99 ; muriate of 

 potash for, 101 ; general summary 

 of treatment for, 99-101 



E. 



Ephestia kulmiella, 54, 76-92 



Treatment of infested bags, 54 ; pre- 

 valence of, in England and Scot- 

 land, 76 ; observations on spread of 

 scourge from various localities, 77- 

 80 ; places of attack, spouts, con- 

 veyers, &c., 79 ; distinctive charac- 

 teristics of the species — egg, cater- 

 pillar, and perfect insect, 81 ; life- 

 history, 82, 83 ; food of, 84 ; geo- 

 graphical distribution, 84 ; methods 

 of prevention and remedies, 85-92; 

 remarks of various contributors on 

 various treatment of infested mills, 

 &c., 77-80; to check ingress and 

 egress of eggs and caterpillars, 85 ; 

 quarantine goods or bags in heated 

 chamber, 86 ; needs of inspection by 

 qualified examiner, 86 ; sterilizing 

 bags, (fee, 86 ; treatment of bins, 

 (fee, in bakeries, 87 ; application of 

 steam, slaked lime, and paraffin, 

 87 ; results of, 87 ; method of steam- 

 ing in Canada, 88, 89 ; fumigation 

 with sulphur, 89 ; result of action 

 on flour, 90 ; method of preparing 

 sulphur, chlorine, and bisulphide of 

 carbon fumes, 90, 91 ; advice on use 

 of, 91 ; digest of observations on 

 treatment, 91, 92 



Eriocampa limacina (see Selandria 

 atra) 



Eriocampoides limacina (see Selandria 

 atra) 



Eye-spotted Bud Moth (see Tvietocera 

 ocellana) 



F. 



Fisher Hobbs's mixture, 74 

 Flatworm (see Bipalinm kewense) 

 Flour and Grain (see Special index) 



