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Flour Beetle, Confused (see Trihnlium 



confusum) 

 Flour Beetle, Eust-red (see Tribolium 



ferrugineum) 

 Flour and Grain Beetles (see Tribolium 



spp., and Tenehrioides muritanicus) 



G. 



Gas-lime, 32, 74, 79 



Eesults of application to Hops, 74 ; 

 uses of, against 'Tipula spp. (q. v.) 

 Gas-lime water, 97 



Ground Beetle (see Harpalus rujicornis) 

 Grouse (>ee Ornithomyia avicularia and 



Special index) 

 Grouse Fly (see Ornithomyia avicularia) 

 Guano, 32 



Uses of, against Tipula spp. (q.v.) 

 Guano and salt, 32 



Uses of, against Tipula spp. (q. v. ) 



H. 



Harpalus rujicornis, 143-145 



Localities of attack, 143, 144 ; de- 

 scription of, and allied species, 144 ; 

 method of attack, 144 ; serviceable 

 methods of destroying by trapping, 

 144, 145 



Hessian Fly (see Cecidomyia destructor) 



Hippobosca sp., characters of, in com- 

 parative table, 62 



Hippoboscidce, referred to, 62 



Hop (see Plant index) 



Hop-cone Beetle (see Psylliodes attenu- 

 ata) 



Hop Flea Beetle (see Psylliodes attenu- 

 ata) 



'• Hopper '' (see Piopldla casei) 



I. 



Insects, V, vi, viii 



Classified list of, v, vi ; alphabetical 

 list of, viii 



K. 



Kainite, 32, 74, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 125 

 Uses of, against Tipula spp. (q. v.) ; 

 as a top-dressing for Hops, 74 ; use 

 against Diplosis pyrivora, 95, 96, 

 97, 98, 101 ; suggested as top- 

 dressing for Lampronia rubiella, 

 125 



L. 



Lampronia rubiella, 119-126 



Habits of larvae, or caterpillars, 119, 

 122 ; localities of infestation, 120 ; 



life-history, 120, 121; descriptions 

 of caterpillars and moth ; condition 

 of plants when attacked, 120, 121 ; 

 observations on attacks from corre- 

 spondents, 122-124 ; methods of 

 prevention and cure, 123, 124-126; 

 collecting infested shoots effectual, 

 124; gas-lime, result of application, 

 123 ; Paris-green, 123 ; quassia, 

 123; removal of old stumps, &c., 

 to prevent, 125 ; ground-dressing 

 suggested, 125 ; kainite suggested 

 for, 125 



Land Planarian (see Bij)alium keiuense) 



Lapathum, referred to, 132 



Leather Jackets (see Tipula oleracea 

 and S23p.) 



Lepturce preyed upon by Atlious rhom- 

 beus, 67 



Lime, quick, 95, 108, 109 



Effect of, on Selandria atra, 108, 109 



Lime-wash, 75 



Lipoptera, characters of, in comparative 

 table, 62 



M. 



Mediterranean Mill Moth (see Ephestia 

 kuhniella) 



Melophagus, characters of, in compara- 

 tive table, 62 



Mill Moth (see Ephestia kuhniella) 



Mills (see Special index) 



Muriate of potash, 101 



N. 



Nitrate of soda, 30, 32 



Uses of, against attack of Tipula spp. 

 (q. v.) ; quantity per acre for Straw- 

 berry plants, 30 ; effect of rainfall 

 upon, 31 



Nitrate of soda and kainite, 97 



Notices, short, 137-145 



0. 



Olfersia, characters of, in comparative 

 table, 62 



Ornithomyia avicularia, 59-63 

 Description and characters of, 59, 60 ; 

 description of puparium deposited 

 in confinement, 60 ; structural 

 characters of, and comparisons with 

 allied insects, 60-63 ; habits of, 63 ; 

 occurrence of, on a Lamb, 63 



Otiorhynchus sp.?, 30, 31 

 Eeference to grubs of, found infesting 

 Strawberry plants, 30, 31 



Otiorhynchus sulcatus pieyed upon by 

 Athous rhombeus, 66, 67 



Oxypterum, characters of, in compara- 

 tive table, 62 



