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INDEX. 



[1899 



PachyrJihia maculosa, 26-32 



Paraffin, 72, 74, 108, 140, 141 



With dry material as top-dressing for 

 Hops, 74 



Paraffin and soap, 140, 141 



Used against Cri/ptococctis fagi, 140 



ParatHn emulsion, 108 



Used against Selandria atra, 108 



Paraffni with soft-soap and quassia, 72 



Paris-green, 75, 108, 109, 125 



Use against Selcuidria atra, 108, 109; 

 applied to Lampronia rubiella, 123 



Pear (see Plant index) 



Pear and Cherry Sawfly (see Sehmdria 

 atra) 



Pear Gnat Midge (see Diplosis pyrivora) 



Phytoptus rihis, 40-45 



lieference to experiments with chemi- 

 cal applications, 41 ; summary of 

 life-hisiory, 41 ; experiments to 

 ascertain whether the Mites were 

 harboured in the earth, treatment 

 and isolation of plants, 41 ; mor- 

 tality of plants after treatment, 42 ; 

 result of microscopic examination 

 of buds of surviving plants, 43 ; 

 results obtained at Woburn and St. 

 Albans identical — no conveyance of 

 Mites in soil or roots, 43 ; result of 

 non-infested plants imported into 

 infested areas, 44 ; serious impor- 

 tance of growing Currants on large 

 areas, 44 ; possible means of migra- 

 tion of, 44, 45 ; notification of re- 

 port on, from Eidgmont Experi- 

 mental Fruit Farm, 45 



Pieris brassiae, 1-6 

 Note on past season's infestation, 1, 2; 

 description of, and allied species, 

 2-4 ; figure of, 1 ; prevention and 

 remedies — failure of lime and soot, 

 4; success of "Little's Anti-pest," 



4 ; U.S.A. kerosine emulsion for, 4, 



5 ; soft-soap washes suggested, 5 ; 

 result of killing 834 butterflies, o, 

 6 ; clearance of chrysalis, 6 ; note 

 on use of poultry against, 6 



Piophila casei, 7-20 



Note on infestation, 7, 8 ; description 

 of egg, maggot, and chrysalis, 8, 9, 

 11; life-history, 8-13; attack of, 

 to ham and bacon, 10-14 ; early 

 stages of attack in, 10 ; effects on 

 smoked and non-smoked meat, 13 ; 

 portions attacked, 13; eggs not laid 

 on fresh and salted meat, 13 ; ha- 

 bits of attack on cheese, 14-17 ; 

 note of attack in 16th century, 14, 

 15 ; methods of prevention and 

 cure, 13-20 ; use of fly powder, 13 ; 

 importance of atmospheric condi- 

 tions, 13 ; American methods, ex- 

 posure to protracted cold, pyre- 

 thrum powder, and burning sul- 



phur, 14; methods adopted in 

 Cheshire — lime-washing, use of fly- 

 papers, treatment with soft-soap, 

 15 ; treatment of infested cheese, 

 15 ; old-time use of Alder and Ivy, 

 15 ; use of pepper, 15 ; flour and 

 borax, 16 ; storage room to be kept 

 dark as a preventive, 16, 17 : general 

 summary of prevention and reme- 

 dies, 17-20 ; prevention of fly pre- 

 sence, 17, 18; use of excluding 

 screens, 17 ; use of Hy-papers and 

 killers, 18 ; remedial and preventive 

 measures to destroy infestation in 

 maggot or other stage in stores or 

 cheese-rooms, 18, 19 ; spring fumi- 

 gation, 18 ; white-washing and use 

 of carbolic acid, 18; cleaning of 

 shelves, <fec., and applying paraffin 

 emulsion, 18 ; use of steam against, 

 1(), 18 ; treatment to preserve 

 material from attack, or to get rid 

 of infestation when present, 19, 20 ; 

 use of calico caps and binders, 19 ; 

 use of bags to prevent attacking 

 hams, general attention to, sug- 

 gested use of deterrent in, 19 ; use 

 of cheese-grease containing rosin, 

 19 ; removal of infested parts, mix- 

 ture for refilling, 19, 20 



Planarian (see Bipaiiuni kewense) 



Plectrocelis concinna, reference to char- 

 acters of, 71 



Poplar (see Plant index) 



Psylliodes attenuata, 70-76 



Habits of the beetles, 70; notes of 

 attack, 70-73 ; description of, and 

 allied beetles, 71 ; note on egg- 

 laying, 72, 73 ; prevention and 

 remedies, 72-76; effects of lime, 

 soot, and sulphur on, 72 ; removal 

 of dead bines, &c., to prevent, 73 ; 

 kainite suggested for top-dressing 

 plants, 74 ; paraffin with ashes, &c., 

 as a dressing, 74, — with soft-soap 

 and quassia, 72 ; basic slag for, 75 ; 

 lime- wash, copper, sulphate, Bor- 

 deaux, and Paris-green suggested 

 for, 75 



Pterostichiis (Steropus) madidus, referred 

 to, 144 



Puss Moth (see Dicranura vinula) 



Q. 



Quassia, ]23 



Applied to Lampronia rubiella, 123 



E. 



Easpberry (see Plant index) 



Easpberry Stem-bud Caterpillar (see 



Lampronia rubiella) 

 Eust-red Flour Beetle (see Tribolium 



ferrugineum) 



