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INDEX. 
a 
Agrotis exclamationis, 143, 146; sege- 
tum, 143, 146 
Apple, 1—9 
Apple Sawfly, note on, 9 
Asparagus, 10—13 
Asparagus Beetle, 10—13 ; 
doyy aI, ate) 
Beet Carrion Beetle, 14—16; at Pota- 
toes, 15; habits of, 15, 16 
Bone and Leather Beetle, 17—22; in- 
juries of, to bones and wood, 18, 19; 
description of, 20; remedies for, 22 
Bones, 17 —22 
Bot Fly, Red-bearded, 56—59 ; localities 
of, in Scotland, 56; description of, 57, 
58; method of attack to Deer, 58, 59 
Cabbage, 23—28 
Cabbage and Turnip Gnat Midge, 148 
Cabbage Butterflies, 23—28; Large 
White, 23—25; Green-veined White, 
25; remedies for, 26—28; Paris-green 
as a remedy for, 26; gas-lime a 
remedy for, 27 
Caddis Worms, 153—157; description 
of, 154; ‘‘cases”’ of, 154, 155; Cad- 
dis Flies, 155; ‘‘ worms ’’ destroyed by 
trout, 156, 157; remedial measures 
against, 157; ‘‘ Caddis Flies” different 
from ‘‘ May Flies,” or Ephemeride, 
157 
Carpocapsa pomonella, 1 
Caterpillars feeding on each other, 42, 
145 
Cecidomyia brassice, 148; 
pyricola, 116 
Cephenomyia rufibarbis = auribarbis, 56 
Chafers, 35—40; Rose Chafer, 35—38 ; 
description of, 39; distinctions be- 
tween larve of, and those of Cock- 
chafers, 39,40; method of clearing 
from Roses, 40 
Clover ‘‘ Stem-sickness,”’ 45, 46; reme- 
dies for, 51 
Cockroaches, 28—34 
Cockroach, German, 28—34; habits 
and description of, 29—31; shape of 
egg-case of, 30; methods for de- 
struction of, 31—34; fumigation to 
get rid of, 33 
Codlin Moth, 1—9; fruits infested by, 
2; larva of, 3; prevention and reme- 
dies for, 4—9; Paris-green a remedy 
for, 7; parasites of, 9 
Corn and Grass, 35—52 
Crioceris asparagi, 10 
‘Croton Bug,’’ 28; why so called, 31 
remedies 
nigra=C. 
Currants, 58—56 
Currant Shoot and Fruit Moth, 53—56 ; 
in Black Currants, 53; appearance 
of attacked shoots of Red Currant, 
54; life-history of, 54,55; treatment 
for, 55 
Deer, 56—68 
Deer Bot Fly (Red-bearded), 56 
Deer Forest Fly, 60—68; males drop 
their wings, 61; synonyms of, 61; 
description of, 63; description of 
habits of, 64—68 
Dermestes vulpinus, 17 
Diplosis pyrivora, 116 
Drought in second quarter of 1896, 95 
Earwigs, Common, 69—75; _ various 
crops injured by, 69; at Hops, 70, 
71; to catch, at Hops, 71; life-history 
of, 72, 73; prevention and remedies, 
73—75; to get rid of, in the ear, 
75 
Eelworms (Stem) in Onions, 107—115; 
first record of, in this country, 107; 
description of, 108; description of 
Eelworms, 109,—plate of, to face 
109; effect of, on grown bulbs and 
on seedlings, 112; remedies for, and 
steep to kill, in seed, 113—115 
Eelworms (Stem) in Stem-sick Clover, 
and ‘‘ Tulip-root”’ in Oats, 44—52 ; 
in Cow Clover after Trifolium incar- 
natum, 45; description of Clover-sick 
plants, 46; description of ‘ Tulip- 
root,’ 47; attack in ‘ Tulip-root ” 
after Stem-sick Cow-grass Clover, 48, 
49; remedies and treatment to pre- 
vent, 50—52 
Emphytus serotinus, 87 
Ephestia Kuhniella, 103 
Eriocampa limacina, 125 
Fisher Hobbs’ mixture, 27 
Flies, two-winged (see House Fly), 76 
Forficula auricularia, 69 
Gas-lime, preventive of damage from 
Cabbage caterpillars, 27; with soot 
to destroy Pear Slugworm, 128 
Hartwell (Miss Anne), Miss Ormerod’s 
resident lady secretary, Preface, viii 
Hepialus lupulinus, 41 
Hoplocampa testudinea, 9 
House Fly, 76—83 ; description of, 77 ; 
life-history of, 77—79; localities fre- 
quented by, for breeding, 79; geogra- 
phical distribution, 79; attacks of, 
to Horses, 80,—observations on, by 
Dr. Spooner Hart, 80; eye fringe to 
