160 
prevent attack of, 82; garden trap 
for, 82; to clear windows of, 83 
Hybernia defoliaria, 84; life-history 
of, 92 
Hylurgus piniperda, 131; 
of, in Larch, 141 
Incurvaria capitella, 53 
Insect attacks of the year, classified 
list of, Preface, x 
Kainite to destroy maggots of Pear Gnat 
Midge, 120 
Kerosine mixtures, recipes for, 98, 99 
Larch, attack of Pine Beetles to, in 
Scotland, 141, 142 
Leafage Caterpillars, 84—103; kinds of 
trees attacked, 84; localities of at- 
tack, 84, 88; Sawfly caterpillars, 87; 
description and life-history of moths, 
91— 93; weather influence and 
droughts affecting amount of appear- 
ance, 94—96; sticky-banding, 96—98; 
kerosine mixtures, 99; period for 
grease-banding, 99; importance of 
pruning after egg-laying time, 100; 
Paris-green, 101—103; knapsack 
sprayer, 103 ; London-purple, 103 
Leather and Bone Beetle, 17 
Lime to destroy caterpillars of Cabbage 
butterflies, 26; a preventive for as- 
cent of Winter Moths, 89; and soot 
to destroy Pear “‘ slugworms,” 128 
Limnephilus flavicornis, 153, 154 
Lipoptera = (Lipoptena) cervi, 60 
Lyda pyri=L. clypeata=L. fasciata, 
121 
infestation 
Mediterranean Mill Moth, 103—106; 
life-history of, 104; note of amount 
of increase of, 105 
Melolontha vulgaris (see Chafers), 35 
Mormonia nigromaculata, 153 
Mottled Umber Moth, 84; life-history 
of, 92; description of, 93 
Musca domestica, 76 
Nitrate of soda to destroy maggots of 
Pear Gnat Midge, 120 
Oak-leaf Roller Moth, 84; description 
of, 91 
‘*Oblong’’ Leaf Weevil, 128—131; de- 
scription of, 129; history of, 130 
Onions, 107—115 
Onion Eelworm-sickness, 107—115 
Ormerod, Miss Georgiana E., F.E.S., 
obituary notice of, Preface, vii, viii; 
Portrait of, Frontispiece 
Pamphilius flaviventris, 121 
Paris-green, directions for use of, 
101—103; as a remedy for Codlin 
Moth, 7; as a remedy for larve of 
Cabbage butterflies, 26 
Pear, 116—131 
Pear Gnat Midge, 116—121; synonymy 
of, 117; description of, 117; life- 
history of, 118; kainite and nitrate 
of soda to destroy larve of, 120 
INDEX. 
Pear Lyda, 121—124; description of 
caterpillars and web of, 122; life- 
history of, 123; to get rid of, 124 
Pear and Cherry Sawfly, 125—128; 
larve, or ‘‘slugworms,” of, 127; 
simple application to destroy, 128 
Phyllobius oblongus, 128 
Phyllodromia Germanica, 28 
Phyllopertha horticola, 35 
Pieris brassicx, 23; napi, 23 
Pine, 131—142 
Pine Beetle, 131—142; attacks of, in 
Forfarshire, 132—135; descriptions 
of maggot and beetle, 137; beetles in 
Pine shoots from near Redditch, Wor- 
cestershire, 138; descriptions of bee- 
tle borings in shoots, 139; prevention 
and remedies, 140,141; observations 
of presence of, in Larch, in Scotland, 
by Dr. W. Somerville, 141, 142 
Sawfly caterpillars at Oak, 87 
Sawfly, Pear and Cherry, 125—128 
Sawfly, Social Pear (see Pear Lyda), 
121—124 
Selandria atra, 125 
Silpha opaca, 14 
‘‘Slugworms’”’ of Pear Sawfly, 127 
Soft-soap and mineral oil emulsion, 99; 
soft water preferable to mix with, 99 
‘*Steam Flies’? (see German Cock- 
roach), 28 
Stem Eelworms (see Eelworms), 44—52, 
107—115 
‘‘ Stoving,”’ 33 
Sulphates of ammonia, iron, and potash, 
to check mischief from Stem Kelworm 
attack, 51 
Sulphur fumes, to prepare, 33 
Surface Caterpillars, 143, 148; localities 
of attack, 143, 144; description of, 
145; carnivorous habits of, 145; at 
Gorse, 146; remedial treatment for, 
147; nitrate of soda and salt to 
destroy, 148 
Swift Moth, Small or Garden, 41—43; 
caterpillars feed from autumn to 
spring, 41 
Tortrix viridana, 84; life-history of, 91 
Trenching, 52 
Trichoptera, 153 
‘‘'Tulip-root,” 47, 48; remedies for, 50, 51 
Turnip, 148—152 
Turnip and Cabbage Gnat Midge, 148— 
152; injury to Turnip seed by larva 
of, 148; description of, 151; life- 
history of, 151 
Two-penny pieces, date of coining in 
copper, 157 
Tylenchus devastatrix, 44, 107 
Watercresses, 153—157 
Water Moths, 153 
Winter Moths, 84; experiments in 
sticky-banding to catch, 88, 89; de- 
scription of, 93 
WEST, NEWMAN AND CO., PRINTERS, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, E.C 
