160 
Periplaneta americana, 26 
Phytoptus ribis (see Appendix), 141 
Phyllodromia germanica, 24 
Pine, 60—74 
Pine Beetle, 60—68; multiplication of, 
in blown down timber, 60; method of 
attack of, 62; appearance of injured 
bark and of injured shoots, 63; me- 
thod of trapping, 64; measures of 
prevention and remedy, 67 
Plum, 74—85 
Plusia gamma, 56 
Pterostichus vulgaris, 112 
Scolytus destructor, 43 
Scymnus minimus, 51 
Shot-borer Beetles (Xyleborus saxeseni 
and X. dispar), 74—85; habits of 
dispar, 75, 76; injury to wood by saxe- 
sent, 77, 78,—larvee of, 78,—habits of, 
80; ‘ambrosia,’ 80; trees infested 
by sawesent, 81; Acari on infested 
trees, 82—84; prevention and re- 
medies, 84, 85 
Silver Y-Moth, 56—59; habits of, 58; 
dark variety of caterpillars of, 58; 
migration of great flight of, in 1879, 
59 
Sirex gigas, 69—73,—in timber used in 
mines, 70,—description of, 71; juven- 
cus, 69,—description of, 72 
Sitophilus granarius, 105; oryzie, 105 
Sitotroga cerealella, 13 
Sparrows (see Preface), vi 
Stem Helworms, 85—95; powers of 
suspended animation of, in a dried 
state, 87, 88; ‘*Tulip-root”’ in Oats 
caused by, 86—90; Clover ‘ Stem- 
sickness” caused by, 90,91; injury to 
Field Beans by infestation of, 93 ; 
preventive applications and dressings, 
94 
Stored Grain and Flour, 95—111 
Strawberry, 111—120 
Stubble, to fire, safely, 23 
INDEX. 
Timberman Beetle, 73, 74; in a coal- 
mine, 73 
‘‘Tulip-root ” (see Stem Eelworms), 85 
Turnip, 120—129 
Turnip-seed Weevil, 126—129; larvae, 
method of feeding, 127 
Tylenchus devastatrix, 85 
Tyroglyphus longior, 101 
Xyleborus dispar, 76; saxeseni=xylo- 
graphus, 74 
Warble Fly, Ox, 130—140; compulsory 
examination for warbles, 131; dates 
of appearance of warbles, 132; of 
some animals being found clear, 133 ; 
times of appearance and prevalence 
of warbles from market and business 
returns, 133—136; results of regular 
spring clearing of maggots, 137, 138 ; 
difficulties of compulsory interference 
with stock, 139 ; preventive recipes, 139 
Wood Wasp (Giant Sirex), 69 
APPENDIX. 
Black Currant Gall Mite (Phytoptus 
ribis), 141—158; appearance of bud 
galls, 142; first records of observation 
of, 142—144; life-history of, 144; 
kinds of Currants attacked, 144; 
development of, in buds, and migra- 
tions of, on the bushes, 145—148; 
various applications and treatment 
which have been tried as preventives, 
148—151; considerations for and 
against various methods of treatment, 
151—154; benefit from separating the 
rows of bushes by other crops, 154, 
155; experiments purposed to be 
carried out on the Duke of Bedford’s 
Experimental Fruit Farm at Woburn, 
155—158 
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