INDEX. 



Airaines (France), severe form of Hes- 

 sian Fly attack at, 23 



Anthomyia (Chortophila) beta;, 59 



Aphelenchus fragarise, iv 



Apple, 1—7 



Apple Sawfly, 1 — 5 ; caterpillars of, 2, 

 3 ; means of prevention of, 5 



Apple-suckers, 6, 7 ; to catch, 7 



Beet Carrion Beetle, 58 



Black Currant Gall-Mite, 40—43; fly 



larva from galls of, 42 ; Chalcid flies 



from galls of, 43 

 By turns tomentosus, 85 



Cabbage, 8—10 



Cabbage-garden Pebble Moth, 8 — 10 ; 

 caterpillar of, 8 ; means of prevention 

 of, 10 



Carrot, 11—14 



Carrot Fly, 11 — 14 ; attack of, beginning 

 after thinning, 13 ; watering as a 

 treatment for, 13 



Cauliflower disease in Strawberries, iv 



Cecidomyia destructor, 21 ; of Hop 

 (? sp.), 53 ; leguminicola (fig.). 168 ; 

 of Tare, 168 



Celery, 15—18 



Celery-stem Fly, 15 — 18 ; maggots of, 

 16, 17 ; life-history of, 15, 17 



Cerostoma xylostella, 109 



Ceutorhynchus assimilis, 96 



Chermes, Apple, 6, 7 



Chiswick soft-soap and sulphur com- 

 pound, 41 



Cockchafer, 18 — 21 ; habits of maggots 

 of, 19 ; low temperatures in connexion 

 with, 20 



Cold, severe, not injurious to various 

 species of moths, 67, 68 



Copper, aceto-arsenite of, see " Paris- 

 green " 



Corn and Grass, 18 — 39 



Currant, 40—45 



Currant- shoot Moth, 44, 45 



Diamond-back Moth, 105 — 164 ; area of 

 attack in 1891, life-history and habits, 

 105 — 109 ; circular of inquiries re- 

 garding, 110; English reports, 110 — 

 134,— Scotch, 134— 153,— Irish, 154, 

 155 ; appearances of on sea-coast, 

 155 — 157 ; plants infested by cater- 

 pillars of, 100; over luxuriant leafage 



after attack of, 128, 147, 150 ; general 

 summary regarding, 157 — 164 ; means 

 of prevention and remedy for attack 

 of caterpillars of; horse-hoes, use of, 

 115, 145; nitrate of soda, 112, 115, 

 123, 186, 137, 139, 140, 142, 146,— with 

 salt, 121, 143, — with soot and sulphate 

 of ammonia, 113, — with superphos- 

 phate, 130 ; paraffin oil (applied by 

 Strawsonizer) useful, 121, — believed 

 to do little or no good, 127, — with 

 soft-soap, 122, 154 ; scufHers, different 

 methods of successful use of, 111, 114, 

 115, 117, 120, 121, 126, 131, 137 ; 

 soot, 118, 122, 125, 137, 139 ; soot and 

 lime, 120 ; soot with nitrate of soda 

 and sulphate of ammonia, 113 ; super- 

 phosphate, 146, — and ashes, 118, — 

 and nitrate of soda, 130 



Early Moth, 69 



Eclair knapsack sprayer, 72, 76, 103 

 " Emerald-green," see " Paris-green " 

 Ephestia kuhniella, 46 



Flour Mills and Stores, 46—52 

 Flour Moth (Mediterranean), 46 ; appear- 

 ance of in Russia, see Preface, i 

 Flower Beetle (Turnip), 97 



Gall- Mite (Black Currant), 40 



Hartlepool lighthouse, 159 



Hay, mites in, 25 — 31 



Hessian Fly, 21 — 24 ; severe form of 

 attack at Airaines, 23 



Hop, 53—57 



Hop, Strig Maggot of, 53 — 57 ; descrip- 

 tion of maggot, 54 ; method of attack 

 of, 55 



Hoplocampa fulvicornis; synonyms of, 84 



Hoijlocampa testudmea?, 1 



Hybernia rupicapraria, 69 



Hylemyia coarctata, 31 



Hypoderma bovis, 165 — 1('7 



Incurvaria capitella, 44 

 Insecticides, different method of action 

 of, 77 



Knapsack S23rayer, see Eclair sprayer 



Larapronia rubiella, 89 

 Lighthouse, Hartlepool, 159 



