INDEX. 



115 



Diamond-back Moth, 46 49 ; 

 caterpillars of, attack cabbage, 

 47; means of prevention for, 

 48,49 



Dibolia intermedia, 35 



Eriesthis stigmatica, 1 

 Erioderus hirtus, 33 



Fig Moth, 43 46; injurious to 



leafage and buds, 45 ; remedies, 



46 

 Flea Beetle, dark blue, 3537: 



reported to be seen in great 



numbers in British Caffraria 



about 1883, 36 

 Froghopper, Tree, 6568 

 Fruit blossom, Blister Beetles 



injurious to, 21, 22 

 Fruit Chafer, 12 14; nearly 



allied to English Eose Chafer, 



13 

 Fruit-tree Iphidea, 34 



" Garrapatas," South American 

 Ticks, 108110 ; habits of, 109 ; 

 Glycerine wash of Messrs. 

 Tomlinson & Hayward destruc- 

 tive to, 109 ; method for applying 

 on a large scale, 109 



Glanville, Miss, Preface 



Heteronychus arator, 5 

 Hippobosca equina, 59 



,, rufipes, 57 



struthionis, 56 60 



Hypocrites mendax, 34 

 Hypopholis sommeri, 2 



Icerya purchasi, 69 98 (see 



"Australian Bug ") 

 Insects, list of species sent from 



S. Africa, 111113 

 Iphidea capensis, 34 



" Keever" Beetle, 5 9; said to 

 feed on wheat-roots, 6 ; also on 

 potatoes, 7 ; found in neigh- 

 bourhood of grass land, 8 ; fly 

 about trees on hot nights, 8 ; 

 manure suggested as means of 

 trapping, 79. 



Lace-wing Fly (" Golden-eye ") 

 destructive to Australian Bug, 

 9396 



Leeanium hesperidum, 98 103 



Lestophonus iceryse, 96, 97 



Litopus dispar, 34 



Locust (variable), 62 65 



Lytta pallidipennis, 21 



MeDougall's Sewage Carbolic, for 



dressing beans infested by 



Beetle, 27 



Macrotoma dimidiaticornis, 33 

 Mealie Beetles, 1, 18 

 Mylabridae, injurious to peas, fruit 



blossom, &c., 21, 22 

 Mylabris lunata, 21, 22 

 oculata, 21, 22 

 ,, sp. of mentioned, namely 



capensis, grcendali, 16-guttata, 



and undata, 21 



Olfersia spinifera, 61 



Opatrum hadroides (in St. Helena), 

 ,, micans, 19 [20 



Orange Butterfly, 37 iO ; com- 

 mon in Eastern province, 40 ; 

 caterpillar infests fennel and 

 orange leaves, 40 ; hand-picking 

 caterpillars and turning soil 

 round roots of trees, to prevent 

 attack of, 40 



Orange Fly, 4956 ; localities of, 

 50 ; fruits that the caterpillars 

 of feed on, 51 53 ; to preserve 

 fruit from, 54 



Orange Scale, Soft, 98 103 ; 

 localities of, 99 ; specimen of 

 supposed male of, 100 ; soft-soap 

 and paraffin wash, to destroy, 

 101 ; method of application, 

 102 ; dress for operator, 102 



Orange tree, Longhorn Beetle of, 

 32 



Ostrich Fly, 56 60; numerous 

 on ostriches observed, 58 ; does 

 not lay eggs, 59 ; suggestions of 

 remedies for, 59, 60 



Papilio demoleus, 37 

 Paste Beetle, 14 (see 

 Beetle ") 



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