IV 



DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: INDEX. 



R. 



Red Spider, 93 etseq., 121. 

 Attacking beans, 96. 

 Application of kerosene emulsion, sul- 

 phur against, 96. 

 Application of tobacco-water, slaked 



lime against, 97. 

 Resin compound, 127. 

 Ingredients of, 41. 

 Apple Beetle, used against, 85. 

 Apple-bark scale, used against, 79. 

 Woolly Aphis, used against, 40. 

 Rhizopertha collaris. See Apple-tree Borer 



Beetle. 

 Rhyparochromus sp. See Rutherglen Fly 



Pest. 



Riley, Prof. Charles V., extract from re- 

 port of, 137 et seq. 

 On materials injurious to insects, 124 



et seq. 



Rutherglen Fly Pest, 105 et seq. 

 Large numbers in North-Eastern district, 



106. 

 Application of benzole, sulphate of iron, 



5 as lime, Quibell's mixture against, 

 08. 



Method adopted in California against 

 False Chinch Bug, 109. 



Salt, used against insects, 127. 

 Schizoneura lanigera. See Woolly Aphis. 

 Scolytus destructor, 63. 

 Selandria cerasi. See Pear and Cherry 



Slug. 

 Soap (soft), used against Pear Phytoptus, 



122. 

 Soaps, used against insects, 127. 



Burford's Kerosene Soap, 127. 



Clack's Insect Soap, 128. 



"Magic Soap, "128. 



Norris' Insect Soap, 128. 

 Soda Caustic, 128. 

 Soda (Silicate), 128. 

 Spawn's Spray Pumps, 131. 

 Spirits of Wine. See Alcohol. 

 Starch against Apple-bark Scale, appli- 

 cation of, 79. 



Steam, Bordeaux mixture, &c., by machine, 

 application of, 53. 



Forced into holes for Cherry Borer, 116. 



Used against Cottony Cushion Scale, 



unsuccessful, 139. 

 Steam-power machines, 53, 135. 

 " Strawsonizer," 133. 



Sulphate of iron, 128. 

 Pear Slug, used against, 101, 102, 103. 

 Rutherglen Fly Pest, used against, 108. 

 Sulphate of potassium used against Pear 



Phytoptus, 122. 

 Sulphur, 128. 



Sulphur used against Red Spider, 96. 

 Sulphuretted lime used against Pear Phy- 

 toptus, 122. 



Sulphur fumes used against Cottony Cushion 

 Scale, 139. 



T. 



Tar used against Apple-tree Borer Beetle. 



63. 



Tar-water used against Cherry Borer, 114. 

 Tar-water used against Harlequin Fruit 



Bug, 90. 



Tetranychus telarius. See Red Spider. 

 Thorax, definition of term, 17. 

 Titus Fumigator, 144. 

 Tobacco used against insects, 128. 

 Tobacco-smoke used against Cottony 



Cushion Scale, unsuccessful, 139. 

 Tobacco as a preventative against Woolly 



Aphis, 40. 



Tobacco-water against Red Spider, 97. 

 Tracheae, definition of term, 16. 

 Tryon, Mr., Extract from work of, 24. 

 On application of gas lime to soil for 



Woolly Aphis, 39. 



W. 



Weevils, 71. 



Whale-oil soap used against Pear Phytop- 

 tus, 122. 



Compound as a disinfectant, 33. 

 Against Black Scale, experiments (suc- 

 cessful) with, 138. 



Against Cottony Cushion Scale, ex- 

 periments (unsuccessful) with, 138. 

 Whitehead, Charles, F.L.S., on portable 



hand spraying machine, 134. 

 Wolfskill Fumigator, 142. 

 Woolly Aphis, 35 et seq. 

 Early history of, in Victoria, 36. 

 Introduction into England, 36. 

 Shape and size of, 38. 

 Fecundity of, 39. 



Application of gas lime against, 39. 

 Mixture of sulphur, potash, and colza, 40. 

 Dip young trees in tobacco-water, 40. 

 Application of kerosene emulsion, resin- 

 compound, &c., against, 40. 

 Application of Peruvian guano against, 



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