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Meletta venenosa and M. thryssa, 

 poisonous fish of Indian Ocean, 

 v. Fish. 



Melipona, genus of the Apidae, q.v. 

 Meloe, v. Cantharidae. 

 Melolonthidae and Rutelidse, feed on 

 living vegetable matter, chiefly on 

 roots of grasses, shrubs, and trees, 

 often doing much mischief, v. 

 Beetles, Coleoptera. 

 Melophagus ovinus, Sheep tick, v. 



Ixodes. 



Merulius, a fungus, dry-rot, v. Fungi. 

 Midge, v. Culex. 

 Mildew, Puccinia, sp., v. Penicil- 



laria. 



Millet, Penicillaria, sp., q.v. 

 Mimela xanthorrhina, an insect giub 

 that attacks the coffee plant, v. 

 Coffee, Coleoptera. 

 Mimicry, v. Bombyx, Butterflies, 



Caterpillars. 

 Mites, v. Acarina. 



Mole cricket, Cylindrodes Campbelli, 

 Schizodactylus monstrosus, Grylli- 

 dse, q.v. 

 Moorka, Hind., a poppy sun-blight, 



v. Poppy. 



Mosquito, v. Culex. 

 Moth, v. Tineidae. 

 Moulds on poppy, Mucor mucedo, 



Peronospora, v. Poppy. 

 Mucor mucedo, a poppy mould, v. 



Poppy. 

 Munju vandu, Tarn., Leptocorisa 



Bengalensis, q.v. 

 Musca meteorica, v. Flies. 

 Mushroom, v. Fungi. 

 Mustard, Brassica, sp., q.v. 

 Mycetoma, v. Fungi. 

 Mylabris, v. Cantharidae. 

 Mylitta, a fungus, v. Fungi. 

 Myna, Hind., Rose starling, v. (Edi- 



poda. 



Myobia, v. Sarcoptidse. 

 Myocoptes, v. Sarcoptidae. 

 Myriopods, Scolopendridse, q.v. 



NAINI TAL WOODS, v. Lucanus. 

 Narosa conspersa, v. Caterpillars, 



Coffee. 



Necrophorus, v. Coleoptera. 

 Nematoda, an order of Helminths, 



q.v. 

 Nemesia, genus of Mygalidse, v. 



Araneidse. 



Necera lepida, v. Caterpillars. 

 Nomad a, genus of the Apidae, q.v. 

 Notonecta glauca, Water bug, ? 

 Bug. 



OCTOPUS, v. Mollusca. 



Oo-shouk-po, v. Paraponyx oryzalis. 



Oreinus, sp., a poisonous Himalaya 

 carp, v. Fish. 



Orgyia Ceylanica, N., one of the 

 Lepidoptera of Ceylon, an enemy 

 of the coffee plant, v. Caterpillars. 



Oribatidse, v. Acarina. 



Oryctes rhinoceros, attacks cocoa-nut 

 trees, q.v., also Palm Trees. 



Osmia, genus of the Apidae, q.v. 



Ostracicn, a fish occasionally poison- 

 ous, v. Fish. 



Ou-pey-tse, v. Aphid se. 



Oxyurus, v. Helminths. 



PALAN-BYOO, v. Paraponyx oryzalis. 

 Palms, cocoa-nuts, are destroyed by 



Ursus Malayanus, Sciurus pal- 



marum, the common rat, and 



Paradoxurus typus, v. Mammals. 

 Palm weevils, Calandra and Rhyn- 



chophorus, v. Coleoptera. 

 Panchlora, sp., Cockroach, q.v. 

 Pastor roseus, the starling, v. (Edi- 



poda, Starling. 

 Pea, v. Pisum. 

 Pediculus, v. Lice. 

 Peridermium, a fungus, v. Rust. 

 Peronospora, poppy parasite disease, 



v. Poppy. 



Pestalozzia, a fungus, v. Fungi. 

 Pests, Losses from, v. p. 13. 

 Petechise, a poppy disease, v. Poppy. 

 Phalaena, v. Saccharum. 

 Phalaena nocfcua melicerte, syn. of 



Achaea melicerte, q.v. 

 Phanga, Hind., a species of Gryllus, 



v. Gryllidse. 

 Phelipea, Broom - rapes, poppy 



parasite, v. Poppy. 

 Phoraspis, sp., Cockroach, q.v. 

 Phyrostigma venenosum, seed kern 



eaten by Deiopeia pulchella, q.v. 

 Phytocoridae, family of the Hete 



optera, v. Bug. 

 Phytoptidae, v. Acarina. 

 Pin-bo, v. Paraponyx oryzalis. 

 Pinus longifolia, attacked by a 



Buprestis, q.v. 

 Pistacia, v. Aphidse. 



