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INDEX. 



Plant lice, Aphides, v. Aphid se. 

 Platycephalous fish inflict punctured 



wounds, v. Fish. 

 Platypus, v. Xylophagi. 

 Pleuro-pneumonia, v. Mammals. 

 Plica polonica, v. Fungi. 

 Plotosus, sp., Malay seas, inflict 



severe wounds, v. Fish. 

 Polistes, v. Vespidae. 

 Polyacanthus, v. Fish. 

 Polybia, v. Vespidae. 

 Polycystis, v. Triticum. 

 Polyporus, a fungus, v. Fungi. 

 Polyps, v. Actinia. 

 Porrigo, v. Fungi. 

 Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia, v. 



Actinia. 

 Potato beetle, Doryphora decem- 



lineatum, v. Doryphora. 

 Pou a poche blanche, Icerya 



sacchari, q.v., also Saccharurn. 

 Prionidae, v. Coleoptera. 

 Prionus, sp., burrows in the pith 



of the tea plant, v. Cerambyx, 



Lucanidae. 

 Protection of man and domestic 



animals, by snake-eating birds and 



mammals, v. p. 17. 

 Protective insects, v. Aphidae. 

 Protective plants, leaves of the 



margosa, Justicia gandarussa, 



Nigella sativa, Camphor wood, 



Camphor, Cannabis, v. Book-worm. 

 Psoroptes, v. Sarcoptidse. 

 Pterois fish, inflict punctured 



wounds, v. Fish. 

 Pteromys, sp., Flying squirrel, v. 



Flying Fox. 



Pteropodidte, v. Flying Fox. 

 Puccinia, a fungus, v. Rust, Triti- 

 cum. 



Pyrethrum plants, insect destroyers, 

 v. p. 18. 



RADIATA, v. Medusa. 



Rape, Brassica napus, v. Brassica 



campestris. 



Rattua fungus, v. Triticum. 

 Red beetle, sp. of Curculio, attacks 



cocoa-nut trees, v. Cocoa-nut palm. 

 Rice fly, Cecidomyia oryzae, q.v. 

 Rinderpest, v. Mammals. 

 Root canker, poppy disease, v. Poppy. 

 Rotation of crops starves insects, v, 



p. 16. 

 Russula, a fungus, v. Fungi. 



SABZA, Hind., leaves of Cannabis 



sativa, q.v. 

 Saccobranchus fossilis, fish, inflicts 



poisonous wounds, v. Fish. 

 Safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, q.v. 

 Sagueir beetle, Eucheirus longi- 



manus, q.v. 



Salai or Silai, Hind. , v. Zea mays. 

 Sal tree, 'Shorea robusta, enemies, v. 



Cerambyx. 



San-hemp, v. Crotalaria. 

 Sarcophaga carnaria, flesh-fly, v. 



Flies. 



Sat-mee, v. Paraponyx ory/alis. 

 Sawan, Hind., Panicum frumenta- 



cum, q.v. 



Seald-head, v. Fungi. 

 Scaly bug, Lecanium coffeae, v. Bug. 

 Scarabaeidse, v. Coleoptera. 

 Scarus, sp. of Cocos Keeling lagoons, 



poisonous, v. Fish. 

 Scleriasis, a poppy disease, v. Poppy. 

 Sclerotium, v. Fungi. 

 Scolytus, v. Tomici, Xylophagi. 

 Scorpion, tailless, Chelifer, sp., q.v., 



also Book-worm. 



Scorpion fish, Saccobranchus fos- 

 silis, v. Fish. 

 Scutata, family of the Heteroptera, 



v. Bug. 



Sea-nettle, v. Actiniae and Medusae. 

 Sehwan, v. Triticum sativum. 

 Semiplotus, sp., a poisonous Assam 



fish, v. Fish. 



Septoria, a fungus, v. Fungi. 

 Sheep tick, Melophagus ovinus, q.v. 

 Shorea robusta, destroyed by Ceram- 

 byx vatica ; other enemies, Bru- 



chus, Buprestidae, v. Buprestis, 



Cerambyx. 

 Shorea robusta, host of an aphis, 



v. Aphidae. 

 Siddhi, Hind., leaves of Cannabis, 



q.v. 



Silai, Hind., v. Saccharum. 

 Siluroids, fish, well armed, v. Fish. 

 Sitophilus granarius and S. orizse, 



Corn weevils, v. Coleoptera. 

 Smut, Ustilago, q.v., also Triticum. 

 Snail, v. Mollusca. 



Sphecodes, a genus of the Apidaa, q.v. 

 Spiders, v. Araneidae, Epeira. 

 Spiroptera hominis, a worm of the 



order Nematoda, v . Helminths. 

 Sporotrichum mould, a poppy disease, 



v. Opium. 



