INDEX. 



Acridium americanum, 51 

 ,, JEgyptium, 48 

 „ paranense, 47, 49 — 51 

 ,, peregrinum, 51 

 Agrotis exclaniationis, 59 



„ segetum, 54 

 Anti-pest, a serviceable application for 

 destroying Gooseberry Eed Spider, 37 

 Aphis, Bean, 5 ; Wasps attracted by, 



129 

 Aphis, Mangold, 55 

 Aphrophora spumaria, 145 

 Apple, 1 — 4 ; unusual appearance of 

 Lappet Moth infestation on, 1 — 4 ; 

 names of Apple attacks reported 

 (note), 4 

 "Apple-bee," Cornish name for Wasp, 



126 

 Asopia costalis, 15 



Beans, 5, 6 



Bean Aphis, 5, 6 ; Wasps at, 129 



Black Currant Mite Galls, 90—93 ; treat- 

 ment for by Mr. Speir, 91, 92 ; by Mr. 

 C. D. Wise, 92 ; by Mr. J. Biggs, 93 



Bryobia pratiosa, 32 



Cecidomyia destructor, 19 



Ceutorhynchus assimilis, 62 

 ,, contractus, 74 



Charlock Weevil, 74—79 ; attacks of to 

 sprouting Mustard, 74 — 76 ; attacks 

 of to Turnips and Charlock, 76, 77; 

 to be found in galls in Charlock roots, 

 78 ; description of weevil, 74 



"Chiswick Compound," a serviceable 

 soft-soap and sulphur mixture, 43 



Chlorops tffiniopus, 6 



Clostera pigra, 141 

 ,, reclusa, 141 



Cockchafer, 27 ; distinctions between 

 Iarv£e of, and larvae of Eose Chafer, 

 29 



Corn and Grass, 6 — 29 



" Cuckoo-spit," on Osiers, 141, 144, 145 



Cucumber, infested by Eoot-knot Eel- 

 worm, 101, 102 



Currant and Gooseberry Scale, 39 — 43 ; 

 kinds of Currant attacked by, 39 ; 

 life-history of, 40 — 42 ; remedial treat- 

 ment for, 42, 43 ; applications to 

 destroy, especially Chiswick Com- 

 pound, 43 



Daddy Longlegs, 95 — 99 ; grubs amongst 

 Strawberry runners, 96; method of 

 trapping under sods, 97 ; and of de- 

 stroying by use of rape-cake presum- 

 ably mixed with Mustard, 96, 97 



Danysz, Mons. J., observations by on 

 Ephcstia kuhnicUa, vii 



Diamond-back Moth, 108 — 110 ; referen- 

 ces to appearance of in 1891 and 1892, 

 108; little if any record of appearance 

 of in 1893, 109 ; notes of distribution 

 of from south to north of Norway, 

 109, — facility with which the infesta- 

 tion might be borne to us from 

 thence, 110 



Ephestia kuhniella (see Mediterranean 

 Flour Moth), vii 



Fisher Hobbs' mixture, recipe for, 68 

 Fitch, Dr. Asa, notes on Currant Scale 

 by, 39 



Gall Mites, 84 — 95 ; classification of, 

 85, 86 ; Pear-leaf Blister Gall Mites, 

 description of, 86, — habits of, 87, 88 ; 

 Plum-leaf Gall Mite, description of, 

 and of galls of, 88, 89 ; Black Currant- 

 bud Gall, description of, 90 ; treat- 

 ment for, 91 — 93 ; publications re- 

 garding by Dr. Alfred Nalepa, 94, 95 



Gastropacha quercifolia, 1 



Gold-fringe Moth, 15 



Gooseberry, 32 — 43 



Gooseberry and Ivy Eed Spider, 32 — 38; 

 localities of attack, 32; notes of ob- 

 servation of, 33 — 36 ; remarks on 

 species of, 33 ; remedial applications 

 for, 36, 37 



Gout Fly, 6 — 11 ; unusually early attack 

 of last year, 7 ; attack worst on 

 plants in poor circumstances, 10 ; 

 reason why early sowing serviceable 

 against, 11 



" Haystack " Moth, 14 — 19 ; cocoons of, 

 15 ; locality of in stacks, 16 ; amongst 

 " Birch-knots " and rubbish, 17 ; 

 larv£e of, 18 



Hessian Fly, 19 — 22 ; some report of 

 appearance of , 19; appearance of in 

 Norway, 21, 22 



Heterodera radioicola, 99 



