INDEX. 



161 



Hop, 44, 45 



Hornets, localities preferred by, 114; 

 amount of nests observed near Red- 

 ditch, 124 ; method of taking nests 

 of in trees, 125 ; child killed by stings 

 of, 134 



Horses, risk to from Wasps' nests 

 turned up in ploughing, 128, 129, 131 



Knapsack pump or sprayer, 38 



Ladybird, "Minute Black," 44 — 46; a 

 " Ked Spider" eater, 44, 45; life- 

 history of, 45 



Lappet Moth, 1 — 4; unusual appear- 

 ance of on Apple, 2 ; life-history and 

 peculiarities of caterpillar, 2, 8 ; pre- 

 vention, 4 



Lecanium ribls, 39 



Little Grain Moth, 11 — -14; great ap- 

 pearance of at King's Lynn, 12 



Locusts, 47 — 53 ; in Alfalfa from Buenos 

 Ayres, 47, 49 ; South EuroiDean non- 

 migratory species imported and de- 

 scription of, 48 ; South American 

 migratory species and description of, 

 50, 51 ; North American migratory 

 kind, 51 ; migratory kind of S. W. 

 Asia and N. Africa, and note of great 

 similarity of this and the two pre- 

 ceding species, 51, 52 ; bibliographical 

 references, 53 



Mangolds, 54 — 60; severe attacks of 

 Aphides on (note), 55, 56; unusual 

 prevalence of Surface Caterpillars at, 

 54, 59 



Mediterranean Flour Moth, report on by 

 Mons. J. Danysz, vii 



Meligethes seneus, 61, 63 



Melolontha vulgaris, 22 



Mustard, 60—79 



Beetle, 61—74 ; life-history 

 of, 62, 63 ; observations on the method 

 of iJrotection of eggs, emergence of 

 grubs, and effect of Paris-green on 

 newly hatched grubs, 64 — 66 ; obser- 

 vations on habits of at Peterborough 

 conference, 66 — 68 ; information by 

 Mustard-growers, where published, 

 69 ; serviceable leaflet issued by Messrs. 

 Coleman, 70 ; machine invented by 

 Mr. Cole Ambrose for clearing beetles, 

 70—73 



Mustard (and Turnip) Flower Beetle, 

 61,63 



Nalepa, Dr. Alfred, quotations from, 86, 

 88, 89 ; list of some publications of, 94 

 Nematus salicis, 147 

 Notodonta ziczac, 145 



Ormerod, Dr. Edward L., work on 

 ' British Social Wasps ' by, quoted, 

 138, 139, &c. 



Osiers, insect attacks on, 141 — 147 



Pear, 79—83 

 ,, and Cherry Sawfly, 79—83; de- 

 scription of grubs of, 80; egg with 

 hatching larva, 81 ; remedial mea- 

 sures, 82, 83 



Pebble Prominent Moth, 145 — 147 ; zig- 

 zag caterpillar of, 145 ; different 

 methods of feeding of, 146, 147 



Phyllopertha horticola, 22 



Phyllotreta nemorum, 61, 67; applica- 

 tion to destroy, 68 



Phytoptidie, 84—95 (see "Gall Mites") 



Phytoptus pyri, 84, 86—88 

 similis, 88, 89 

 ribis, 90—93 



Plutella cruciferarum, 108 



Potassium, cyanide of, to destroy Wasps, 

 120, 127, 129 ; a deadly poison, 120, 

 137 



Pyralis costalis, 15, 18 

 ,, glaucinalis, 14 — 19 



Red Spider (Gooseberry), 32—38 



(Hop), " Minute Black " 

 Ladybird destructive to, 44 — 46 



Ribbon-footed Corn Fly (see Gout Fly), 6 



Root-knot Eel worm, 99—1118; life- 

 history of, 100, 101 ; galls of on 

 Cucumber roots, 101, 102; method of 

 infestation, 102 ; how to distinguish 

 from " Stem Eelworm," 100; series 

 of exioeriments for destroying by 

 chemical applications, 103 — 108 ; list 

 of chemicals used, 105 ; effects of 

 stated amounts of various chemicals 

 on Eelworms and on plants, 106 ; 

 further observations on effects in 

 different circumstances and localities, 

 107 



Rose Chafer, 22 — 31 ; notes of observa- 

 tion of, 23 — 27 ; method of collecting 

 beetles, 25 ; injury of grubs to turf, 

 24 — 27 ; grubs searched for by birds, 

 24 — 28 ; depth of grubs beneath the 

 surface, 26 ; distinctions between 

 larvaj of, and larvte of Common Cock- 

 chafer, 29, 30 



Sawfly, Pear and Cherry, 79 — 83 

 Willow, 147—149 



Schiodte, J., on distinctions between 

 larvffi of M. vulgaris and P. horticola, 

 29 



Schistocerca (see Acridium) 



Schoyen, Dr. W. M., references to his 

 tabulated list of Norwegian Lepidop- 

 tera with their distribution, 109, 110 



Scymnus minimus, 44 



" Slugworms " (see Pear and Cherry 

 Sawfly) 



Small Chocolate-tip Moth, 141—145; 

 caterpillars of on Osier leaves, 142 ; 

 description of caterpillars of, 142, — as 

 changing colour for pupation, 143, — 

 turning to chrysalis in spun-up leaves, 

 143 ; prevention and remedy, 143 — 145 



