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INDEX. 



Soft-soap and sulphur mixtures, Chis- 

 wick Compound, 43 ; Burford's No. 1 

 kerosine soap, recipe for, 43 



Starlings at Chafer grubs, 24, 25 



Stings of Wasps, to lessen pain from, 138 



Strawberry, 95—99 



Surface Caterpillars, at Mangolds, also 

 at Turnip and other crops, and young 

 Conifers, 54 — 60 ; notes of attack 

 chiefly to Mangolds, 55 — 58 ; to some 

 other crops and to Turnips, 57 — 58 ; 

 possible effect of the drought, 57 ; 

 hand-picking, 59 ; at young Conifers, 

 60 



Tar, to check advance of Mustard Bee- 

 tles, 67 ; to destroy Wasps' nests, 127, 

 137 



Tinea granella, 11 



Tipula oleracea, 95 



Tomato, 99—108 



Tromso (in Arctic Norway), great pre- 

 valence of Wasps at in 1883—1884, 134 



Turnip, 108—110 



Flea Beetle, on Mustard, 61, 67 



Vespa arborea, 113 ; first record of pre- 

 sence of in Ireland, 140 



„ crabro, 114, 124, 125, 134 



,, norvegica( = britannica),113, 131, 

 134 



„ germanica, 113, 123, 134 



„ rufa, 113, 123, 134 



,, sylvestris (= holsatica), 113, 122, 

 123, 134 



Vespa vulgaris, 113, 122, 128, 134 



Wasps, 111 — 140 ; great prevalence of 

 and probable reason for unusual 

 amount, 112 ; species of British 

 Wasps, 113 ; Vespa arhorea, recorded 

 presence of in Gloucestershire, 114 ; 

 V. crabro, 114; life-history of Wasps 

 and method of nest making, 115 — 117 ; 

 food, 118 ; notes of observation of 

 during 1893 in Scotland, 119—122; 

 in England, 122 — 133 ; in Ireland, 

 133; in the Netherlands, 133, 134; 

 in Norway in 1893 and in 1883—1884, 

 134 — 135 ; general summary, 135 — 

 140, — including numbers of nests in 

 given areas, 135 ; views as to some 

 amount of benefit and great certain 

 loss from Wasp presence, 136, 137 ; 

 methods of destruction of nests, 137 ; 

 dress for taking tree nests, 137 ; traps 

 and mixtures to attract, 138 ; to pre- 

 vent ingress of into vineries, 138 ; 

 food of in connection with collection 

 of for use of maggots, &c., 139 ; Para- 

 site Beetle, Rhipi2:)liorus paradoxus, 

 found in Wasps' nests, 140; Vespa 

 arborea, first recorded presence of in 

 Ireland, 140 



Willow, 141—149 



Sawfly, 147—149 



Wolf Moth (see Little Grain Moth), 11 



Ziczac caterpillar, 145 



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