INDEX. 



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Vespidffi, 119 



Vibrio tritici (see Tylenchus tritici), 48 



Warble Fly (see Appendix) 



Wasps, 119 — 122 ; Queens seen on the 

 wing not reported as unusually nume- 

 rous, 120 ; Queens collected not cer- 

 tainly fresh specimens, 121 



Wheat-bulb Maggot, only slightly in- 

 jurious, 41 



Wheat (Young) Moth Caterpillars, 37— 

 40 ; description of method of injury, 

 37 ; description of caterpillars, 38 ; 

 considerations as to species, 39 



Winter Turnip Gnats, 114—116; de- 

 scription of, 115; observations and 

 description of Thaw Gnats, 115, 116 



APPENDIX. 



Warble Fly, Appendix i — Ixii ; previous 

 observations of, i, ii ; life-history of, 

 iii — vi ; structure of maggot, vii — ix ; 

 development to perfect insect, x — xi ; 

 formation of warble, xi — xiv ; serious 

 injury caused by infestation, xiv — xix ; 

 "Licked beef," xix — xxv; age at 

 which attack is most prevalent, xxv ; 

 countries most infested, xxvi — xxvii ; 

 losses from, xxvii — xxxi; losses on 

 warbled hides, xxxi — xxxix ; means 



of prevention and remedy, xl — Iviii ; 

 of summer attack, xlii — xliv ; (obser- 

 vation on Ox Gad Fly, xliv, xiv) ; to 

 destroy Warble Fly maggot in the 

 hide, xlvi — 1, — to destroy by smears 

 or dressings, 1 — Iv ; Aldersey Gram- 

 mar School, warble-attack stamped 

 out in surrounding district by good 

 work of the boys of, Iv — Ivii ; sum- 

 mary, Iviii — Ixii 



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