INDEX 
Acherontia atropos, 76 
Agriotes lineatus, 36 
Agrotis exclamationis, 85 
,, segetum, 85 
Alopecurus pratensis, red maggot on, 31 
Anthomyia betae, 63 
,, ceparum, 69 
Anchor process, 32 
Antler Moth, 15—18; attack of in 
Glamorganshire, 15—18 
Aphides, effect of weather on, 14; mi¬ 
gration of, 48, 49 
Aphis, Carrot, 13 
,, Damson Hop, 43 
„ Hop, 43 
,, Humuli, 43 
,, ,, var. Malaheb, 43 
„ ? papaveris, 13 
,, Lions, 58 
Beet-carrion Beetle, 59—62 
Birds, 5—11, iv, v (see also “Spar¬ 
rows”) ; Wild Protection Act, 9—11 
Buff-tip Moth, 68; caterpillars of, to 
destroy, 69 
Cecidomyia (tritici), 31—35 
Celery attacked by surface caterpillars, 
89 
Cerapteryx graminis, 15—18 
Cerostoma xylostella, 81 
Charasas graminis, 15—18; map of 
area of attack, 17 
Cheimatobia brumata, 1 
Chrysopa perla, 58 
Click Beetles, 36 
Clover Weevils, 3 s 
Cockchafers, 62 ; amount eaten by grub 
of, 63 ; grubs apparently not injnred 
by kerosine and soft-soap, 63 
Corn Thrips, 28—31 
Daddy Longlegs, 19—28; attack worst 
on broken up grass and clover, 20; 
effects of nitrate of soda on grub of, 
21, 26, 27; effects of pressure, 27; 
hand-picking, 22, 23; non-effects of 
various chemical applications, 26, 27; 
grubs of mud-feeding kind, 27, 28; 
grubs in water unfit for drinking, 
27, 28 
Damson Hop Aphis, 43—56; disap¬ 
pearance of from sloes and damson, 
48; frontal tubercles and antennal 
root-joints of, 48, 50, 51; migration 
of, 49; variety of Hop Aphis, 50 
Davidson’s composition, 2 
Death’s-head Moth, 76; how to rear, 
77; remedies for caterpillars of, 77 
Diamond-back Turnip Moth, 81—83 
Dilophus febrilis, 56 
„ vulgaris, 56 
Elater lineatus, 36 
Emulsion of soft-soap and mineral-oil, 
54 
False Wireworms, 77—79 
Fever Fly, 56, 57; grubs of in hop-hills, 
56 
Fox-tail grass, red maggot on, 31 
Gas-lime, Mr. Fisher Hobbs’ mixture 
of, 61; soot, and sulphur, 35 
Gooseberry Caterpillar, 39—43 ; dress¬ 
ings to destroy, 43 ; dusting infested 
bushes, 41; hand-picking and shaking 
down, 40, 41; paraffin to destroy, 41; 
removal of surface soil to destroy, 42 
Haltica nemorum, 83 
Hemerobiidae, 58 
Hop Aphis, 43—56 (see also Damson 
Hop Aphis); experiments at Stoke 
Edith relatively to, 52, 53; first ap¬ 
pearance of, 44, 45 ; first appearance 
of Fly, 46; frontal tubercles of, 48, 
50, 51; paraffin dressing to check 
attack of, 52, 53 
Hypoderma bovis, 101 
Ichneumon Fly of Large Cabbage But¬ 
terfly, 12 ; history of, 12; beneficial, 12 
Indian rape-cake, 38, 39 
Julus-worms, 77, 79; pink-spotted “in 
almost all root-crops,” 78 
Lace-wings, 58 ; destructive to Aphides, 
58 
? Lasioptera rubi, 80 
Leeks attacked by surface caterpillars, 87 
Limnasus pereger, 91 
,, stagnalis, 91 
,, truncatulus, 91 
Liver Fluke (in Limnfeus), 91; history 
of in Journ. of R. Ag. Soc., vols. xvii., 
xviii., new series, 91 
Lophyrus pini, 73 
Mangold- and Beet-carrion Beetle, 
59—62 
