GENERAL INDEX 
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A. 
Abraxas grossulanata, 1877, 16, 17; 
1878, 18, 19; 1879, 24, 25; 1880, 
34, 35; 1881, 25 ; 1882, 64; 1885, 
35-37 ; 1892, 67-69; 1897, 28-33 
On White Ribes, 1877, 16; soot and 
lime a remedy for, 17 
To destroy by surface digging, 1878, 
19 ; by powdered hellebore, 19 
Food plants of, 1879, 24 
To destroy with hellebore, 1880, 34 
By hand-picking 1881, 25 
By hot lime and soot, 1882, 64 
Remedies suggested for, 1885, 37; ob¬ 
servations on, 35-37 
Habits of, 1892, 67-69; treatment to 
prevent recurrence of, 68, 69 
Distribution of, 1897, 29; habits of 
caterpillars of, 31; removal of leaves 
and foreign substances to destroy, 
31, 32 ; various applications for, 
32, 33 ; jarring to collect cater¬ 
pillars, 33 
Acacia (see Plant index) 
Acanthocinus cedilis (see Asty nonius 
(edilis) 
Aclierontia ( Sphinx) atropos, 1880, 45; 
1882, 90; 1884, 76, 77; 1892, 116- 
118 
Larva at Potato near Forres, Moray¬ 
shire, 1880, 45 
Moth captured near Thurso, N.B., 
1882, 90 
Description, means of prevention, and 
how to rear specimens of, 1884, 
76, 11 
Description of larva, and sound emit¬ 
ted by moth; said to rob honey 
from bee-hives, 1892, 116, 117 
Acridium (Egyptian, 47-53 
Found alive on “greens” (Cabbage), 
also on imported Brocoli in the 
London market, 1893, 48 ; synony¬ 
my of, 49 
Acridium ( Schistocerca) americanum and 
A. peregrinum , considerations of 
resemblance to each other and to 
A. paranense, 1893, 51, 52 
Acridium lineola (see Acridium cegyptium) 
Acridium ( Schistocerca ) paranense, 1893, 
47-53 ; 1897, 53, 54 
Large numbers of dead specimens in 
Lucerne hay imported from Buenos 
Ayres to Liverpool, 1893, 49, 50 
Dead bodies in Lucerne hay from 
Buenos Ayres, 1897, 53, 54 ; horses 
ill after feeding on infested hay, 
symptoms, treatment, and gradual 
recovery, 53, 54 
Acridium peregrinum, specific characters 
of, 1893, 51, 52 
Acridium tartaricum (see Acridium cegyp¬ 
tium) 
Agelastica alni (see Galeruca alni) 
Agriotes lineatus, obscurus, &c., 1877, 9- 
11; 1878, 10-12; 1879, 8-10, 40; 
1880, 6-8; 1881, 23, 24; 1882, 22- 
63 ; 1883, 37-40; 1884, 36-39; 1885, 
30-32 ; 1894, 42, 43 
Chemical applications for prevention 
or remedy ; carbonate of soda, 1877, 
9 
Satisfactory treatment of seedling-beds 
of Ash, &c., 1878, 11; of infested 
Mangolds, 12; nitrate of soda for, 12 
Prevention by measures of cultivation, 
breast ploughing, and burning turf, 
1879, 9 
Traps for, in gardens, 1880, 7 ; use of 
gas-lime, also paraffin and sand, 7 
Mustard and rape-cake, a cure for, 
1881, 23; salt and hot lime for, 24 
Estimates and notes of amount of 
injury from Wireworm, 1882, 23- 
26 ; hand-picking amongst Turnips, 
49 ; importance of making land firm 
by rolling, sheep-treading, or other¬ 
wise to prevent Wireworm travelling 
in the ground, 36-38; of healthy 
growth, 32-35; Isle of Man, tables 
and observations regarding Wire- 
worm attack, including estimates of 
loss, remedial measures, effects of 
bird presence, &c., 54-63 ; Manures 
for, 32-36; chemical manures and 
preventive dressings, 42-46; gas- 
lime, nitrate of soda and salt, 26; 
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