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GENEKAL INDEX. 
Beech-bark Felt Scale (see Cryptococcus 
fagi) 
Beech Coccus (see Cryptococcus fagi) 
Beech Weevil (see Orchestes fagi) 
Beet (see Plant index) 
Beet Carrion Beetle (see Silpha opaca) 
Beet Eelwonn (see Heteroderci scliachtii) 
Beet or Mangold Fly (see Anthomyia 
beta) 
Beet Moth (see Plusia gamma) 
Beetle catching machine, 1893, 71 
Benzinated water for Dogs and Cats, 
1898, 49 
Birch (see Plant index) 
Birds ( Aves ), 1878, 23 ; 1880, 46 ; 1882, 
v; 1883, 40-43 ; 1884, iv, v, 5-11; 
1888, 18; 1894, 102; 1898, 129 
Destroying Nematus ribesii, 1878, 23 ; 
list of beneficial, 23 
General usefulness of, 1880, 46 
Observations of various species, es¬ 
pecially starlings, useful in clearing 
Diamond-back ( Plutella crucifer- 
arum) attacks, special report on 
Diamond-back Moth, 1881,109-155 
May be too numerous, 1882, v 
Food of, generally, 1883, 40 
List of beneficial, 1884, iv; impor¬ 
tance of preserving, v; Wild, Pro¬ 
tection Act (1880), 9-11 
Preservation of, to prevent orchard 
attacks, 1888, 18 
Beneficial in clearing “Diamond- 
back” attack, 1898, 127-129 
Bisulphide of carbon, use of, in destroy¬ 
ing Bean and Pea Weevils ( Bruchus 
faba and B. rufimanus), 1895, 14; 
method of application to destroy 
Granary Weevil, 1897, 109-111; 
for Anobium paniceum, 1898, 109 
Blackbird ( Turdus merula ) feeding on 
Pieris brassica , 1880, 26 
Black Aphis (see Aphis rumicis) 
Black Currant Gall Mite (see Phytoptus 
ribis) 
Black Dolphin (see Aphis rumicis) 
Black Dolphin Collier (see Aphis rumicis) 
Black Dust, 1886, 29 
Black Fly fsee Aphis rumicis) 
Black Jack (see Atlialia spinarum and 
Pliadon betula) 
Black Palmer (see Athalia spinarum) 
Blackthorn (see Plant index) 
Black Vine Weevil (see Otiorhynchus 
sulcatus) 
Black Weevil (see Otiorhynchus sp.) 
Black Worms (see Tipula oleracea) 
Blatta (Periplaneta) orientalis, 1896, 28 ; 
1897, 25-27 
Referred to, 1896, 28 
Distinctions between, and allied spe¬ 
cies, 1897, 25 
Blind-worm (Anguis fragilis), beneficial, 
1879, 39 
Blue Fly (see Aphis rapa) 
Blue-head (see Diloba caruleocephala) 
Boll of Barley, 1882, 54; of Oats, 54; 
of Wheat, 25 
Bombyx neustria (see Clisiocampa neu- 
stria) 
Bombyx mori, referred to, 1894, 18 
Bones, &c., 1896, 17-22 
Bones, dissolved, 1882, 35, 58 
Books, list of, on animal attacks, 1895, 
153 
Boot Beetle (see Anobium paniceum) 
Bostrichus dispar (see Xyleborus dispar) 
Bot Fly, Red-bearded (see Gephenomyia 
rufibarbis and CEstrida) 
Brassica (see Plant index) 
Bread or Paste Beetle (see Anobium 
paniceum) 
Breeze Flies (see Tabanida) 
Breeze Fly, Allied (see Tcibanus cog- 
natus) 
Breeze Fly, Blinding (see Chrysops 
cacutiens) 
Breeze Fly, Horse or Rain (see Hemato- 
poda pluvialis) 
Breeze Fly, Noisy (see Tahanus bromius) 
Bristle-tails (see Lepisma saccharina) 
Bruchus faba, 1895, 4-14 
Life-history of, 1895, 5; distinctions 
between, and allied species, 7-10; 
and in larvae of, 10; and in effects 
of respective infestation on ger¬ 
mination, 10-12; prevention and 
remedy, 12, 14 
Bruchus granarius, 1878, 25, 26; 1885, 
6-8; 1888, 19-24; 1895, 4-14 
Mentioned, 1878, 25, 26 
Buyers of Beans, hints to, 1885, 7; 
habits of, 6-8 
General account of, 1888, 19-24; in¬ 
festing Beans and Peas in Kent, 
20 ; result of sowing infested Beans, 
20, 21; loss in weight of Beans 
from, 21; to destroy, by soaking in 
water, 23; dressing with blue vitriol 
and sewage carbolic, 23 ; to prevent, 
by change of crops, 24; methods 
for lessening loss, 22, 24 
Life-history of, 1895, 5 ; distinctions 
between, and allied species, 7-10; 
and in larvae of, 10; and in effects 
of respective infestation on ger¬ 
mination, 10-12; prevention and 
remedy, 12, 14 
Bruchus obsoletus (see Bruchus faba) 
Bruchus obtectus (see Bruchus faba) 
Bruchus pisi (see Bruchus granarius) 
Bruchus protectus (see Bruchus faba) 
Bruchus rufimanus (see Bruchus gra¬ 
narius) 
Bruchus subarmatus, referred to, 1895, 9 
Bryobia nobilis, referred to, 1895, 44 
Bryobia pratiosa , 1893, 32-38; 1894, 
62-70; 1895, 40-45 
Importance of early spraying with 
insecticides, 1893, 36 ; localities for, 
and observations of attack, 32-36 ; 
prevention and remedies for, 36-38; 
