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GENERAL INDEX. 
destroying infested plants, 26, 27; 
rotation of crops good preventive, 27 
Compared with other infestations, 
1892, 142-145 
Infesting seedling Cabbage plants, 
1895, 15; grubs not affected by 
cold, 17; found together with fun¬ 
goid disease, 17; deep trenching- 
good for, with application of lime 
or gas-lime, 18 
Points of difference in methods of 
attack of, and Cecidomyia brassicce, 
1897, 126-129 
Chcerocampa elpenor, 1887, 126, 127; 
1898, 72-75 (see also Murrain) 
Account of, and said to cause murrain, 
1887, 126, 127 
Farmers suspect causing “ murrain ” 
in cattle, 1898, 72, 73; description 
of larva and perfect insect, 74, 75 
Chafer, Golden (see Cetonia aurata) 
Chafer, Rose (see Phyllopertha horticola 
and Cetonia aurata) 
Chafer, Summer (see Rhizotrogus sol- 
stitialis) 
Chaff, destruction of, beneficial, 1877, 
12; 1878, 16 
Chaffinch ( Fringilla ccelebs ), mentioned' 
1885, 67 
Clialcididce infesting Phytoptus ribis, 
1891, 48 
Cliarceas graminis, 1881, 21, 22; 1884, 
15-18 ; 1885, 12-14; 1894, 12-23 ; 
1895, 18-23; 1898, 33 
Account of, 1881, 22 
Vast numbers of, in Glamorganshire, 
1884, 15 ; injury to corn and grass, 
15 ; map showing infested area, 17 ; 
burning surface herbage to destroy, 
18 
General account of, 1885, 12-14; to 
destroy by firing, 14; to destroy by 
inundation, 14; to collect in shallow 
ditches, 14 
Exorista loti , parasitic fly of, 1894, 
Preface, iv; infestation of, in Scot¬ 
land, 12; snow buntings ( Electro- 
plianes nivalis) feeding on, 14 ; 
localities of appearance of, 15, 16, 
20, 21; bacterial disease (Flacherie) 
infesting, 16; Threadworm para¬ 
sites ( Merniis ), 16, 17; parasites of, 
17-20 ; parasitic flies of ( Tachinids ), 
19, 21; abundance of, in autumn, 
21; infestation of, on ground pre¬ 
viously infested by voles, 22 ; sum¬ 
mary and means of prevention and 
remedy, 22, 23 
No widespread re-appearance of, 1895, 
19 ; not affected by cold in 
northerly latitudes noted, 21; to 
destroy by firing pastures, 22 ; 
numbers of caterpillars of, found 
in Trout, 22 
Observed near Haslemere, Surrey, 
1898, 33 
Charlock (see Plant index) 
Charlock or Charlock-seed Weevil (see 
Ceutorhynchus contractus) 
Charlock Weevil (see Ceutorhynchus con¬ 
tractus) 
Found in galls of Phytoptus ribis, 
1892, 65; ? predaceous or phyto¬ 
phagous, 65-67 
Checkered Death-watch Beetle (see Ano- 
bium tessellation) 
Cheese Mite (see Tyroglyphus siro) 
Cheimatobia brumata, 1882, 3, 4 ; 1883, 
4-6; 1884,1-3; 1887, iv; 1888, 1, 
6-10; 1889, 56-76; 1890,15,74-106; 
1891, 66-82 ; 1892, 104-106; 1895, 
62-70; 1896, 84-103 
General information on, 1882, 4 
Results of Davidson’s compound, 1883, 
4; limewash and hellebore ineffec¬ 
tual, 6 
Protection of fruit trees from, 1884, 
1; Davidson’s compound as a trap 
for, 2 
Use of sticky-banding confirmed, 
1887, ii 
Unusual amount of harm caused by, 
1888,1; thousands caught by sticky- 
banding, 7 
And other species, important obser¬ 
vations on, 1889, 56-80; tar, cau¬ 
tion regarding, for grease-banding, 
59 ; stakes require attention, 61; 
paper bands to guard bark from 
grease, 61; cost of banding, 62; 
sticky-banding, date for, 62, 63; 
means of prevention and remedy, 62, 
63 ; females carried by males to 
trees, 67; late pruning, 67, 80; 
jarring to dislodge caterpillars, 68 ; 
fumigation of, 69; lamps to attract, 
78; Paris-green, remedy for, 69-74 
Special paper on experiments with 
Paris-green, &c., 1890, 15, 74-106 ; 
observations on, 74-76, 80-106; 
prevention and remedies for, 80- 
106 ; sticky-banding to prevent, 81; 
tar unsafe, 81; grease for banding, 
different kinds of, 82 ; greased hay- 
ropes serviceable, 82, 83; Paris- 
green to destroy, 83-104 ; London- 
purple to destroy, 1890, 104-106; 
applications not useful to destroy, 85 
Observations on, and allied species, 
1891, 66-70 ; time of flight of, 68 
Success of treatment of 120,000 trees, 
1892, 104; successful method of 
treatment of, 104 
Severe attacks of caterpillars to 
orchard leafage, Oak, Lime, &c., 
1895, 63-65 ; points to be attended 
to in prevention of attack, 66-68; 
recipes, &c., 68-70 
Injury of caterpillars of, to forest trees 
and orchards jointly with Hybernia 
defoliaria and Tortrix viridana, 
1896, 84 ; observations on infesta- 
