24 
GENERAL INDEX. 
London Purple, 1890, 104-106; 1895, 
48, 49 
Analysis of, 1890, 104; variations in 
strength of, 105 
As an insecticide, 1895, 48, 49 
Looper Grubs (see Cheimatobia and Hy- 
bernia) 
Lophyrus (? sp.), on Arbor-vita, 1887, 94 
Lophyrus sp., 1879, 38; account of at¬ 
tack of, with description of larva 
and cocoons, 1887, 93-95 
Lophyrus pini, 1881, 43-45; 1882, 88; 
1884, 73-75 
To destroy, by hand-picking, 1881, 44; 
also by syringing with washing 
soda, 44 
Removal of cocoons from ground, and 
hand-picking suggested as preven¬ 
tives of attack, 1882, 88, 89 ; obser¬ 
vations of severe attack of, in Ross- 
shire, N.B., with observations on ha¬ 
bits, and remedial measures, 73, 74 
Probable existence of summer brood, 
1884, 73; nature and extent of 
damage, &c., 74, 75 
Lophyrus rufus, 1890, 118-121 
Prevention and remedies for, and 
hand-stripping caterpillars advo¬ 
cated, 1890, 121 
Lophyrus sertiferus (see Lophyrus rufus) 
Losses by insect ravage, 1882, iv 
Louse Fly (see Melophagus ovinus) 
Lucerne (see Plant index) 
Lucerne, Locusts imported in, 1897, 53 
Luperina cespitis, 1894, 14 
Lyda clypeata (see Lyda pyri) 
Lyda fasciata (see Lyda pyri) 
Lyda py ri, 1896, 121-124 
Description of caterpillars and web 
of, 1896, 122; life-history of, 123; 
to get rid of, 124 
Lymexylonnavale, abundance of, in Dun¬ 
ham Park, Cheshire, 1886, 77-80 
M. 
Machines for spraying insecticides with, 
1890, v 
Macrocentrus delicatus, 1896, 9 
Maggot, Cabbage and Turnip-root (see 
Anthomyia brassica, A. radicuin, 
and A. for alls) 
Magpie Moth (see Abraxas grossulariata) 
Maize (see Plant index) 
Mamestra brassier, 1877, 8; 1879, 17; 
1880,27,28; 1881,10,11; 1882,11 
At Exeter, 1877, 8 
Especially injurious at Tresco, 1878, 9 
To check by gas-lime, &c., 1880, 28; 
1881, 11 
Mamestra persicaricB, 1890, 61-64 
Description of larvae, 1890, 61, 62; of 
moth, 63 
Variety of food-plants, and means of 
prevention and remedy, 1890, 62-64 
Mangold (see Plant index) 
Mangold Aphis (see Aphis papaveris) 
Mangold or Beet Fly (see Anthomyia 
beta) 
Mangold Fly (see Anthomyia beta) 
Mangold “Leaf-blister” Maggot (see 
Anthomyia beta) 
Mangold Pigmy Beetle (see Atomaria 
linearis) 
Mangolds, use of leaves for fodder, and 
method of stripping them, 1892, 
Appendix, 161, 162 
Manures, 1877, 9, 10; 1878, 12; 1880, 
44; 1882, 32-35, 57, 63 
Manure, maggots in, 1883, iv (see also 
Anthomyia sp.) 
Manure, sanitary ?, attractive to ground 
beetles, 1895, 4 
Manures, preventives for Wireworm 
(Agriotes sp.) attack, 1882, 32-35 
Maple (see Plant index) 
March Moth (see Anisopteryx ascularia) 
Marsh Snails, 1884, 91, 92 (see also 
Limnaa peregra) 
Martin ( Hirundo ( Ghelidon) urbica) feed¬ 
ing on high-flying Coleoiatera, 1878, 
23 
May-bug (see Melolontlia vulgaris) 
May-bug, Small (see Phyllopertha hord¬ 
eola) 
May-weed (see Plant index) 
Meadow-sweet (see Plant index) 
Mediterranean Flour Moth (see Ephestia 
kuhniella) 
Medlar (see Plant index) 
Megathopa violacea, infesting 40,000 
acres of pasturage in the Argentine 
Territories of S. America, 1894, vi 
Meligethes aneus, 1886, 58-76; 1891, 
96-105; 1893, 61, 63, 64 
Infesting Mustard, 1886, 58-76 
Infesting flowering shoots of Turnips, 
&c., 1891, 96-105; to destroy, by 
removal of early blooms, 101; re¬ 
sult of removal of early blooms, 
101-105 
Life-history, 63-66 ; effect of Paris- 
green on, 65 ; Fisher Hobbs’s mix¬ 
ture for, 67 
Meligethes viridescens, 1891, 96, 98 
Melolontlia vulgaris, 1882, 85, 86 ; 1884, 
62, 63 ; 1891, 18-21; 1893, 22-31 ; 
1895, 23-31; 1896, 35-40; 1898, 
33,120-123 
Grubs of, serviceable methods for 
clearing, 1882, 85; grubs destroyed 
by moles, also by rooks, 86 ; gas- 
lime, or chemical waste from alkali 
works, to destroy, 86 
In field crops, 1884, 62 
Habits and food of, 1891, 18-20; 
ploughing to expose grubs, 20, 21; 
gulls feeding on, 21; methods of 
prevention, 21 
Method of treatment of pasture lands 
infested by, 1893, 27 ; gas liquor 
