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woollen cloth, 36; general treat¬ 
ment for, 37; prevention by removal 
of infested surface soil and destroy¬ 
ing it, 37 
Prevention, by syringing with paraffin 
and water, also by dusting with hot 
lime, 1881,26; also by application 
of powdered hellebore, 27 ; by shak¬ 
ing down caterpillars, 27 
To destroy with infusion of hellebore, 
1882, 64 ; further notes on applica¬ 
tion of paraffin and water, 65, and 
of removal of infestation in surface 
soil, 66 
Gas-lime, also lime as a preventive, 
1883, 44; hellebore again recom¬ 
mended, 44 
Soot advised as a dressing, 1884, 39 ; 
shaking down or handpicking cater¬ 
pillars, 40 ; dusting infested bushes, 
also application of paraffin, removal 
of infested surface soil, and appli¬ 
cation of gas-lime and lime again 
recommended, 41, 42, 43 
Mentioned, 1893, 149 
Attack not lessened by cold, 1895, 46; 
great infestation of, 46-48; London- 
purple as a remedy for, 48, 49; 
measures of prevention, 50; result 
of removing surface soil, 50 
Nematus salicis, 1893, 147-149 
Infesting Willows in Shropshire, 1893, 
147 
Nettle (see Plant index) 
Nettle-top in Hops, 1894, 52, 59 
Neuroterus famiptennis, referred to, 1878, 
20 
Neuroterus Iceviusculus, unusually notice¬ 
able near Isleworth, and at Sedbury, 
West Gloucestershire, 1878, 20 
Neuroterus lenticularis, 1877, 17 ; 1878, 
20 ; 1881, 32 
Causing premature withering of Oak 
leafage, 1877, 17 
Abundance of, in various localities, 
1878, 20 
Collecting galls suggested, 1881, 32 
Nigger (see Athalia spinarum) 
Nippers, long-handled, for pruning, 
1890, 80 
Nitrate of soda, 1881, 76; 1882, 27, 
34, 35, 44; 1883, 12, 73 ; 1884, 21, 
26, 27 ; 1886, 57 ; 1890, 73 ; 1891, 
63, 65, 112, 115, 121, 123, 136, 137, 
139, 140, 142, 143, 146; 1892, 50, 
114 ; 1894, 100 ; 1896, iv, 120, 148 
Noctua segetum (see Agrotis segetum) 
Noctuce , 1878, 23 
Noctuid moths, bats feeding upon, 1878, 
23 
Noisy Breeze Fly (see Tabanus bromius 
and Tabanidce) 
Nostril Fly Maggot of Sheep (see Oestrus 
ovis ) 
Notodonta ( Lophopteryx ) camelina, 
1894, 3 
Notodonta ziczac, 1893, 145-147 
Infesting Willow in Connemara, 1893, 
145 
Description of, 1893, 145, 146 
Nut (see Plant index) 
Nuthatch ( Sitta europcea), found useful, 
1879, 38 ; 1884, v 
O. 
Oak (see Plant index) 
Oak Gall-flies (see Gy nips hollari) 
Oak “Spangle” (see Neuroterus lenti¬ 
cularis) 
Oak Leaf-roller Moth (see Tortrix viri- 
dana) 
Oat (see Plant index) 
Oblong Leaf Weevil (see Phyllobius 
oblongus) 
Ocypus olens, referred to, 1892, 144 
Edemagena equi (see Hypoderma loiseti) 
Estridce, 1895, 134-145 
Detailed information on various 
species of, 1895, 134-145 ; infesting 
Koe Deer and Bed Deer, 134, 135; 
not in Fallow Deer, 134; infestation 
in young Bed Deer, 136; description 
of Hypoderma diana, 139 ; method 
of prevention and remedy, 140,141; 
Hypoderma lineata of U.S. America, 
description and habits of, compared 
with H. bovis, 141-145 
(Estrus bovis (see Hypoderma bovis) 
Estrus ovis, 1887, 121-125 
Not affecting brain of sheep, 1887, 
122-123 
Estrus lineata (see Hypoderma lineata ) 
Ogger, or Auger Worm (see Cossus 
ligniperda) 
Onion (see Plant index) 
Onion Fly (see Anthomyia ceparum) 
Onion-sickness (see Tylenchus devas- 
tatrix) 
Oporabia dilutata, 1895, 63 
Orange (see Plant index) 
Orchard and Hops, 1898, 78-84 
Orchard insects, 1888,1-18 ; 1889, 56-80 
Orchard Moth caterpillars, 1890, 74; 
1891, 66 ; 1892, 104 ; 1896,107 (see 
also Cheimatobia brumata and Hy- 
bernia defoliaria) 
Orchestes alni ?, infesting Elm, 1881,107 
Orchestes fagi, infesting Beech leaves, 
1881,'106 
Orchestes scutellaris ?, infesting Elm, 
1881, 107 
Orgyia antiqua, 1885, 63-64 ; 1890, 
78, 79 
Larva and moth, description of, also 
of method of egg deposit, 1885, 
63, 64 
Further observations of, on orchard 
trees, also injurious on Plum in an 
orchard house, 1890, 78, 79 
Oribata lapidaria swarming on fruit 
