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GENERAL INDEX. 
Preparation of ground to prevent 
attack, 1882, 12 
Treatment to prevent, also soot as a 
preventive, 1883, 18 
Description of, in different stages, 
and method of attack, 1888, 32; 
trenching as a remedy on infested 
land, 33; importance of prepara¬ 
tion of the ground which will pre¬ 
vent it cracking, 33 ; method of safe 
application of paraffin, 33; good 
results of earthing, and recapitula¬ 
tion of preventive measures, 33, 34 
Method of egg-laying, 1891, 11; pre¬ 
cautions necessary in thinning, and 
watering serviceable after thinning, 
13 ; paraffin mixed with sand as a 
preventive, 14 
Recipe for mixture of soft-soap and 
paraffin, and directions for use, with 
list of observers by whom the 
application was found serviceable 
against attack, 1894, 118 
Psylla mail , 1890, 4-11; 1891, 6, 7 ; 
1898, 15 
Description of, in different stages, 
life-history of, and observations of 
transparent tubercle, and threads 
exuded by, 1890, 6-10 ; prevention 
and remedies, and also use of in¬ 
verted umbrella as trap for, 10 
Apparatus to capture with, 1891, 7 
Mentioned, 1898, 15 
Psylliodes attenuatus, notes on habits 
of, 1882, 72 
Psylliodes chrysocephala , 1878, 1, 22 ; 
1882, 72 
Pteromalus brassiere, figure only, 1882, 9 
Pteromalus 7nicans, parasite of Chlorops 
tceniopus, figured, 1887, 54; 1889, 22 
Pteroistichus ( Steropus) madidus , 1885, 
51-53; 1894, 93-97; 1895, 80-90; 
1898, 64-68 
Injurious to Mangolds, 1885, 51-53; 
description of beetles, also of method 
of injury to roots, 52 
Destruction of Strawberry fruit by, 
and other allied species, 1894, 
93-97 
Infesting Strawberry fruit with other 
allied beetles, 1895, 80-93 (see also 
Harpalus rujicornis ) 
Destructive to Mangolds, 1898, 64 ; 
observations on attack, 64-66; de¬ 
scription of, 66; attacking Straw¬ 
berries, 67 ; how to deal with, as a 
Strawberry infestation, 68 
Pterostichus ( Omaseus)vulqaris , 1895,80- 
90; 1897, 111-120; 1898, 123-126 
Description of, 1895, 82 ; observations 
on habits of, and injuries caused by 
this and other species, 82-90 
Infesting Strawberry fruit, 1897, 111; 
description of, and Harpalus ruji¬ 
cornis, 112; habits of, 113; localities 
of infestation, 114-118; summary 
of, 18, 19; effect of red lead upon 
beetles, 115 ; traps for, 119 
Reference to history of attacks of, and 
other geodephagous beetles, 1898, 
123, 124; prevention and remedies, 
124-126; sugar-basins and tins as 
traps for, 124 ; special habits of, 125 
Pulex avium, referred to, 1898, 48 
Pulex fasciatus, referred to, 1898, 48 
Pulex yonioceplialus, referred to, 1898, 48 
Pulex irritans, 1898, 44-50 
Description of, 1898, 44, 45 ; localities 
of unusual infestation of, 45 ; ob¬ 
servations on habits, 46-48; pre¬ 
vention and remedies for, 49, 50 ; 
treatment for, and other species, 
49, 50; method of treatment of 
infested floors, 49 
Pulex sciurorum, referred to, 1898, 48 
Pulex serraticeps, 1898, 48, 49 
Pulvinaria ribesice, 1889, 43-49 
Description of, also of woolly infesta¬ 
tion of, 1889, 44, 45; reports of 
localities infested, 45-48; applica¬ 
tions serviceable, and also unservice¬ 
able for remedy, 46, 48 
Pupipara, life-history of, 1895, 108-110 
Purples (see Tylenchus tritici) 
Puss Moth (see Dicranura vinula) 
Pygcera bucepliala, 1884, 68, 69; 1887, 
81-83; 1898, 1-5 
Food-plants of, 1884, 68; Davidson’s 
composition to catch larvae, 69 
Account of various attacks of, 1887, 
81-83 
Food-plants of, 1898, 1; infesting 
orchards, 2; localities of infestation, 
2; life-history of, 3; prevention 
and remedies, 4, 5 ; to collect 
caterpillars by jarring or shaking, 
4; tarred bands to prevent cater¬ 
pillars re-ascending trees, 4 ; to de¬ 
stroy females to prevent egg-laying, 
5 ; children to collect chrysalis of, 5 
Pyralis glaucinalis, 1893, 14-19 
Observations on habits, 1893, 15-17 ; 
“ birch-knots,” haystacks, and rub¬ 
bish habitats of, 16, 17 ; description 
of larva, 17, 18; prevention and 
remedies, 18, 19 ; treatment of 
stack bottoms for, 18, 19 
Q. 
Quassia with treacle and soft-soap for 
Red Spider, 1893, 37 
Quince (see Plant index) 
R. 
Radish (see Plant index) 
Radish Fly (see Anthomyia Jloralis) 
Rails, Spotted and Water (Rallus spp.), 
1878, 23 
