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GENERAL INDEX. 
Smynthurus niger, referred to, 1894, 10 
Snails, Marsh (see Limnceus percger) 
Snake Millepedes (see Julidce) 
Snow Bunting ( Plectroplienax nivalis), 
feeding on Cliarceas graminis, 1894, 
14 
Snowdrop (see Plant index) 
Snowy Fly (see Aleyrodes sp.) 
Soap, soft, washes and mixtures, 1881, 
76; 1882, 1; 1883, 35, 42, 43, 64; 
1884, 54, 66; 1885, 35, 42, 43, 64; 
1887,80; 1889,65,66; 1890,3,60; 
1891, 41, 78-82; 1892, 19, 21, 103, 
123 ; 1893, 36, 43 ; 1896. 99 ; 1898, 
13 
A remedy for Schizoneura lanigera, 
1882 1 
Wash, ’ 1885, 35, 42, 43, 64; with 
sulphuret of lime, 35 
Mixtures and washes, 1889, 65, 66; 
1890, 3 
And mineral oil mixtures, 1890, 60; 
1896, 99 
And paraffin, 1884, 54, 66; 1898, 13 
Mr. A. Shearer’s recipe for mixing, 
1884, 66,—with quassia, 54 
And sulphuret of lime wash, 1887, 80 
Treacle, and quassia for Bed Spider, 
1893, 36 
Soaps, akaline and non-alkaline, effects 
of, mixed with Paris-green, 1891, 
78-82 
Soapsuds, 1880, 23, 26, 36, 46; 1882, 1; 
1893, 36 
Social Pear Sawfly (see Lyda pyri) 
Soda, carbonate of, 1877, 9 
Soda and water, effect of, on Lophynes 
pint, 1882, 88 
Soft Beetle (see Telephones spp.) 
Soldier Beetles (see Telephones spp.) 
Soldiers and Sailors (see Telephones spp.) 
Sorrel (see Plant index) 
Soot, 1882, 34, 61; 1891, 13, 18, 120, 
122, 125, 137, 139; 1892, 47 
Soot and lime, remedy for “ Slugworm,” 
1896, 128 
Spangle Gall (see Neieroterus lenticularis) 
Sparrow, House (Passer domesticus), 
1883, 40 ; 1884, v, vi, 5-11; 1885, 
2,66-73; 1886, iii, iv; 1888,99-103; 
1897, vi, 33 
Depredations of, 1883, 40 
Corn and seed-feeding propensities, 
1884, v; food of, in Australia, v,— 
and observations on, vi; depreda¬ 
tions of, 5-11; to scare with white 
wool, 7 ; Col. Bussell’s experience 
on food of, 8; Wirrall Farmers’ 
Club action against, 11 
Damage caused by, 1885, 67; to de¬ 
stroy, and benefit from destroying, 
68; verdict of American Ornitho¬ 
logists’ Union on, 69-72; dates of 
importation of, in U.S.A., 71; good 
for food, 73 
Overwhelming presence of, 1886, iii, iv 
Martins and swallows driven away by, 
1888, 99, 100; destruction of, ad¬ 
vised by ornithologists to the 
U.S.A., 100; worthlessness of, as 
an insect destroyer, 101; repeal of 
Act of Parliament protecting, in 
Canada, 101; list of publications 
on, 102, 103; measures taken to 
destroy, by Boyal Agricultural and 
Horticultural Society of South 
Australia, 101, 102 
Deferred to, 1897, vi, 33 
Sphinx atropos (see Acherontia atropos) 
Spider Fly (see Hippobosca equina and 
Ornithomyia avicularia) 
Spinach (see Plant index) 
Spotted Crane Fly (see Tipula maculosa) 
Sprayer, Boulton and Paul’s, 1890, 101 
Sprayer, knapsack, 1890, 99, 100 
Spraying-machines, for insecticides, 
1890, v 
Spraying-pump, Yermorel, 1893, 37 
Spraying-pumps, 1895, 69 
Springtails (see Smynthurus sp.) 
Spruce Cone-gall Midge (see Cecidomyia 
(?) albilabris) 
Starling (Sternus vulgaris), 1878, 23; 
1879, 12; 1880, 10, 14; 1881, 17; 
1882, 52; 1884, v, 22; 1885, 62; 
1891, 111, 115, 117, 127, 131, 132, 
133,141, 146; 1892,34,35; 1893, 
25, 30; 1898, 129 
Usefulness of, 1878, 23 
Feeding on Tipulce, 1879, 12 
Feeding on Tipulce, 1880, 10 ; feeding 
on Tipula oleracea, 14 
Feeding on Tipula oleracea, 1881, 17 
Destroying Wireworm, 1882, 52 
Usefulness of, 1884, v; feeding on 
Tipula oleracea, 22 
Feeding on Aphis sp., 1885, 62 
Feeding on Diamond-back Moth in¬ 
festation, 1891, 111, 115, 117, 127, 
131, 132, 133, 141, 146 
Feeding on larvse of Pliesia gamma, 
1892, 34, 35 
Feeding on Phyllopertha horticola, 
1893, 25, 30 
Deferred to, 1898, 129 
Steam, application of, as a remedy for 
Mediterranean flour moth attack, 
1890, 56 
Steam apparatus for Hop washing, 
1884, 55 
Steam Flies (see Phyllodromia germanica) 
Stem Eelworm, 1897, 85-95 (see also 
Tylenchus devastatrix) 
Stem-sickness (see Tylenchus devasta¬ 
trix) 
Stieky-banding (see Grease-banding) 
Stinging Fly (see Stomoxys calcitrans) 
Stockkrankheit, referred to, 1887, 5 
Stoke Edith Park, experiments at, re¬ 
garding Hop Aphis, 1884, 52, 53 
Stomoxys calcitrans, referred to, 1896, 76 
Stoving, 1896, 33 
