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1 84 Appendix. llohcckia, Scliulth. ohes'i, Schulth. Somali. Sphodromerus, St&l. decoloratus, Fin. Algeria. inconsjncuus, Schulth. Somali. serapis, Serv. Egypt, Sinai. Calliptamus, Serv. italicus, Linn. S. Europe, W. Asia, N. Africa (Algeria, Tunis), Madeira, Massowa, Sokotra. ictericus, Serv. Spain, Algeria. vulcanius, Krauss. Canaries. discoidalis. Walk. Egypt. imitator, Walk. Egypt, Arabia. similis, Brunn. Egypt, Syria. turhidus, Walk. Egypt. cidcaratus, Stal. Massowa. orieutaUs, Schulth. Somali. sijnatun, Walk. Suakim. ffeteraris, Walk. Somali, Schulth. Somali. Tylotropidius, Stal. Somalicus, Schulth. Somali. Thisoicetrus, Brunn. littoralis, Ramb. S. Europe, Egypt, Nubia, Algeria, Arabia, etc. cmrulescens, StiU. Massowa. grossus, Schulth. Somali. F.uprepocnemls, Fieb. ' plorans, Charp. S. Europe, Africa, Asia, Egypt, Algeria. [ cinerea, Blanch. Teneriife. I morbosus, Serv. Egypt, Arabia. II. LIST OF AFRICAN TERMITES. (Compiled from Sjostedt's " Monogi-aph " (Svenska Ak. Handlingar, 34 (4) (1900), by Mr. W. F. Kirby.) Ilodotermes, Hag. mossambicus, Hag. Damara, Cape, Caffraria, Natal, Mozambique, German E. Africa. ochraccus, Burm. Egypt, Timis, Morocco, Persian Gulf. viator, Latr. Cape (Hex River, etc.). Wasmanni, Sjost. N. Africa (Wady M'bellem). Ilavilandi, Sharp. ( = mossambicus : see Sjostedt). viarum, Smeathm. Phil. Trans. Ixxi p. 189 (1781). Sierra Leone. AuriviUii, Sjostedt. Cape (Darling). Calotermes, Hag. flavicoUis, Fabr. Pahearctic Region ; Mediterranean ; Algeria, Egypt. Camerunensis, Sj. ( = robustus, Sj.). Cameroons. Madagascariensis, Wasm. Nossi Be, Durban (= Durhanensis, Hav. : sec. Sj.). Ilavilandi, Sj. Cameroons, Fer- nando Po, Congo. Howa, Wasm. Madagascar. rryptops, Sj. Ugalla (Ituri-Fahro) [■? Uganda]. pallidus, Ramb. Mauritius. Voeltzkou'i, Wasm. Madagascar. Ithinotermes, Hag. putorius, Sj. Cameroons, Fermiudo Po, Gaboon, Congo. Acanthoterm.es, Sj. ' acanthothvrax, Sj. Cameroons. militaris. Hag. Togo, Congo, Angelo. spiniger, Sj. Congo. Termes, Linn. niger, Sj. Cameroons. gratus, Sj. Togo. vitrialatus, Sj. Congo. Goliath, Sj. Kilimanjaro, Masai Land, Dar-es-Salaam, British Cen- tral Africa. Natalensis, Hav. (= termiticola, Sj.). Liberia, Gold Coast, Togo, Congo, Soudan, Angola, Caifra, Natal, N. Transvaal. bellicosits, Smeathm. (cf. infra'). crucifer, Sj. Sierra Leone, Togo, Cameroons, Congo. cavithorax, Sj. Cameroons. luci/agus, Rossi. Mediterranean, Algeria, Egypt. Appendix. 185 ileslructur, Smeathm. (= flavicoUis, Walk.). Senegal, Sierra Leone, Natal (?), Kordofan, Bahr-el- Abiad. Caffrarix, Sj. Caffraria, Natal. lafericius, Hav. Natal, Mozam- bique. iiquaticus, Sj. Tog;o, Cameroous. jiiicrops, Sj. Usambara. latialatus, Sj. Congo. capensis, De Geer. Gambia (?) Cape, Caffraria. JJuchhohi, Rj. Liberia, Fernando Po, Gaboon. nngustipennis, Sj. Congo. vulgaris, Hav. Natal. angnstatus, Ramb. Cape, Natal, Caffraria. Lilljeborgi, Sj. Cameroons. nmplus, Sj. Congo. Gabonensis, Sj. (= MuUeri, Sj.). Gaboon. tiohilis, Sj. Cameroons. badit'.s, Hav. Natal. simplicidens, Sj. Cameroons. hasidens, Sj. Togo. anidentatus, Wasm. Gold Coast, Zanzibar. incertus, Hag. Mozambique, Natal. monodon, Gerst. Mozambique, Usegabii, Usagara, Transvaal. aqiiat'icus, Sj. Togo, Cameroons. (belUcosus ; synonyms : var. Mos- mmbica. Hag; subsp. Sansi- barica, Wasm. ; fatale, Fabr. ; capensiSy Latr.J; subhyalinus, Ramb.; viator. Walk. ; falciger, Gerst.) beUicosus ; localities : Senegal, Kerrj- Coast, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Togo, Cameroons, Congo, Angola, Natal, N. Transvaal, Dekgoa Bay, Mozambique, Use- gaba, L^sambara, Zanzibar, Tan- ganyika, Tangier, Sennaar, Kordo- fan, Abyssinia. Enter mes, Hav. fungifaher, Sj. S. Leone, Cameroons. bilobatus, Hav. Natal. atrox, Smeathm. S. Leone, Cape. macrothorax, Sj. Gold Coast, Cameroons. longiceps, Sj, Cameroons. albotarsalis, Sj. Cameroons, Congo. AurivilUi, Sj. Cameroons. lateralis. Walk. Sierra Leone, Cameroons. iruncatus, Wasm. Madagascar. arboricola, Sj. Cameroons. mordax, Smeathm. Sierra Leone. pallidipes, Sj. S. Leoiu', Cameroons. Camerunensis, Sj. Cameroons. Sikoras, Wasm. Madagascar. fuscotihialis, Sj. Cameroons, Gaboon. subtilis, Wasm. Aldabra, Mauri- tius. parvus, Hav. Gold Coa-st, Natal. heterodon, Sj. Cameroons. rectangularis, Sj. Cameroons. hastatus, Hav. Cape. socialis, Sj. Gold Coast, Cameroons. capricornis, Wasm. Madagascar. baculi, Sj. Cameroons. hospes, Sj. Cameroons. trinervius, Pamb. Pal. Region, Sierra Leone, Congo, Damara, Cape, Natal. mauricianus, Ramb. Mauritius. togoensis, Sj. Togo. geminatus, Wasm. Gold Coast. arboruvi, Smeathm. Senegambia Cameroons, Cape. laticeps, Wasm. Madagascar. latifrons, Sj. Togo, Cameroous, Fernando Po. chrysopleura, Sj. Cameroons. canaUculatus, Wasm. Madagascar. nigrita, Wasm. Madagascar. 1 86 INDEX. A. Acacia Wood, method of destroying insects in, 128 Acari at roots of flowers, 129 Agromyza chermivora, 40 Agrotis exclamationis, 7, 83 Agrotis segetis, 7 Allied Bud Moth, 68 Allied Spotted Crane Fly, 101 Allspice, Pimento Borer in West Indies, 139 Almonds, attacked by Indian Meal Moth, 124 Andira, insect pests of, 141 Anobium domesticum, 41, 128 Anohium paniceum, 41, 45 Anohmm tessellatum, 41 ; in St. Alban's Cathedral, 122, 123 Anthocoris fusca, 40 Anthomyia radicum, 11 Anthomyidae, 11 Anthonomus pomorum, 18 Antipest sprayer, 26 Antithesia variegana, 68 Ants, destruction of, 31 Aphides, on apple trees, 27 ; on carrots, 27 ; on osiers and willows, 114 Aphis amygdali, 28 Aphis atripUcis, 10 Aphis brassicse, 93 Aphis mali, 27 Apogonia rauca, 144 Apple Blossom Weevil, 18 ; Sucker, 26 ; Aphis, 27 ; Fruit Fly, 21 Apples, maggots in, 20; maggots in imported apples, 21; Lisbon, 21; Scale on, 22, 29 ; Bark Louse, 26 ; eggs on apple trees, 26 ; Aphides on apple trees, 27 ; Sawfly, 20, 128 Area, 173 Araeocerusfasciculatus, attacking coffee- berries, 137 Ark Shells, edible, in West Indies, 173 Armadillidium vulgare, 106 Armed Strongyles, 60 Arrowroot pests of West Indies, 141 Arsenate ot lead wash, 28 Aspidiotus ostrexformis, 25 Aspidiotus perniciosus, 23 Atomaria linearis, 8, 11 Atropos divinatoi'ia, 45, 74 Auchmeroyia, 55 Auchmeroyia depressa, 56 Austrian pine, Fissodes notatus on, 116 Aviculae, 176 Avictda crocea, 178 Avicula heteroptera, 178 Avicula macroptera, 178 Avicula margariti/era, 178 Avicula vexillum, 178 B. Balistes mitis, 177 Banana, insects on, in West Indies, 141, 144 Banded Pine Weevil, 116; prevention and treatment, 117 Bark spots, 23 Barley, affected with smut and beetles, 80 Barley, smut and insects in, 5, 80 Bathyscia wollastoni, 84, 87 B#che-de-Mer in West Indies, 173 Beech Coccus, 38 Beet Carrion Beetle, 6 Beetle Mites, 77 Benzine, use of, for furniture pests, 42 ; for clothes pests, 44 Bihio hortulanus, 11, 22, 91 Bihio marci, 22 Bihionidx, on mangolds, 11; on fruit, 22 Bisulphide of carbon, use of, 126 Hlick Fly on mangold, 10 Black Wire worm, 49 Bordeaux Mixture, 48 Brown Curiant Scale, 26 Index. 187 Bryobia pruni, 26 Bud Mites in Black Currant, 18, 78 Bud Moth, 62; literature on, 63; life- history of, 65 ; at Wisbech, 73 ; at Hailsham and Swanley, 128 C. Cabbage Aphis on Turnips, 93 Cabbage Boot Fly, 34 Cxcilius, 74 Caitophorus salicivorus, 114 Calandra granaria, 46 Calandra oryzas, 46 Calathus cisteloides, 19 Caliperus, 172 CalUphora, 55 Calocoris fulvomaculatus, 31 Canker fungus mistaken for insect work, 29 Carpocapsa pomonella, 20 Carrion Beetles, 6 Carrot Fly, 108 Carrots, Aphides on, 108 Case-making Clothes Moth, 43 Cassava, insects on, in W. Indies, 141 Cattle, Screw Worm in, 132 Caustic Alkali wash, 25 Cayor Fly, 56 Cecidomyia, 38 Cecidomyia heterobia, 38 ; rosaria, 38 ; salicis, 38, 129 ; saliciperda, 38 ; salicina, 38 ; terminalis, 38 Cecidomyidae, 37 Centropomus, 172 Centropristes oculatus, 172 Ceratitis in apples, 21 Cereal Pests, 3, 80 Cetonia aurata, 13 Ceylon, Pearl Fisheries, 174; abstract of Report on, 176 Chafer, Green Bose, 13; garden and summer, 12 Chafer Larvae, 12 Chafers, 12 Chanks of commerce, 176 Cheimatohia hrumata, 21 OheJone imbricata, 172 Chelone midas, 172 Chermes abietis, 18 Chermes corticalis, 39 Cherry Sawfly, 21, 72 Chincona pests, 140 Chinosol, use of, 123 Chrysanthemum, land bugs on, 30 Chrysomela marginalis, 91 Cigar Beetle, 125 Cinnabar Moth, 15 Cladius viminalis, 37 Clothes Moths, 43, 128 ; treatment for, 44, 126 Clytus arietis, 92 Coccidae, 29 ; life-history of, 25 Coccinella septem-punctata, 92 Cocoanut Palm, insects on, in West Indies, 140; Melolonthid larvae on, in Ceylon, 144 Cocoa Plant, insects on, in West Indies, 139 Codling Moth, 20 Coffee berries, damaged by Beetles, 137 Collembola in orchid houses, 110 Colorado Beetle, notes on, in England, 87; First Beport on outbreak at Tilbury, 89 ; Report of second visit to Tilbury re, 90 ; Report on, 1902, 90 ; insects .--ent as, 91 ; reported at Hockley, 93; at South Benfleet and Northfleet, 93 Common Crane Fly, 96 Compsomyia, 55, 131 Compsomyia macellaria in man, 131 ; in cattle in St. Lucia, 132 Conorhinus rubrnfasciatus, 130 Cornweal, insect pest in, 141 Corn Weevil, 46 Corrosive sublimate, use of, 42 Cotton, insect pests of, in West Indies, 139 Cow peas, insect pest in, 141 Crabs in West Indies, 173 Crane Flies, 94 Crioceris asparagi, 92 Cryptococcus fagi, 38 Cupram, prejiaration of, 48 Currant Scale, brown, 26 ; white woolly, 23, 129 Cutworms, 7, 83 D. Dactylobius citri, 74 Dadylobius destructor, 74 Dactylobius longipinus, 74 Dart Moth, 7 Death Watch, 41, 45, 122, 128 Depluming Scabies, in fowls, 61 Dermatobia, 55 Dermestes lardarius, 45, 125 Diaspis arr,ygdaU, 23 ; on plum, 25 Diaspis bromeliae, 135 Diplosis pyrivora, 22, 128 IHplosis violicola, 106 Dipterous larvae in human excreta, 55 Dorypliora decemlineata, 89 Doryphora juncta, 89 Doryphora melanothorax, 89 Doryphora undecemUneata, 89 i88 Index E. Earwio;R, causing annoyance indoors, ll'.f " Eclair "' sprayer, 26 Eel-worm disease in oats, 3 Eggs on apple trees, 26 Elamnosoma^ 31 Elephant Chanks, 176 Epilachna, 98 Epunda viminalis, 114 Eriocami a Umacina, 21, 72 Eriophyes pyri, 78 Eriophyes ribis, 18, 79 Eriophyes violx, 107 Ernobius mollis, 41 Eucharis Myrrmcise, 31 Eucheliaj'acobese, 16 Exocsetus roberti, 172 P. Felted Beech Coccus, 38 Ficus, insects pests of, in West Indies, 141 Fiddlewood, insect on, 141 Filariasis in lamhs, 128 Fish and fishing in West Indies, 172 Flying Fish in West Indies, 172 Foreign Office, Reports to, 145 Forficula auricularia, 119 Fowl's eggs, a parasite in, 128 Frit Fly in oats, 4 Fruit pests, 18; Bud Mites in black currant bushes, 18; Apple Blossom Weevil, 18 ; Strawberry Beetles, 19 ; Slug Worms, 21 ; Maggots in apples, 20 ; Pear Midge, 22 ; Scale and False Scale, 22 ; Apple Bark Louse, 26 ; in orchards at Wisbech, 73 Fruit trees, infestation of, by Winter Moth, 21 ; a general wash for, 28 ; winter washing of, 28 Fumigation, with hydrocyanic acid gas, 33 ; for subterranean pests, 32 ; for Mealy Bug under glass, 112; with bisulphide of carbon, 126. Fungoid disease in black currant leaves, 47 Furniture Beetles, 41 ; treatment of, 42 Furniture Insects, 45 Furnitiire Mites, 45 G. Galls on osier plants, 37 Garden Chafer, 12 Gas treatment, under glass, 33; for scale, 134 Geese, African, etc., 54 Geese, domesticated, origin and varieties of, 53 General wash for fruit trees, 28 Geophilus longicorm's, 32 Glossina lonyipalpns, v. tuchinoidcs, in Gambia, 144 Glyciphagus canestrini, 121 Olyciphagus crameri, 121 Olyciphagus cursor, 45, 120 Olyciphagus dispar, 121 Glyciphagus domestictis, 45, 120 Olyciphagus palmifer, 121 Olyciphagus platygaster, 121 Olyciphagus plumigei; 121 Glyciphagus sciurus, 121 Glyciphagus spiuipes, 121 Goat Moth attacking willows, 113 Gooseberry Fungus, 48 Grandilla, insect pest on, 141 Grasses, insect pest of, 141 Grease-banding and Winter Moth, 129 Green Turtle, 172 Ground garden jiests, 32; treatment of, 32 Grunts, 172 Guinea Corn, insect ^xist of, 141 H. Hsamulon, 172 Harpalus ruficornis, 19 Hawksbill Turtle, 172 Heart and Dart Motli, 7, 83 Hedya ocellana, 62, 73, 128 Hippodamia variegata, 93 Hippo Flies, 144 Hippono'e escnhnta in Barbados, 17."> Holothurians in West Indies, 173 Homalomyia, 55 Hoplocampa testudinca, 20, 108 Hops, pests of, 81 Horse Chanks, 176 Horse Worms, 60 Household Pests, Acarine, 120 Hover Flies, 79, 114 HydrsRcia micacea on j^wtatoes, 81, 92 Hydrxcia nebris, 83 Hydrxcia nitela, 83 Hydrocyanic acid gas, fumigation with, indoors, 123 ; under glass, 33 ; for Household Mites, 123 ; for Larder Beetle, 126; under glass for Mealy Bug, 112 Hylesinus piniperda, 135; treatment of, 136 Hylobius, 116 Hylobius dbietis, 116 Nypomeces squfimosus, 138 Index. 189 I. Indian Corn, pests of, in West Indies, 141 Indian Meal Moth, 124 Insect Pests of West Indies, 139 Ixodidae on Toads in Pai;i, 144 J. Japanese Fruit Scale, 23 ; on pluui, 25 Jersey, insects on vines in, 73 Julidx in potatoes, 15; destroying plants at Downton Castle, 105 Julm pulchdlus, 33, 84, 86, 105 K. " Knapsack " Sprayer, 26 L. Labia minor, 119 Lachnus viminalis, 114 Lacon murinus, 15 Lady-bird, 7-spotted, 92 Lambs, Fdariasis in, 128 Land Bug, on chrysanthemums, 30 ; poisonous, 130 Larder Beetle, 45, 125 Lasloderma testacea, 126 Laverna atra, 64 ; at Wisbech, 68 ; at Hailshani and Swanlev, 128 Leaf-Cutting Bee, 129 Leaflets, prepared, for Board of Agri- culture, 50 ; revised and enlarged, 50 Leal Miners in melons, 129 Leaf Weevils, 73 Leather Jackets, 13 Lecanium rihis, 23, 129 ; on plum, 26 Leuconostoc, 127 Ligia oceanica, 106 Lime tree, insect pest of, in West Indies, 142 Lobsters, in West Indies, 173 Locusts, African, 184; machines for catching, 166 ; fungus attacking, 167 ; plants poisonous to, 168 ; natural enemies of, 168 Locust Plagues, in Sudan, Report on, 164 l.ucilia cxsar, 56 Lucilia sericea, 56 Li/gus contaminatus, 30 Lygus pratensis, on chrysanthemums, 30 ; treatment of, 30 J/i/perosia, 133 •M. Macaw Worm, 56 Maggot Fly, of Natal, 56 Malpighia, insect on, in Antigua, 142 Mammalia, 29 Mango, insects on, in AVest Indies, 140, 142 Mangold, Pigmy Beetle on, 8; Black. Fly on, 10; Flies (Bibionidx) on,, 11 ; Black Wire Worm in, 49 Marguerite Fly, 108 Marine resourcet^, of West Indies, 169 ; Dr. Duerdeu's Report on, 172 Marsh Crane Fly, 94, 98 Maw Worm, 60 Mealy Bug, 74 ; fumigation for, under glass, 112 Megachih WillouglibieUa, 129 Melanocanthus salicis, 114 Melolontha vidgaris, 12, 92 Melolonthidx, 12 Melons, Leaf-miners in, 129 Merodon clavipes, 107 Merodon eqtiestris, 107 Mesoprion, 172 Millepedes, 87, 105 Minor Shoulder Enob Moth, 114 Modiola, 176 Moles, poison for, 29 Moniezia expansa, 49 Monkey-peas, 80 Mosquito annoyance at Blackheath, 56 Mugil, 172 Murex regius, 176 Muscid larva?, attacking roots, 34 Mussel, edible, in West Indies, 173 Mussel Scale, 23, 26, 75 ; further remedy for, 26 ; life-history of, 75 ; natural enemies of, 77 ; treatment of, 77 Mustard Beetle, 16 Mustard pests, 16 Myiasis, human, 55 M>riapoda, 15, 105 Mytilaspis citricola, at Monte Video, 133 Mytilaspis pomorum, 23, 26, 75 Mytilus exmtus, 173 N. Napomyza lateralis, 108 Narcissus Fly, 107 Nedria ditissima, 29 Nematus conjugattis, 37 Nematus pavidus, 37 Nyssa zonaria, 21 190 Index. 0. Oats, eehvorm in, 3 Oats, Frit Fly on, 4 Ochromyia, 55 Ochromyia anthropopliaga, 56 Ocyurus chrysurus, 172 Omasens vulgaris, 19 Oniscus asellus, 106 Orange pests. West Indies, 140, 142 Orange trees in Monte Video, attacked by scale, 133 ; pests in Grenada, 142 Orchid houses, insects in, 109 Oribatidx, 11 Orihata gJohata, 11 Orihata orbicularis, 11 Oscinis frit, 4 Oscinis vastator, 4 Osier plants, insect galls on, 37 ; insects on, 114 Ostrea parasitica, 173 Oyster-shell Bark Louse, 25, 75 Oysters in West Indies, 173 ; pearl in Ceylon, 176 Oxyuris curvula, 60 PachyrrJiina maculosa, 13, 99 I'achyrrhina quadri/arsa, 13, 101 Palm seeds, pest on, 142 Paraffin emulsion, 25, 27, 28, 134 Paris Green, 7 Peach Aphis, 28 Peach pest, in Wesst Indies, 140 Pear Midge, 22; at Guestling,'etc., 128 Pear-leaf Blister Mite, 79 Pear Sawfly, 21, 72 Pearl Fisheries, Ceylon, 174 ; abstract of Eeport on, 176 Pecten ziczag, 173 Penthina pruniana, 68 Phaedon betulae, 16 Phalacrus, 5, 80 Phalacrus corruscus, 80 Phalacrus penicillatus, 80 Phalacrus politus, 80 Philoscia Couchii, 106 Phora forniicarum, 31 Phorbia brassicss, 34 Phygalia pilosaria, 21 Phyllobius, 73 Phyllobius viridaris, 73 Phyllopertha horticola, 12 Phyfochoris pabulinus, 30 Phytomyza, 129 Pliytoptid disease, new, in Violas, 106 Pigeon pea bush, pest on, in AVest Indies, 142 Pigeon peas (dried), jiest in, 142 Pigmy Mangold Beetle, 8, 11 Pigmy Potato Beetle, 84 Pineapples, scale on, 135 Pine Beetle, 135 ; treatment for, 136 Pissodes notatus, 116 Pith Moth, 68; at Wisbech, 73; at Hailsham and Swauley, 128; preven- tive measures, 71 Plodia interpunctella, 124 Plum Maggot, Red, 128 Poison Baits, 7 Polydesmus complanatus, 32, 105 Pomegranate Pests, of West Indies, 140 Pony Flies, 133 Poplar Sawfly, 37 Porcellio scaber, 105 Potatoes, Myriapoda in, 15, 87; Wire Worm in, 15 ; A new potato feeder (Euchelia jacobex), 16 ; The Eosy Rustic {HydrsRcia micaceci), 81 ; Siu'- face Larva3, 83 ; Pigmy Potato Beetle, 84 ; Millepedes, attacking, 87 Potato pests, 15, 81 Psila rosx, 108 Psocida?, on vines, 74 Psylla mali, 26 Pterostichus vulgaris, 92 Puccinia pringsheimiana, 48 Pulvinaria ribesii, 33, 129 Purple Apple Weevil, 20 Pyrochroa serraticornis, 92 Fyrulla carnaria, 176 E. Rat Flea and connection with plague, 144 Red Plum Maggot, 128 Red Spider, killed by gas treatment, 33 Resin Wash, 25, 134 Bhizotrogus solstitialis, 12 Bliynchites baccus, 20 Phynchites cupreus, 20 Rice Weevil, 46 Root Crop Pests, 6, 93 Rose Chafer, 13 Rosy Rustic, attacking potatoes, 81, 92 S. St. Alban's Cathedral, Andbium in, 123 San Jose Scale, 23 Sarcophagus magnifica, 55 Sarcophila, fi5 Sarcoptes lasvis, 61 Sarperda carcharias, 36 Sawfly, on poplar, 37 ; on willows, 37 Index. 191 Scale Disease and False Scale amongst fruit trees, 22 ; treatment of affected trees, 134 Scale Insects, on plum trees, 25 ; on orange trees at Monte Video, 133 ; on pineapples, 135 ; washes for, 25 Schizoneurafodiens, 109 Schizonetira lanuginosa, on elm, 114 Sclerostomum equinum, 60 Sclerostomum rubrum, 60 Sclerostomum tetracanthum, 60 Scolopendridx, 15, 32 Scolytidx, attacking coffee berries, 138 Screw Worms, in human beings, 131 ; in cattle in St. Lucia, 132 Scymnus discoideus, 40 Sea Esgs in Barbados, 173 " Segging," 3 Senegal Fly, 56 Septaria ribis, 47 Sericulture, Works on, 129 Sheep, Tapeworms in, 49, 144 Shrimps in West Indies, 173 Sill<s, 172 Silpha atrata, 6 Silpha opaca, 6 Silpha rugosa on turnips, 6 Siphidie, 6 Siphocoryne caprex, 114 Si rex Belies in tir trees, 30 Sirex gigas, 36 Sirex fuvencu% 36 Slug Worms, 21 Smut in barley, 5 Snappers, 172 Snook, 172 Solanum melongena, pests on, in West Indies, 142 " Soldiers and Sailors," 92 Sponges, in We^t Indies, etc., 179 Spotted Crane Fly, 99 Sprayers, 26 Springtails, 110 Spruce Gall Aphis, 118 Stachia geometrica on coffee berries, 138 Steropus mandidus, 19, 92 Stichophus, 173 Stored goods, pests on, in West Indies, 142 Strawberry Beetles, 19 Striped-abdomen Crane Fly, 94, 98 Subcoccinella, 93 Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata, 93 Subterranean Insects, destruction of, 32 Sudan, Termites in, 158 ; Locust plagues in, 164 Sugar cane, insects injurious to, in West Indies, 139, 141 Summer Chafer, 12 " Suran " pearl-oyster pest, 176 Surface larvae, on turnips, 7, 83 Syrphidss, 79, 114 Syrphus grossularim, 79 Syrphus ribesii, 79 Sweet potatoes, pests on, in West Indies, 142 T. Tamarind, pests on, in West Indies, 142 Taniiia, pest on, in West Indies, 142 Tapestry Moth, 43 Tapeworms, in sheep, 49 ; in bile duet of sheep in Transvaal, 144 Telephorus bicolor, 92 Telephorus rusticus, 92 Teredo chlorotica, 144 Teredo dilatata, 143 Teredo dorsalis, 144 Teredo megofara, 143 Teredo navalis, 144 Teredo norvegica, 144 Teredo micivora, 144 Teredos and Canadian timber, 143 Termites, in Sudan, 155 ; Report on, to Foreign Office, 158; damage caused by, 159; methods of prevention and remedies, 160 Tetranychus telarius, 74 Thymol, use of, for Horse Worms, 60 Thysanoptera (Haliday's types), 129 Ticks on toads in Para, 144; on swifts, 144 Tinea pellionella, 43 Tinea frapetzella, 43 Tiniola biselliella, 43, 128 Tiptila lateralis, 94, 98 Tipula oleracea, 13, 94, 96 Tipula paludosa, 94, 98 Tipulidaj, injurious, 13, 94; natural enemies of, 101 ; preventive and remedial measures for, 103 Trapping, for Wire Worm, 33 'J'repang, in West Indies, 173 Trichophaga tapetzella, 43 Trigger Fish, 177 Tropidiurus dentatus, 172 Trygon tvarnak, 111 Trypeba pomoneVa, 21 Tsetse-fiy in Gambia, 144 ; and Buffalo, correspondence, 147 Tuli|) root, in oats, 3 Turbintlla pyrmn, 176 Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetis), 1 Turnips, Silpha rugosa on, 6 ; cater- pillars on, 7 ; Cabbage Aphis on, 93 Turtles in West Indies, trade of, 172 Tylenchus devastatrix, 3 192 Index. VsHIago mtda, t Ustihiijo jensinii, 5 V. Vines, insects on, in Jer.sey, 73 w. Washes, for scale insects, 25 ; general -wash for fruit trees, 28 Webbing Clothes Moth, 43 Weevils amongst stored corn, 4fi ; tre«t- ment of, 47 ; defoliating rubber, 138 ; Leaf, 73 West Indies, insect pests of, 139 White Ants in Sudan, 155 White Grubs in cabbage, 34 ; prevention and treatment of, 34 Willow Aphides, 114 Willow Beetle, 36 Winter Moth, 21 ; at Swanley, 128 Willows, attacked by Goat Moth, 113 ; Sawfly larva3 on, 37 ; insects on, 114 Winter washing of fruit trees, 28 Wire Worm in iiotatoes, 15 Wood I-eopard Moth, 128 Wood Lice, killet by gas treatment, 33 ; in hops, 80 ; in gardens, 105 Woodpeckers, 123 Wood, pests on, in West Indies, 142 Wood Wasps 36 Woolly Pyrol, insect pest on, at Barba- dos, 142 X. Xestobiuni tessellatum, 41 Xylophaga jimbriata, 144 Xylophaga hipinnata, 144 Y. 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