_Eriosoma lanigerum_, 47 Eucalypts, 35, 59 Eucalyptus tortoise beetle, 59 _Eucolaspis brunneus_, 58 _Eulecanium berberidis_, 37 _Eulecanium corni_, 36 _Eumerus strigatus_, 66 Euonymus, 35, 37, 40 European earwig, 50 European red-mite, 67 Fantail, 35 Ferns, 34, 36 Fig, 34, 35, 36, 40 Flax, New Zealand, 38 Flea-beetles, 58 _Forficula auricularia_, 50 Fruit lecanium scale, 36 Fumigants, 76 Fungi, 14, 15 Galls, 42 Galtonia, 66 Gladiolus, 72 _Gnorimoschema plæsiosema_, 62 Goat-willow, 64 Golden oak-scale, 37 _Gonipterus scutellatus_, 59 Gooseberry, 35, 36, 37, 38, 64 Gorse, 32 Grape louse, 46 _Grape phylloxera_, 46 Grape-vine, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 46, 51, 67 Grass caterpillars, 65 Grasses, 64, 65 Grass-grubs, 57, 64 Grasshopper, 17, 51 Greasy cut-worms, 52 Green-fly of cabbage, 45 Green-house thrips, 49 Green-house white-fly, 48 Green manuka beetle, 58 Green peach-aphis, 44 Groundsel, 24, 56 Grub-proofing lawns, 64 Gum-tree scale, 35 Gum-tree weevil, 59 _Habranthus_, 66 _Habrolepis dalmanni_, 37 Hawk moth, 54 Hawthorn, 37, 38, 59, 67 Hedgehog, 80 _Heliothrips hæmorrhoidalis_, 23 Hemispherical scale, 36 _Heterodera radicola_, 73 _Heterodera schachtii_, 72 Hibernation, 23 Holly, 35, 36 Honey-bee, 19 Honey-dew, 29, 42 Honey-tubes, 42 Hop, 68 Horse chestnut, 35 Hover-flies, 66, 78 Hyacinth, 66, 68, 72 Hydrangea, 35 Hydrocyanic-acid gas, 77 _Hypopus_, 68 _Icerya purchasi_, 32 Ichneumon wasps, 78 Importation of pests, 74 Insects, proportion of, 7 Insignis pine, 46, 51 Invertebrates, 7 Iris, 35 Ivy, 35, 36, 40 Japonica, 36 Karaka, 40 Kerosene, 76 Kowhai, 52 Kowhai moth, 52 Kumara, 54 Lace-wing, 34, 78 Ladybird beetles, 78 Larch, 46 Larger narcissus fly, 66 Larva, 24 Laurel, 35, 36 Lawns, 64, 65 Lead arsenate, 76 Leaf-hoppers, 48 Leaf-mining flies, 64 Leaf-rollers, 51 Leech, 59 Lemon, 35, 40 _Lepidosaphes ulmi_, 37 _Lepisma saccharina_, 26 Lettuce, 55 _Leucaspis cordylinidis_, 38 _Leucaspis stricta_, 38 Leucojum, 66 Life-cycle of insects, 22 Lime-sulphur, 76 Loganberry, 41 Long-horned beetles, 64 Long-tailed mealy-bug, 34 Lupins, 52 _Macrosiphum rosæ_, 47 Magpie-moth, 24, 55 Management of garden, 74 Manure, 74 Mealy-bugs, 29, 30, 32, 34 Mealy-wings, 43 _Mecyna maorialis_, 52 _Merodon equestris_, 66 Metamorphosis, 24 _Micromus tasmaniæ_, 28, 34 Millepedes, 71 Mites, 67 Moulting, 22 Mouth appendages of insects, 19 Mulberry, 35, 36 Mussel scale of apple, 30, 37 Mustard, 44, 45, 48, 52 Myrtle, 36 _Myzus cerasi_, 44 Narcissus, 66, 68, 72 Narcissus flies, 66 Natural enemies, 77 Nectarine, 36, 44 Nervous systems of insects, 21 Nicotine-sulphate, 76 Northern Spy, 47