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Mr. Riley said the description was so indefinite that Httle could be 

 made of it. A number of Ptinids made galleries somewhat as described ; 

 but without seeing the injury he would not venture an opinion. 



Mr. Campbell stated a somewhat similar experience. From some 

 spruce boards, employed in building, a small species of Monohanwius 

 issued. He suggests that the linen was bored simply to get out, and not 

 because the insects had any liking for the material. 



Mr. Mann observed that in his laboratory fittings white pine was used 

 for shelving and drawer cases, and that from this issued a longicorn which 

 he thinks was Xylotrechus colonus. He thinks they would have pentrated 

 linen or any other substance to make their way out. 



Mr. Smith noted the capture of Cichidela lepida at Jamesburg, N. J,, 

 July 4th, 20 miles from the nearest sea shore at which this insect had been 

 previously found. 



The Elm leaf beetle had been again closely watched during the past 

 season, and again the insect had been found to be single brooded. The 

 injury done first by the hibernating beetles, then by the larva, and again 

 by the new brood of beetles, has given the impression of as many broods. 



Zeuze7-a is undoubtedly spreading. It has been found beyond Newark, 

 and the injury by the larva was begining to be apparent on the elms of 

 that city. The suggestion by Mr. Southwick at the meeting of the 

 Association of Economic Entomologists, that elm had been referred to as 

 the only food plant, was true only of America. In Europe it had been 

 known as injurious to quite a number of widely different species. 



CryptorhyncJms lapathi was spreading and was doing serious injury 

 to willow. Nearly all the clumps of willows near Newark and Arlington 

 had been destroyed, and some fancy and garden trees had been killed. 



Mr. Howard said Walker had years ago given North America as a 

 locality for Zeuze^-a pyri, and Morris had made the same statement. He 

 asked whether this did not conflict with the idea that it was a recently 

 imported species, and further, whether Walker might not have had the 

 ■species described by Herrich-Schaeffer. 



Mr. Smith replied that Morris had followed Walker simply, and that 

 Walker's specimen must be examined and its history ascertained before 

 its identity could be assumed. The species described by Herrich- 

 Schaeffer was so entirely different that even Walker could not well mistake 

 it. He had so little faith in Walker's determinations that he would not 

 -be surprised to find the American specimens to be Ecpaiitheria, 



