206 THE CANADIA.N ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Prof. Kellicott read •' Notes on ^geriadae of Central Ohio, No. II.", 

 which is published in full. 



Prof. Smith said that adults of the Squash borer, M. ceto, from last 

 year's larvie were now flying on Long Island, and that all stages of the 

 insect might be obtained in the same field. The moths gather in the 

 evening on the upper sides of the leaves, and are collected in great num- 

 bers by the farmers. Messrs. Forbes, Slingerland and Smith stated that 

 in their experience the ^gerians were not attracted by electric light. 



A paper on "The Bean WoevW, Bri^c/ius obsoletiis'\ was read by 

 Mr. V. Slingerland, in which he described the mode of ovipositing, and 

 gave a brief account of the life history of the insect. He stated that 

 bisulphide of carbon will destroy the insect in all stages. He also read 

 a paper on "■ Drasteria erechtea'\ in which he stated that in 1889 ^^^^ 

 two thousand specimens were taken by means of trap lanterns at Ithaca, 

 N. Y. Last year he bred a number of specimens, and as a result ot the 

 study of the material thus obtained, together with about three hundred 

 specimens sent him from all sections of the country, he came to the 

 conclusion that there are two species, about equally common, included 

 under the name erechtea, and that these should be called D. erechtea, 

 Cram., and D. crassiuscula, Haworth, with ochrea and distinct a as 

 varieties of the latter. He then proceeded to describe the differences 

 between the species, and recommended the plowing of infested fields in 

 order to destroy the larvae and pup^ 



A paper by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, of Kingston, Jamaica, on 

 " Orthezia insignis as a garden pest ", was read by the Secretary. The 

 writer stated that the insect was first observed on a variety of exotic plants 

 in the hot houses at Kew and elsewhere, and that he now found it 

 injurious to several garden plants in Jamaica. 



A paper by Dr. F. W. Coding on " The Food Plants of North 

 American Membracidpe " was next read. This was followed by Prof J. 

 B. Smith's paper : " Notes of the Year in New Jersey ", in which he 

 referred to the principal insect attacks that had come under his notice. 

 In the discussion that followed remarks were made by Mr. L. O. Howard, 

 Prof. H. Osborn, Dr. Lintner, and Prof. F. M. Webster. 



Mr. Webster drew attention to the occurrence of Phytonomus punctattn: 

 to an injurious extent in North Eastern Ohio, and of Hylastes trifolii 



