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undescribed species. fhe author gave an account of the injury which 

 had been done to clover plants by a beetle, Phytonomus pundatus, in 

 Yates Co., New York. The cocoons of the beetles were found on the 

 ground in the fields, but the beetles were difficult to find on account of 

 their shyness, as they fall to the ground when approached. Mr. Riley 

 also reported that much injury had been done to corn in South Carolina 

 and Georgia by a borer which was probably the larva of a Pyralid moth. 



After the reading of papers an informal discussion on Entomological 

 subjects took place. 



Mr. A. J. Cook remarked that Heliothis armigera had attacked corn in 

 Michigan for the first time in 1880. That was a very wet year, whereas 

 this year had been very dry, and this season the Army Worm, Leuuinia 

 unipinicta, had been observed injuring it for the first time. 



Mr. W. Saunders said that the imagos of the Army Worm, Leucania 

 unipuncta, had been unusually abundant in Ontario during the summer, 

 and had been seen at sugar in great numbers, and referred to the fact that 

 the destructive brood of this inseet was not the first brood. Mr. Cook 

 had found the moths similarly abundant in Michigan. 



Mr. Cyrus Thomas stated that he had positive proof that the eggs of 

 Leucatiia unipiincta had been deposited in fields of oats. He also said 

 that wet weather was very favorable for the development of this insect. 



Mr. J. A. Lintner spoke of the great abundance of the Clover-seed 

 Midge, Cecidomyia leguminicola, which was rapidly spreading over a large 

 area. Mr. B. P. Mann considered that the rearing of insects in the house 

 tended to prolong the life of the larvae, and to shorten that of the pupae. 

 Mr. C. V. Riley agreed with him, but Mr. Thomas held the opposite view. 



Mr. S. H. Peabody, speaking of the duration of life of some moths, 

 remarked that in Endropia and in Ctenucha virginica the period of exist- 

 ence of the imago was short. 



Mr. Riley said that Anisota rubicunda feeds on both the hard and soft 

 maple trees, and that the colorijig of the imago in the western limits of 

 the region where the moth is found is very pale in color. Mr. J. A. Lintner 

 stated that he had captured this insect at Schoharie, N. Y., having a yellow 

 color with only a slight tinge of rose. 



Mr. W. H. Edwards remarked that he had found Thecla he?irici only 

 in April. It feeds on the wild plum tree. The larva eats into the unripe 

 plums, burying its head and shoulders in the fruit, and eats no other kind 

 of food. The larva becomes full grown by the time that the plum has 



