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The paper was discussed by Messrs. Davis, Southwick, Lintner, and 

 others, both Messrs. Southwick and Lintner reporting cases of sudden 

 appearance of the Psylla, with subsequent equally sudden disappearance. 



Mr. Smith deferred speaking until the reading of his own paper, which 

 included a reference to the same insect, in which he said that the con- 

 ditions described by Mr. Marlatt were identical with the conditions 

 obtaining in localities in New Jersey, and that the source of the introduc- 

 tion was also the same. 



Mr. Smith then read a paper, entitled " Notes of the Year in New 

 Jersey," which was a summary of the important insects brought to the 

 attention of the Entomologist during the present season. It contained 

 references to occurrences of the Pear-tree Psylla, the Pear Blister-mite, the 

 Pear Midge, a new pear pest in a species of Agrilus, probably anxms, the 

 habits of this last insect being described at some length. The paper also 

 considered the use of protective coverings for the trunks of trees as a 

 means against the borer ; invasions of cutworms ; the Periodical Cicada j 

 some potato insects ; onion maggots ; the remarkable mortality of the 

 Clover-leaf Weevil larvae, and the Potato-stalk Borer, Trichobaris trino- 

 tatus. which had been brought to his attention for the first time the pres- 

 ent year. The paper was discussed by most of the members present. 



Mr. Davis also presented a communication covering notes on special 

 economic insects of the season in Michigan, referring particularly to the 

 occurrence of Diplotaxis Harperi as a strawberry pest, a Dipteron rasp- 

 berry girdler, Adimoiiia clavicollis, as a cherry-tree defoliator, Notoxus 

 anchora, as feeding on fruit of cherry. 



In the discussion, Mr. Hopkins stated that he had found the raspberry 

 cane maggot, described by Mr. Davis, in the Alleghany Mountains in 

 1892, but did not rear the adult. 



In the absence of Mr. Chittenden, his paper, entitled " Supplementary 

 Notes on the Strawberry Weevil, its Habits and Remedies," was read by 

 Mr. Southwick. The writer noted the occurrence of the Strawberry 

 Weevil ( Anthonomus sigJiatics. Say.) in more or less injurious numbers in 

 parts of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 

 1893 and 1894. Three new food-plants were discovered, the red-bud 

 ( Cercis Canadensis), the dewberry and raspberry, and the life-cycle from 

 egg to adult was found to extend over a period of four weeks. The 

 methods of oviposition and of severing stems are described. A table 

 showing by States the destructive appearances of the insect from 187 1 to 



