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liad on their trunks from one to several spots of dead wood about 

 twice the size of a silver dollar, and in every case we find this spring 

 these worms working around the deadened spot." The larvfe accom- 

 panying the above note were about one-half inch in length by one- 

 tenth inch in diameter, sub-cylindrical, of a yellowish-white',eolor, with 

 a few scattered soft white hairs arising from inconspicuous piliferous 

 plates. Head dark brown, rather broad and short, collar covering 

 rather more than half of the top of the first joint. The appearance 

 was almost precisely that of a Tortricid, except that the jaws seemed 

 somewhat broader and stronger. In the course of a few days, how- 

 •ever, the peculiar cocoons or follicles characteristic of the ^'Egerians 

 were formed between pieces of bark, except in the case of two larvse, 

 in whose place appeared two rather large white cocoons of a parasite, 

 probably an Apanteles. But one of these developed, and this, to my 

 very great regret, escaped from the rearing jar and could not be re- 

 oovered. On June 9 two moths emerged, both males, which upon 

 comparison proved to be the species above named. These were the 

 only examples that I was able to obtain, but several other correspond- 

 ents reported borers in young apple-trees whose habits seemed to 

 agree with those sent by Mr. Gilbert. 



In all cases it was recommended to drench the trunks of the trees 

 with kerosene emulsion two or three times during the months of June 

 and July, or to apply the soft soap and soda mixture that has been so 

 often used to prevent the borer beetles from laying their eggs. As it 

 was not asserted that this ^gerian confined its attacks to that portion 

 of the trunk jast above ground, as is the habit of the allied peach 

 borer, I could not advise mounding as a preventive. 



The Peach or Plum Barli-louse. — While at Carthage, in Jasper 

 county, last December, in attendance at the annual meeting of our 

 State Horticultural Society, one of the residents of the city brought 

 me a number of peach twigs from his orchard in the suburbs, thickly 

 covered with the characteristic scales of Lecanium persib(v Fab., with 

 the information that many of his trees had become unthrifty and un- 

 fruitful in consequence. This was my first acquaintance with this 

 scale, as it has not hitherto proved sufficiently injurious to attract 

 much attention from peach-growers ; and upon looking up such of its 

 literature as was at my commiud, I found tliat its complete life history 

 had not been published. 



Early in April other infested twigs were sent to me from Jefferson 

 coanty, and, about tlie sam3 time, a fmbscriber of the "Rural World" 

 sent still others, over which were scattered the largest and most 

 brightly colored scales that had yet met my eye. They were not dark- 



