222 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



April /. C. W. Finnimore of Fairfield sent in two egg clus- 

 ters of the apple tent caterpillar (Malacosoma 

 americana) . 



April 7. Mrs. x*\ugusta A. Leach, Penobscot, sent in three 

 egg-clusters of the white-marked tussock moth. 



April 9. Two egg-clusters of the tussock moth were received 

 from ]\Irs. E. N. Winterbotham of Lamoine 

 Beach. 



April 10. Mrs. M. W. Paul of Kittery sent in an egg-cluster of 

 the white-marked tussock moth, a cecropia moth 

 cocoon (Samia cecropia), fifty brown-tail moth 

 nests and one cocoon of the promethea moth {Cal- 

 losamia promethea). 



April 16. William Spiller, Waterville, sent beetles {Triholium 

 confusiim) which were found in oat-meal. 



April 17. A cecropia cocoon was sent in by J. L. Lowell of Au- 

 burn. 



April 26. John G. Davis, Surry, sent three egg-clusters of the 

 tussock moth. 



April 27. Edwin D. Bartlett of Ashland brought to the "Farm- 

 ing Special" an apple-tree branch on which were a 

 number of Lecanium scales (Eulecanium cerasi- 

 fex). 



April 28. E. G. Childs of Belgrade sent egg-cluster of tussock 

 moth. 



April 30. ^^^ E. Ingersoll, Columbia Falls, sent in an egg-clus- 

 ter of the white-marked tussock moth {Hemero- 

 cainpa leucostigma), and one of the old tussock 

 (A'otolophns antiqtia). 



April 30. From Mrs. A. A\ Plummer, Gorham, a polyphemus 

 cocoon. 



May 2, F. D. Thurston, Norway, sent an egg-cluster of the 

 apple tent caterpillar. 



May 4. Received from C. E. Brasier of Guilford a nest and 

 egg-cluster of the old tussock moth (Notolophus 

 071 ti qua). 



May 8. Received from Mrs. A. V. Plummer, Gorham, a 

 cecropia cocoon and two egg-clusters of the apple 

 tent caterpillar. 



May 9. A nest of spider's eggs was sent by Mrs. E. W. Beal 

 of Greene. 



