226 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



July 2^. Received from Mrs. Frank Beane, Augusta, a Mon- 

 arch butterfly (Anosia plexippus). 



July 30. A. L. Reed of North East Harbor sent in the follow- 

 ing: Larvae of willow saw-fly {Cimbex ameri- 

 cana) ; pupae and imago of one of the coccinellidse 

 "Lady Birds" (Idilia bipunctata) ; yellow birch 

 plant lice on which were feeding the above "Lady 

 Birds." 



July 31. Mrs. H. A. Lewis of Portland sent from Malceroc 

 larvae of the black swallow-tail butterfly, and eggs 

 of silk worm {Bombyx mori). 



Aug. 6. Earl Gott of West Penobscot sent in a mourning- 

 cloak butterfly and a white-marked tussock moth. 



Aug, 6. Miss Rena Hamlin of Sidney sent several larvae of 

 coccinellidae which hatched into beetles (Cheiy- 

 morpha argns). 



Aug. 6. Mrs. A. \'. Plummer, Gorham, sent Harvest-fly 

 (Cicada tibicen) and larvae of juniper saw-fly 

 {Nematiis ericksonii) . 



Aug. 6. A. L. Rideout, Intervale, sent in a specimen of 

 mourning cloak butterfly (Euvanessa antiopa). 



Aug. 8. Mary Deering of Auburn sent eighteen male brown- 

 tail moths, 



Aug. 8, Julia E. Dyer, South Addison, sent in a mourning- 

 cloak butterfly. 



Aug. 8. Received from Mrs. A. V. Plummer of Gorham 

 larvae of swallow-tail butterfly, and a red-humped 

 caterpillar {Schisura concinna). 



Aug. 8, Mrs. Geo. Dunn, Norway, sent yellow-necked cater- 

 pillar {Datana ministra). 



Aug. 8, From Henry James of Winthrop, a specimen of the 

 fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea). 



Aug, 9. Received from Robert Bosworth of West Pembroke 

 the following specimens : one cecropia moth, a 

 mourning-cloak butterfly, a Great Spangled Fritil- 

 lary butterfly (Argynnis cybelle), one Diacrisia 

 virginica, the following beetles : Monohammus 

 sciitellatus, Picerca tuberculata, Hydrocharis ob- 

 tusatiis. a species of horn-tailed borer and a wood 

 cricket. 



