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Received from Mrs. Jennie H. K. Morrell, Gardiner, 

 a woolly bear caterpillar, two io moths and a nest 

 of maggots. 

 A red-humped apple worm and a tortricid larva were 



sent in by Joseph F. White, Waterville. 

 Mr. Leverett Bradley of North East Harbor sent in 

 twigs of fir infested with a gall that worked in the 

 terminal buds. 

 Mrs. V. P. DeCoster, Buckfield, sent in larva of the 



luna moth. 

 Master I. Leavitt Newman, East Wilton, sent cocoon 



of the cecropia moth (Samia cecropia). 

 Received from Mrs. V. P. Decoster, Buckfield, larva 



of the polyphemus moth. 

 E. E. Hardy, Farmington, sent in the yellow-necked 



apple worm. 

 Received from Mrs. L. B. Seymore of Kent's Hill 

 larva of Coccinellidcu also beetle of same family; 

 specimens of the following butterfles : Anosia 

 plexippus, Brenthis myrina, Cercyonis alope, and 

 the moth Arctia caia. 

 Sept. I. Mrs. V. P. DeCoster of Buckfield sent the following 

 insects : Two sphinx moth caterpillars, two 

 cecropia caterpillars spinning their cocoons, two 

 polyphemus larvae, one Papilio glaucus turnus 

 larva, one caterpillar of the dagger-moth {Apatela 

 dactylina), which feeds on the alder. 

 A sphinx larva was sent in by A. G. Groover, Wis- 



casset. 

 A. Martin of Sabattus sent a brown-tail moth's egg- 

 cluster with the caterpillars hatched. 

 A. F. Huchens, York Village, sent a hickory gall. 

 Received from Earl B. Gott of West Penobscot a 

 hickory tiger caterpillar and an unknown cocoon. 

 W. H. Keith of North Monmouth sent a red-humped 



apple worm. 

 The following insects were received from Alvah L. 

 Reed, North East Harbor: A yellow-necked 

 apple worm (Datana ministra), a red-humped 

 apple worm (Schisura concinna), saw-fly larvae, 

 red-humped apple worm parasitized by Bxorista 

 chelonia, and a nest of the fall web-worm. 



