230 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE). 



Sept. 10. A cocoon of the lappet moth (Tolype vellidd) was 

 sent in by J. W. Penney of Belgrade. 



Sept. II. Received from R. H. Coombs, Belfast, the following 

 insects : One red-humped apple worm, woolly- 

 bear caterpillar (Arctia), a cluster of white- 

 marked tussock's eggs, and specimens of the 

 oyster-shell bark louse on apple. 



Sept. II. O. H. Leavitt of Manchester, N. H., sent larvae of 

 a fly that works in the sunflower stalk. 



Sept. 12. Geometrid larvae (Bnnomos magnarius) which feed 

 on apple were sent in by Mrs. Amos Putman of 

 Houlton. 



Sept. 12. Received from Capt. H. L. Spinney, Seguin Light, 

 larvae of Papilio polyxenes, woolly-bear cater- 

 pillars and hickory tiger caterpillars. 



Sept. 12. A red-humped apple worm, a yellow-necked apple 

 worm and a cocoon of the hickory tiger moth were 

 received from H. E. Wood, West Penobscot. 



Sept. 14. Miss Elsie Craven, Hartley Cottage, Biddeford Pool, 

 sent larvse of the following insects: Polyphemus 

 moth (Telea polyphemus), red-humped apple 

 worm {Schisura concinna), swallow-tail butterfly 

 {Papilio polyxenes), and one of the slug cater- 

 pillars. 



Sept. 14. Caterpillar and pupa of the tiger swallow-tail 

 (Papilio glaucns tiirnus), were sent by Miss Venia 

 White Abbott, Columbia. 



Sept. 14. Maple horn-tail borer (Tremex columba) was sent 

 in by S. W. Carr. 



Sept. 17. S. L. Boardman of Bangor sent a specimen of the 

 large water beetle (Dytiscus dauricus). 



Sept. 18. Miss A'enia White Abbott of Columbia sent a tiger 

 swallow-tail butterfly. 



Sept. 18. Received from Miss Emma Wilson of Wayne larvae 

 of two of the tiger moths (Halisidota tessellaris) 

 and (H. carycc), specimens of the woolly-bear and 

 egg-clusters of the tent caterpillar (Malacosoma 

 a'Diericana) . 

 Sept. 18. Specimens of lice on potato vines were sent in' by 

 Millard H. Wiswell, East Machias. 



