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Oecidomyia betul^, the Birch-seed Midge 162 



Bibliography, 162. Discovery of the infested seeds, 162. Abundance 

 in Albany, 162. How larval presence may be detected, 163. The Midge 

 identified, 163. Development of the larv^, 163. European history of the 

 insect, 164. Attacked by a parasite, 164. Larva described at maturity, 

 164. Theobald's description of the imago quoted, 164. More detailed 

 description, illustrated, by figures, 165. Three parasites bred from Euro- 

 pean galls, 165. Undetermined native parasites, 165. 



DiPLOSis cucuMKRis, the Melon-vine Midge 165 



Bibliography, 165. Galled muskmelon shoots received from Lowell, 

 Mass., 165. A new Cecidomyid reared from them, 166. Detailed 

 description with reference to figures, 166. A peculiar antennal struc- 

 ture, 166. Kieffer's "Filets arques," 166. When the midge emerges, 

 167. A second locality for the insect, 167. Chalcids in association 

 with the midge, but probably parasitic on the cucumber aphis, 167. 



DiPLOSis SETiGERA, the Hairy Melon-vine Midge 168 



A second undescribed Cecidomyid reared from melon tips, 168. Detailed 

 description with reference to figures, 168. The species closely related 

 to the pear midge, 169. Comparison of the two species, 169. 



Anthomyia sp., the Raspberry-cane Maggot 170 



Infested canes from Adams, N. Y., 170. At first mistaken for the work 

 of the cane-girdler, 170. Features of the attack, 170. The larva de- 

 scribed, 170. The imago not obtained, 170. The operations of the in- 

 sect had been previously observed in Canada, 170. Observed in Michi- 

 gan, 171. How the larva operates, 171. Injures canes in Pennsylvania, 

 171. Features by which the attack may be identified, 171. Its probable 

 occurrence in Pennsylvania, 172. Remedy in cutting and destroying the 

 infested tijis, 172. 



Anthrenus scrophulari^, the Carpet-Beetle 172 



The beetles on blossoms of rhubarb, 172. Could the plant serve as a 

 bait for the collection and destruction of the insect ? 172. Its destruction 

 useless, if oviposition has occurred, 173. General belief that oviposition 

 takes place before the beetle visits the food-plants, 173. No eggs found 

 in beetles captured while feeding, 173. Eggs possibly not developed 

 until late in:life, 173. Delayed oviposition of the rose-bug, 173. An in- 

 stance where a lace curtain was eaten by the carpet bug, 173. Its fond- 

 ness for dead insects, 173. Olivier's account of the habits and transform- 

 ations of the Anthreni, 174. 



