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It would appear from the limited literature accessible, that Eudioptis 

 hyalinata is more especially a southern insect. I have examples in my 

 collection from Texas. It has also been taken in Michigan, is not un- 

 common in New Jersey, and has been taken in Canada. I have no 

 knowledge of its occurrence in the State of New York. 



Natural Enemies and Remedies. 



Pimpla congtiistor, an Ichneumon-fly, has been bred from the larva. 

 This insect is abundant in the Southern States, being an efficient parasite 

 of the cotton-worm, and it should aid materially in keeping this pest in 

 check. A Tachina fly was also reared from the larv^. Mr. Ashmead 

 observed that the majority of the pupae in his breeding boxes were de- 

 stroyed by a small red ant, which may also be useful in destroying them 

 elsewhere. There is no reason why Chauliognathus marginatus should 

 not destroy the larvae of this species, if it attacks those of £. nitidalis, as 

 appears probable. 



Remedies of service against the "pickle worm" should also prove of 

 value in checking the melon caterpillar. The habit of the larvae of the first 

 brood feeding upon the leaves renders their control comparatively easy. 

 One or two thorough sprayings of the vines in the early part of the season 

 with Paris green or London purple in water ought to keep the insect 

 from multiplying to such an extent as to cause much damage later. 

 After the worms begin boring into the fruit they are beyond the reach of 

 insecticides, and they can only be destroyed with the fruit. 



Pyrausta futilalis (Lederer).* 



A Dogbane Caterpillar. 



(Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. Pyraustid^.) 



Lederer : in Wien. Entomol. Monatschr., iii, 1859, P- 4^7' P^- ^°> ^8- ^ 



(described as Botys fulilalis). 

 Grote : in Canad. Entomol., viii, 1876, p. 99 (described as Botis erect- 



alis ; Albany, N. Y.); in Bull, iv U. S. Geolog.-Geograph. 



Surv. Terr., 1878, p. 679 (from Mass.); Check List N. Amer. 



Moths, 1882, p. 53, nos. 78, 92. 

 Beutenmuller : in Canad. Entomol., xx, 1888, pp. 15-16 (description 



of full-grown larvae; habits, brief, as Bvtis erectalis). 

 Edwards: Bull. 35 U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, p. no (reference, as Botis 



erectalis). 



By E. P. Felt, from observations made at the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 



Station. 



