entomologist's report. 



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spring; while spraying with much diluted kerosene emulsion would 

 undoubtedly kill the young hoppers that are found upon the leaves in 

 summer. 



The insect does not confine its attacks to the apple, but works 

 upon willow, sassafras, plum and cherry, as well as on various other 

 plants — this general feeding habit rendering it all the more difiBcult to 

 overcome. 



Mr. Marlatt bred a dipterous parasite from the eggs, and I have 

 obtained from the same numerous specimens of a minute Hymenopter , 

 an undescribed species of Cosmicomia, according to Dr. Riley, to whom 

 it was sent for determination ; but these natural checks are scarcely 

 of sufQcient importance to warrant the keeping of the twigs until they 

 hatch, especially as they do not appear until long after the larvie have 



developed. 



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The Osage Orange Pyralid (Loxostege maclurce, Kiley). — In journey- 

 ing back and forth over our State, one cannot but admire the beautiful 

 and fairly well-cared-for hedges that outline and divide so many of the 

 large farms. Where barriers are indispensable, nothing is so harmoni- 

 ous in a landscape as a wall of luxuriant green, close-trimmed, not to 

 obstruct the view, with lower branches intertwined so that even a 



Fiff. 4. 



Osage Orange Pyralid: a, larva: b, pupa; c, moth; d, cocoon— all enlarged; 

 e, eide view of Begment of larva; /, dorsal view of same— eiill more en- 

 larged.— Insect Life. 



chicken can scarcely penetrate it, yet with a fringe of slender terminal 

 twigs to respond to the breeze and break the too formal outline. Of 

 all hedge plants the Osage Orange is the favorite throughout the Mis- 

 sissippi valley, and justly so, on account of its hardiness, rapidity and 

 luxuriance of growth, its thorny stems and glossy, dark-green foliage, 



