ENTOMOLOGICAL CALENDAR. 



This calendar applies mostly to the New England states, where the appearances 

 of the insects here enumerated have been recorded. It should be borne in mind that 

 the season of New York city is about two weeks in advance of that of Boston, 

 and that of Virginia and Illinois about a month or six weeks earlier. It is designed 

 to be of special use to farmers and gardeners as indicating the times of appear- 

 ance of injurious insects. When only the generic name is given several speuief 

 appear t-imultiineously. The reader in noticing an insect mentioned hei-e can turn 

 to the index and find in the body of the work an account of its habits. 



MARCH. 



Bombus, queens; a lew Ichneumons and Chalcids; Vanessa; Grapta; a few 

 specimens of Noctuidae, Tortricida; and Tineida;; Ephippophora caryana; Canker 

 worm, females and males; Anthomyia; Tachina; Chironomus; Anophiles; Bibio; 

 Chionea; Valga, on the snow; Trichocera hiemalis; CicindehTS and Carabida>; 

 Oytiscida, and otlier\. ater beetles; Aquatic Heniiptera; Capuia and Tajniopteryx ; 

 Boreus. 



ArKlL. 



lst-15th. — Formica; Breplios; Adela, on willows; Aphodius; Ptinus fur; Der- 

 inestes; Antlirenus; Attagenus; Epurnea; Ips; Ellychnia; Larva and female of 

 Meloe on bodies of wild bees and wasps; Centhophilus. 



lf;th-3i)th. — Polyonmiatus; Lycaena; Thecla; Coddling moth (Cavpocapsa); mos- 

 (juitocs and larvre; Bombylius; Burying beetles; Euryomia hula; Buprestids; 

 ("halcophora Vivginira; Castings of Saperda Candida; CylinJrir*al birk borers 

 iTomicus, Xylographa); Hylurgus; Pissodes strobi; Hylobius pales; Phytocoris. 



lst-15th. — Xylocopa, Ceratina, Osmia, Andrena and Halictus nesting; Colias; 

 Argynnis Bellone; Melitwa Myrina; Chrysophanus Phlaias; Clisiocampa larva 

 hatching out; Scoliopteryx; Drasteria; Coremia; Gooseberry Pempelia; Tipulida;; 

 Hessian-fly and Wheat-midge; Cetddoniyia; Syrphus; Eristalis; Squash beetle; 

 I'Unn weevil; Hister: Clerus; Elater; Limonius; Cratonychns; Meloci; Call!- 

 uiaplui; OSdipoda corallina; Tragocephala iufuscata, viridil'asciata; Libellula; 

 llemerobius. 



I8th-31st. — Cynips; Solandria rosa and cerasi, laying eggs; Strawberry Empliy- 

 tus larva; Pajiilio Turnus; Pontia oleracea; Melita;a Phaeton, larva; Argynnis: 

 'I'hanaos; Ilesperia; .\lypia octomaculata; Sphinx ; Ceratomia 4-cornis; Sesia; 

 Hyphantria textor; Arctia ; Lencarctia; Agrotis and cut-worms ; Hypena humuli, 

 hop-vine worm : Grapliolitha and other leaf-rolling larvaj on apjile and pear ; Vine 

 Penthina larva; Can^et ninth: Chrysoi)s; Geotrupes: Haltica on turnip, tomato, 

 cucumbers, etc; Apion; Asemummoestum; Gastrophvsacoeruleii>cnuis; Galleruca 



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