458 Forty-sixth Report on tee State Museum 



Insect on the Potato. (Country Gentleman, for July 30, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 488, c. I, 2 — 14 cm.) 



Insects proving destructive to the potato vines in Sonyea, Livingston Co., 

 N. Y. , are identified as one of the true bugs, known as Cosmopepla carnifex 

 (Fabr.). Beating from the \dnes, and exposing to poultry recommended. 

 Habits of allied Hemipterous forms referred to, with difficulty attending 

 their destruction. 



[Bee the Second Repoi't on the Insects of New York, 1885, pp. 144-148, fig. 36.] 



The Joint-Worm. (Country Gentleman, for September 10, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 584, c. 1, 2 — 13 cm.) 



Account is given of the galls and transformations of Isosoma hordei 

 (Harris), with habits and history in brief, in reply to inquiries from Clarks- 

 boro, N. J. 



[See Fourth Report on the Insects of New York, 1888, pp. 27-35, figs. 10-14.] 



Cimex lectularius. (Country Gentleman, for September 24, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 615, c. 4 — 26 cm.) 



The literature, natural history, habits, etc. , of the bed-bug given, and fumi- 

 gation of infested rooms by brimstone recommended for its destruction in this 

 instance where they infest books and papers in a library at Prarieville, Mo. 



[Pubhshed also in the Second Rcjiort on the Insects of Neto York, 1885, pp. 

 16-18. The insect is now known as Acanthia leetularia (Linn.).] 



The Maple Leaf Cutter. (Country Gentleman, for October 1, 

 1874, xxxix, p. 631, c. 1, 2 — 29 cm.) 



Identification of Ornix acerifoUella Fitch, destroying maple forests in 

 Pittsford, Vt., and notice of its operations and occasional multiplication; 

 probabilities of its continuance in the future. 



[Extended in the Fifth Report on the Insects of Neiv York, 1889, pp. 

 215-219, figs. 22-24, under generic name of Incurvaria.] 



The Cattle Tick. (Country Gentleman, for Octol)er 1, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 631, c. 2 — 14 cm.) 



Appearance and habits of Ixodes boris Riley, prevalent in Pennsylvania; 

 its abundance at times, and notice of other species of the genus. 



The Oil-Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for October 15, 1874, 

 xxxix, p. 663, c. 4 — 10 cm.) 



Notice of appearance, interesting habits and vesicating properties of 3Ieloe 

 an giisti colli s Say, received from Perry, N. Y., and where the insect is found. 



[Published in Sixth Report on the Insects of Neiv York, 1890, pp. 130. 131, 

 fig. 15.] 



