(E) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 



The following are the Coutributions that have been made to the 

 Department during the year (1892): 



Hymenoptera. 



Examples (4) of Augochlora sp.? from a cavity in decayed wood, in 

 November. From H. F. Bassett, Waterbury, Conn. 



Cocoon clusters of Apanteles rufocoxalis Riley, parasitic on larvae of 

 CUsiocampa Americcma, Harris, May 29th. From James Angus, 

 West Farms, New York city. 



Currant twigs containing larva' of the girdler — believed to be Janus 

 Jlaviventrls Fitch. From J. F. Rose, South Byron, N. Y. 



Bombus Pennsylvaniciis (De Geer), Bombus sp., Xylocapa Virginica 

 (Drury), Vesjm maculata Fabr., Pespa sp., Odynerus capra (Sauss.), 

 and three other species undetermined. From Mrs. E. B. Smith, 

 Coeymans, N. Y. 



Galls of species not determined on wild rose. From Prof. C. H. 



Peck, Albany, N. Y. 



Lepidopteea. 



LarvsB of Papjil'to Cresphontes Cramer, from Choisya ternata. 

 From William Falconek, Glen Cove, L. I., N. Y. 



Anoyloxypha Nmnitor (Fabr.) and ten specimens of Heterocera 

 From Mrs. E. B. Smith, Coeymans, N. Y. 



Larva of Thyreus Ahhotii Swainson. From Mrs. H. Simmons, 

 Albany, N. Y. 



Larva of Sphinx Celeus (Hubn.) parasitized by Apanteles congre- 

 gatus Say — the imagoes emerging August 24th. From Mrs. Anthony 

 ViCTORiN, Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y. 



Larvai of Podosesia syringm (Harris) boring in lilac. From John 

 L. LocKwooD, New York city . 



Phohetron jj'dheclum (Sm.-Abb.), spun up in its cocoon, August 

 28th. From Ira Pease, Oswego, N. Y. The same, on Cornus, 

 from Dr. T. C. Aldeich, Tarrytown, N. Y. The same, on oak, 

 September 5th, from Mrs . J . Carter Brown, East Greenwich, N . Y . 



