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FAGIi,. 



distribution and abundance, 294. Injuries by the pest, 295. Copious 

 secretion of lioney-dew |and fungus growing therein, 295, The adult 

 females iigured, they and the young described, 295. The male cocoon 

 figured and the imago described, 296. The young appear in July and 

 pass the winter half-grown, 296. Females molt aud the males form their 

 cocoons early in the spring, 296. Pupa of male and appearance of 

 imago, 297. Its spread in Albany aud Troy, 297. Means of distribution, 

 297. Natural enemies, 298. Kerosene emulsion, whale-oil soap solu- 

 tion, or cleaning off with a brush are the^remedies recommended, 298. 



Neuronia pardalis 298 



Bibliography, 298. Taken at Keene Valley, N. Y., 299. Its recorded 

 distribution, 299. Figured byl^Notman, 299. Its description by Harris, 

 299. 



Leptodesmus species 300 



A myriapod infesting greenhouses, 300. Means used against it unsuc- 

 cessfully, 300. The species described and figured, 300. Referred to Lep- 

 todesmus aud the name of falcatus proposed, 300. The flattened milliped 

 figured and ita habits given, 301. Habits of some native forms described 

 by Dr. Fitch, 301. Need of study of the Myriapoda, 302. Lime, soot, 

 kerosene emulsion are remedies recommended, 302. The use of various 

 baits described, 302. The infestation probably came from manure brought 

 into the greenhouses, 303. The radical measures found effective, 303. 

 Occasional fumigation of greenhouses recommended, 303. 



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(A) NOTES ON SOME OF THE INSECTS OF THE YEAR IN THE 



STATE OF NEW YORK „ 307 



The year characterized by the absence of ravages by the more com- 

 mon insect pests, 307. Insect life observed to be remarkably scarce, 307. 

 Red Admiral butterfly imusually abundant in the Adirondacks, 308. 

 The few moths, Coleoptera and Diptera seen, 308. 



Tenthredo rufopectus 308 



Operating in currant stems, 308. Its extended distribution, 308. 



