CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT IN 1896. 



Hymenoptera. 



Saw-fly larv'je, Hylotoma pcctoralis Leach, feeding on bircli, August 

 1 2th. From Mrs. H. D. Graves, Ausable Forks, N. Y. 



Larvae of the pear-tree slug, Eriocampa cerasi (Peck), August i8th. 

 From R. VV. Strickland, Albion, N. Y. 



Larvae of the willow apple gall saw-fly, Pontania pomiim (Walsh), from 

 Delmar, N. Y., August 19th. From Prof. C. H. Peck, Menands, N. Y. 



Tejithredo nifopecius (Norton), imago, May 25th from currant twig. 

 From Thomas Tupper, Corning, N. Y. 



The lunated long-sting, Thalessa lunator (Fabr.), June 4th. From 

 Frank Unger, Albany, N. Y. 



Bracon sp. From Mrs. E. C. Anthony, Gouvemeur, N. Y. 



A Chalcid, Brncophagus sp., from the fungus Pei'idermiicm cerebrum 

 on Pinus tceda from Auburn, Ala. From Prof. C. H. Peck, Menands. 

 N. Y. 



The large digger-wasp, Sphecius speciosus {1)xmx^), from a lawn, 

 August 1 6th. From James Reynolds, Poughkeepsie, N. \. 



A leaf-cutter bee, Megachile Jiiouiivaga Cress. ; Pelopmis ccementarius 

 (Drury), Chalybion cceruleum (Drur)), and Trypoxylon poliium Say. 

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



Lepidoptera. 



Larvce of Vanessa Antiopa (Linn.), devastating willows, June nth. 

 From C. T. Havv^ley, Jr., Cambridge, N. Y. 



Larva of Thyretis Abbotii Swainson, July 7th ; larva oi Deilephila chavi- 

 (Bfierii Harris, var., from QLfwthera biennis, October 20th. From Mrs 

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



Larva of Ampelophaga Myron (Cramer), parasitized by Apanteles 

 congregatus, and these, in turn, by a Chalcid, August i6th. From Mrs. 

 D. D. Kellog, Port Keat, N. Y. The same, in the same double parasi- 

 tism, August 22d, from Mrs. E. C. Anthony, Gouverneur, N. Y. 



Larva of Ceratomia Aniyntor (Hiibn.), August 21st. P'rom F. J- 

 RiGGS, Albany, N. Y. 



