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164. Theobald's description of the imago quoted, 164. More detailed 

 description, illustrated, by figures, 165. Three parasites bred from Euro- 

 , pean galls, 165. Undetermined native parasites, 165. 



DiPLOSiS CUCUMERis, the Melon-vine Midge 165 



Bibliography, 165. Galled muskmelon shoots received from Lowell, 

 Mass., 165. A new Cecidomyid reared from them, 166. Detailed 

 description with reference to figures, 166. A jjeculiar antennal struc- 

 ture, 166. Kieffer's "Filets arques," 166. When the midge emerges, 

 167. A second locality for the insect, 167. Chalcids in association 

 with the midge, but probably parasitic on the cucumber aphis, 167. 



DiPLOSis SETIGERA, the Hairy Melon-vine Midge 168 



A second undescribed Cecidomyid reared from melon tips, 168. Detailed 

 description with reference to figures, 168. The species closely related 

 to the pear midge, 169. Comparison of the two species, 169. 



Anthomyia sp., the Easpberry-cane Maggot 170 



Infested canes from Adams, N. Y., 170. At first mistaken for the work 

 of the cane-girdlei", 170. Features of the attack, 170. The larva de- 

 scribed, 170. The imago not obtained, 170. The operations of the in- 

 sect had been jjrevionsty observed in Canada, 170. Observed in Michi- 

 gan, 171. How the larva operates, 171. Injures canes in Penusj'lvauia, 

 171. Features bj^ which tbe attack may be identified, 171. Its probable 

 occurrence in Pennsylvania, 172. Remedy in cutting and destroying the 

 infested tips, 172. 



Anthrencjs scrophulari.b, the Carpet-Beetle 172 



The beetles on blossoms of rhubarb, 172. Could the plant serve as a 

 bait for the collection and destruction of the insect? 172. Its destruction 

 useless, if oviposition has ocenrred, 173. General belief that oviposition 

 takes i)lace before the beetle visits the food-plants, 173. No eggs found 

 in beetles captured while feeding, 173. Eggs possibly not developed 

 until late in life, 173. Delayed oviposition of the rose-bug, 173. An in 

 stance where a lace curtain was eaten by the carpet bug, 173. Its fond- 

 ness for dead insects, 173. Olivier's account of the habits and transform- 

 ations of the Anthreni, 174. 



Pyrophorus noctilucus, the Cucuyo 174 



Bibliography, 174. Eeason for present notice, 175. Examples con- 

 tributed to the State collection, 175. Belong to the Elateridse, 175. 

 Features of the family, 175. Only one species of the genus known in the 

 United States, 175. Abundance in South America, 175. Fitness of the 

 scientific name, 175. The light-giving organs, 176. The light emitted, 

 176. Where the insect is found, 176. Service that they rendered in 



