303 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



meaning of the scientific name is given. It ia a common species and 

 had been observed since 1847 by Dr. Fitch, eating the leaves of corn, 

 and hiding under leaves and in other localities. [See Sphenopliorus 

 sculptilis, page 264, antei] 



1855. [Entomology. No. III.]— The Chiach Bug. (The Cultivator, 

 August, 1855, Third Series, iii, p. 238 — 37 cm.) 



In reply to a communication from a correspondent in Indiana, giving 

 an extended account of the operations of the insect in corn and wheat- 

 fields, it is identified as the chinch-bug, and speculations upon the 

 origin of the name are offered. Originally described by Say as Lygceus 

 leucopterus, it is referred by Dr. Fitch to the genus Micropus of Spinola. 

 3ficropus iypinolcB Signoret, had recently been discovered and described, 

 from the environs of Paris. 



1855. Entomology. No. IV. — The Apple Plant-Louse. (The Country 

 Gentleman, July 19, 1855, vi, p. 48 — 84 cm. The Culti- 

 vator, Sept. 1855, Third Series, iii, pp. 278, 279 — 80 cm. ) 



Gives directions for communicating specimens of insects. Six species 

 of apple plant-lice and bark-lice known, two of which are undescribed. 

 The Apple plant-louse examined, is identical with the Aphis mali of 

 Europe. Their description, natural history, secretion of honey-dew, 

 their enemies, and remedies ; of the latter are soap-suds, tobacco water, 

 and smoke ; the " Parapetticoat " of Dr. Lindley described. 



1855. Entomology. No. V. — Insects which destroy Plant-Lice. 

 (The Country Gentleman, Sept. G, 1855, vi, p. 158 — 84cm.) 

 Compares the offensive smell of a tree badly infested with the lice, 

 to that of stale fish : Remarks upon the rapid multiplication of the 

 aphides : The lady-bugs make the greatest havoc among them, and 

 their method of attack and their general habits are given : A general 

 account is given of the Aphis-lion — the larva of the lace-wing fly, of the 

 family of Hemerdbiidce, which also destroys large numbers of plant-lice. 



1855. Entomology. No. V, contin. — Insects which destroy Plant- 

 Lice. (The Country Gentleman, Sept. 13, 1855, vi, pp. 174, 

 175 — 55 cm.) 



The Syrphus fly is mentioned as the third enemy of plant-lice, and 

 its habits narrated. They are also liable to the attack of one of the 

 Ichneumonidce, of the genua ApMdius. The manner of oviposition, and 

 the development of the insect within the aphis is detailed. Gathering 

 these plant-lice enemies by a beating net, from hedges and forests, and 

 transferring them to infested trees, is recommended. 



1855. Entomology. No. VI. — Gaylord's Wheat-Caterpillar, (The 

 Country Gentleman, Nov. 22, 1855, vi, p. 331 — 37 cm. The 

 Cultivator, January, 1856, Third Series, iv, p. 19 — 28 cm.) 



The caterpillar feeds on kernels of wheat, when in the milk and ripe: 

 they are described — habits are given — have long been known in 

 Western New York, but the perfect insect is unknown. It is believed 

 to belong to the Platyptericidw. Mr. Gaylord describes the caterpillar 

 in Trans. H. T. St. Agricul. Soc. , iii, p. 147. See also Cultivator, 1839, 



