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*vi, pp. 21 aud 43. Differs from Dr. Harris' wheat caterpillars (Treatise, 

 p. 354). 



1855. Eutomology. No. VII.— The Wlieut Thrips and Three- 



banded Thrips. (The Country Gentleman, Dec. 13, 1855, vi, 

 p. 385 — 84 cm.) 



Specimens sent from Geneva, Wisconsin, as injuring the blossoms of 

 wheat and clover early in July; characters of the ThripididcB given; their 

 numerous food-plants ; abundance, habits and injuries of the grain 

 Thrips, Thrips cerealium, in England. The several stages of the Wis- 

 consin species are described, and it is named Thrips tritici. A species 

 common upon wheat in Washington county, N. Y., on the 1st of June, 

 is described, and named Coleothiips trifaseiata. It had been seen upon 

 flowers of tansy {^Tanacetum vulgare] the last of July. 



1856. Entomology. No. VIII. — Cut-Worms. (Country Gentle- 



man, March 6, 1856, vii, pp. 154, 155 ; continued in no. for 

 March 15, id., p. 171 — 104 cm. The Cultivator, April, 

 1856, Third Series, iv, pp. 115, 116 — 78 cm.) 



In reply to inquiries, states that cut-worms appear to occur in all 

 soils. Their "biography" is given, and five different kinds are de- 

 scribed, which have not been reared to the perfect state, so that their 

 species are unknown. Two of our most common cut-worm moths, viz., 

 Agrotis subgothica Ha worth, and Agroiis devastator Brace, are described ; 

 aud methods of subduing cut-worm ravages are given. 



1856. Entomology. No. IX. — The American Vaporer Moth. (The 

 Country Gentleman, April 3, 1856, vii, pp. 317, 218 ; contiu. 

 in no. for April 10, id., p. 335 — 106 cm. The Cultivator, 

 May, 1856, Third Series, iv, pp. 154-156 — 80 cm.) 



Discourses of the great beauty of the caterpillar, and describes the 

 insect in its several stages {Qgg to imago). Describes its two principal 

 parasites, viz., Trichogramma ? orgyimn. sp., and T. ? fraternan. sp. 

 Some of its ravages are mentioned, and for their prevention, destruc- 

 tion of its eggs is recommended. 



1856. Entomology. No. X. — Borer in Apple Trees — The Bu- 

 prestis. (The Country Gentleman, July 10, 1856, viii, p. 27 

 — 70 cm. The Cultivator, August, 1856, Third Series, iv, pp. 

 240, 241 — 51 cm.) 



Gives a statement of the operations upon apple-trees of some unde- 

 termined Buprestidae, with a general account of the thick-legged Bu- 

 prestis, Chrysohothns femorata, and method for preventing its ravages 

 by the use of soft soap. 



1856. Entomology. No. XII.— The Rose-Bug. (The Country 

 Gentleman, July 31, 1856, viii, p. 75 — 70 cm. The Culti- 

 vator, Sept. 1856, Third Series, iv, pp. 370, 271 — 54 cm.) 



Erroneously reported as poisonous to fowls. Its favorite food-plants 

 are mentioned, with description of the beetle, the natural history of the 



