ENTOMOLOGICAL PAPERS OF DR. FITCH. 307 



1859. A New Barley Insect. (Journal N. Y. State Agricultural 

 Society, for April, 1859, x, pp. 114, 115 — 25 cm.) 



From infested barley-straw sent from Cazenovia, N. Y., sixty flies 

 were obtained which are of a different species from the Eurytoma hor- 

 dei of Dr. Harris. The name Pteromalus? tritici is proposed for it. 



1859. A New Barley Insect. (The Country Gentleman, April 21, 

 1859, xiii, p. 250 — 20 cm.) 



From some barley joints, received from Cazenovia, N. T., sixty ex- 

 amples of ChalcididcB were bred, of one species, one-fourth of which 

 were males, and no parasites among them. They are found to be quite 

 uniform, and different from the Massachusetts barley-fiy,and both species 

 diflFerent from the Virginia joint-worm. They are the only insects of 

 the family yet discovered which feed on vegetation, all the other species 

 being parasitic on other insects. They appear to be more nearly 

 allied to Pteromalus than to Eurytoma, where placed by Dr. Harris. 



The distinctive features of the three species, viz., the black-legged 

 or Massachusetts Barley -fly {Pteromalus? hordei Harris), the joint- 

 worm fly (herein named Ptero7nalus? tritici), and the yellow-legged 

 Barley-fly {Pteromalus? fulvipes), are briefly given, in advance of 

 publication in next Annual Report. 



1859. The Thousand-Legged Worm. (The Country Gentleman, July 

 14, 1859, xiv, p. 27 — 16 cm.) 



Reply to an inquiry, from Armstrong county, Pa., of a worm killing 

 the young cucumber, radish, beans, onions, and the large strawberry : 

 the latter, when near ripe, often contains fifty of them. They had been 

 destroyed by hot water after drawing them by thousands beneath 

 boards laid on the walks in the evening. Dr. Fitch could not deter- 

 mine the species, not having studied the group. They belonged to the 

 genus Julus, and are usually regarded as inoffensive, living only on de- 

 caying matter, as Julus Americanus Beauv., our largest species, often 

 found in old rotten logs. Hardly a bucket of water had been drawn 

 from Dr. Fitch's well during the season that did not have one or two 

 of these worms in it, which had crawled from their retreats among fhe 

 stones, and fallen in. When discovered in garden vegetables, they are 

 probably attracted by decay or putrefaction following some insect at- 

 tack. The strawberries may have been first eaten by ants or other 

 insects. 



1859. Entomology. No. XIX. — Beetles Infesting Grape-vines. 

 (The Country Gentleman, Sept. 15, 1859, xiv, p. 171 — 56 cm.) 

 In reply to inquiries from Westfield, N. Y., describes and figures the 

 spotted Pelidnota {Pelidnota punctata); describes the Light-loving An- 

 omala {Anomala lucicola) with its varieties, viz., the Gloomy Anomala 

 ♦ {mcerens Fabr.), the Spotted-necked Anomala (maculicoUis), the true 

 Light-loving Anomala {lucicola Fabr.), and the Black Anomala {atrata 

 Fabr.) ; notices briefly the Rose-bug {Macrodactylus subspinosus), and 

 cites the conflicting evidences that fowls do and do not eat it ; gives 

 the natural history of the grape-vine flea-beetle {Ilaltica chalyhea), and 

 recommends as a remedy, that the beetles be searched for in their re- 

 treats and destroyed early in the spring. 



