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hatch just as the buds begin to swell, when they crowd to them, where 

 they are nourished until the leaves become suflBciently developed for 

 their sustenance. 



1864. The Hunter Weevil. (The Country Gentleman, for June 16, 

 1864, xxiii, p. 384 — 6 cm.) 



Received from Dutchess county, N, Y., where they were drawing 

 the juices from young corn beneath the ground. Identified as Spheno- 

 phorus wnatus Say, and references made to previous notices in the 

 Country Gentleman. 



1864. The Entomologist. No. XXXIV.— The Buffalo Tree-hop- 

 per. (The Country Gentleman, for June 16, 1864, xxiii, p. 

 386 — 63 cm.) 



Describes the punctures made in raspberry twigs and the eggs de- 

 posited in the pith, in straight rows of from one and a half to three 

 inches long, which had been identified by Mr. Howe, of Akron, O., as 

 made by the above-named insect, Uerena bubalus. 



A punctured twig, in part, in section, to show the eggs, is figured, 

 together with the insect, which is described. The punctures in the 

 raspberry twig may have been made by another species of Ceresa of 

 similar habits," for it is only in the apple-tree that the C. biibnlus has 

 been actually seen in the act of depositing its eggs." About 100 similar 

 punctures in two rows, of 'd}£ and \}£ inches each, probably the work of 

 one insect, had been seen by Dr. Fitch in an elder-stalk. The oviposi- 

 tiou of the insect is described, also the hatching of the eggs, and the 

 young insects. Shaking the trees or shrubs that the insect infests, to 

 drive it away, is recommended. 



1864. The Five-marked Coccinella, destroying Plant-Lice. (The 

 Country Gentleman, for July 21, 1864, xxiv, p. 47 — 19 cm.) 

 A gentleman writing from L'Original, C. W., states that upon a 

 cherry-tree infested with plant-lice, he discovered numerous larger in- 

 sects, which, in the belief that they were a greater pest, he endeavored 

 to destroy by beating from the tree and killing, but their large number 

 compelled him to abandon the task. The next day, on examining the 

 trees again, he found that the plant-lice had nearly disappeared, and 

 the other insect was busily feeding upon them. Two examples were 

 sent to Dr. Fitch for determination. One had eaten the other when 

 received, and the survivor, having undergone its transformation to the 

 perfect state, proved to be Coccinella 5-notata of Kirby. 



1864. The Entomologist. No. XXXV.— The Nebraska Bee-killer. 

 (The Country Gentleman, for July 28, 1864, xxiv, p. 63 — 

 84 cm.) 



Received from Otoe county, Nebraska, where it is " very destructive 

 to the honey-bee, killing a great number of them, and also of the rose- 

 bugs." It is briefly characterized as a dipterous insect of the genus 

 Trupanea of Macquart, and as it differs from the half-dozen known 

 United States species, it is named from its habits, T. apivora [now 

 placed in the genus Promachus]. A minute description of the fly is 



