322 FIE8T ANNUAL REPOET OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



862, as Pemphigus vitifolm. The second, not named, were rough 

 water-like galls, size of musket shot of different sizes, upon the under 

 side of leaves, in July and August, opening upon the upper side, and 

 occupied by small oval lice of a dull yellow color. The third, observed 

 the middle of August, smooth, succulent, greenish-yellow, size of large 

 and small musket shot, growing in the leaf, and bulging out equally 

 on both sides, having no opening, but an internal cavity in which no 

 insect could at the time be perceived. It occurred on the wild grape, 

 Vitis lahrusca. The fourth had not previously been seen, and was 

 probably new. They were tliorn-like, growing on the under side of the 

 leaves in July, straw-colored, of a regular conical form, projecting out- 

 ward at a right angle from the surface, which they covered entirely ; 

 four times as long as thick, from three to four-tenths of an inch long, 

 of a dry, firm texture, and fluted or ribbed lengthwise. Opposite their 

 base, on the upper side of the leaf was a small pit. They contained a 

 small yellow maggot, the description of which is given, and which is 

 apparently a species of Cecidomyia. 



18G9. A Curious Water Insect. (The Country Gentleman, for Feb- 

 ruary 25, 1869, xxxiii, p. 154 — 23 cm.) 



The larva of the insect captured from under ice a foot thick, identi- 

 fied as ^schna Jteros Fabr., with larval description and habits. 



1869. Garden Insects. (Illustrated Annual Eegister of Rural Affairs, 

 1869, V, pp. 91-104, figs. 1-16.) 



Notices, among others, the following insects: The onion-fly {Anthomyia 

 ceparum), pp. 91-96 ; the striped blister-beetle {Cantharis mttata); the 

 radish and cabbage flies {Anthomyia raphaiii and A. brassiccB); centi- 

 pedes, cut- worms, and the flea-beetles ; the garden flea {Smynthurus 

 liortensis) ; the cabbage-moth {Cerostoma hrassicella) [is Plutella crucif- 

 erarum of Zeller], and the cabbage butterfly {Pieris oleracea). 



1869. Garden Insects. 2d Article. (lb., pp. 197-212, figs. 1-22.) 



Notices additional garden pests, of which the principal are the fol- 

 lowing • The cabbage aphis, pp. 198, 199; the cucumber beetle, pp. 

 200, 201; the squash-bug; squash Coccinella (C. horealis); the asparagus 

 beetle, pp. 204, 205 ; the tomato- worm {S. quinquemacidata), pp. 205, 

 « 206 ; the Southern tobacco-worm (5. Carolina); the 10-lined potato- 



beetle {Dorypliora \0-lineata), pp. 207, 208 ; the 3-lined potato-beetle 

 {Crioceris trilineata) ; the striped blistering-fly, and wire- worms, pp. 

 210,211. 



Notice of the Eatomological Labors of Dr. Fitch. 



The following notice of the labors and writings of Dr. Fitch is ex- 

 tracted from a "Report on some Injurious Insects of the Year 1879," 

 presented by me to the State Agricultui-al Society at its Annual Meet- 

 ing, January 21, 1880. 



It seems eminently fitting that in connection with the preceding notes upon 

 the economic relations of some of our insects, reference should be made to one 



