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myriads of the dead bodies of young individuals, apparently a few 

 days from the egg. 



Heliothis armiger Hilbu.j page 116. — Add to the bibliography, 

 Walsh: in Pract. Entomol., ii, 1866, pp. 31, 22 (larval habits and de- 

 scription); lb., pp. 34, 112 (brief notices). 



BuccuLATRix pomifoliella Clem.; page 157. — In the Canadian 

 Entomologist, vol. xiv, 1882, pp. 153-160, Mr. V. T. Chambers, in a 

 paper entitled " Notes on the Larva of Bucculatrix amhrosicefoliella" 

 presents valuable information upon the natural history of the species, 

 the larval structure, and a very interesting account of the manner in 

 which it builds its peculiar ribbed cocoon. The details given will 

 probably apply, in the greater part, to its congenor, B. pomifoliella, to 

 which references are made in the paper. 



Pupa op Meromyza Americana , page 222. — When the examples 

 of the transformed larvae referred to came under my observation, the 

 external features of the pupa were so well-defined, that, not being re- 

 minded at the time of its necessarily coarctate form, the puparium 

 was not noticed. My attention having recently been called to this 

 feature of the insect, by an inquiry of Professor Forbes, I am led to 

 believe, from my recollection of the specimens, that the pupse were 

 enveloped in a thin, transparent and closely adhering puparium. 

 Such puparia are recorded of species of Clilorops — nearly allied forms, 

 and occurring under almost identical conditions. 



A Western locality for this Fly, showing for it quite an extensive 

 distribution throughout the United States, is that given by P. R. 

 Uhler, in Bull. TJ. S. Geolog.-Geograph. Surv. Terr., iii, 1877, p. 783, 

 where it is stated to be " a very common species upon weeds in damp 

 places near Denver [Colorado], Aug. 5-18," as observed in the explora- 

 tions of 1875. 



According to Prof. Forbes, the insect has the present season (spring 

 of 1883) been very destructive to winter wheat- in Central and 

 Southern Illinois, destroying entire fields so that they were plowed up 

 for other crops.* 



Protection of GtRAPE-vines from the Eose-beetle ; page 232. 

 — A writer in the Cultivator for May, 1851 (p. 174), states, that if the 

 vines are laid upon the ground before they put forth their leaves, and 

 are allowed to remain until the beetles have disappeared, or until 

 the grapes begin to have a sour taste, which they generally acquire 

 when they attain the size of large shot, they will entirely escape the 

 attack of the beetle. After this, the vines should be raised and at- 

 tached to their proper support. The writer gives minute directions 

 for handling the vines. 



* A JS'eiu Wheat Insect. Wheat-bulb-worm. By S. A. Forbes, State Entomologist. Nor- 

 mal, HI., Aprilia, 1883, 



