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appearance in Massachusetts, and the excessive alarm occasioned 

 by it, 303. Professor Fernald and Dr. Hagen quoted, 303. Its 

 destructiveness probably overstated, 303. Why it should not 

 become a very serious pest, 303. Effort should be made to 

 exterminate it in its present limited location, 304. How this may 

 best be done, 304. Keference to notices of the insect, 304. Its para- 

 sitic enemies, 304. Notes on its transformations, 304. 



Spilosoma Virginica, the Yellow Woolly Bear 304 



Its reported injuries, 3 4. Its omnivorous habits, 305. How it 

 should be destroyed, 305. Features of the moth. 305. Transforma- 

 tions of the insect, 305. Illustration of its stages, 305. 



Thyridopteryx ephemer^formis, the Bag-worm 306 



Hundreds of cases of the insect on quince trees in Sareeantville, 

 N. J., 306. The caterpillar defoliating quince trees in George- 

 town, O., 306. Should be classed among the insects injurious to 

 the quince, 306. Comparatively few quince insects, 306. 



Erebus odora 306 



Eecord of the captures of this moth in the State of New York, as 

 given in a preceding Report, 306. Its capture, at sugar, at 

 Jamaica, L. I., 306. Extended time of appearance of the moth, 

 306. 



Tmetocera ocellana, the Eye-spotted Bud- moth 306 



Characters of the caterpillar and of the moth, 306. Operations 

 of the caterpillar in the blossom buds, 306. Transformation of the 

 insect, 307. The second brood less injurious, 307. A favorable 

 year for its multiplication, 307. May be destroyed by early 

 arsenical spraying, 307. 



Cecidomyia balsamicola, the Balsam Cecidomyia 307 



Probably occurs in North Carolina, 307. Galls apparently iden- 

 tical with its gall taken from Ahies Fi^aseri, ZQl . A possible para- 

 site associated with the galls when received, 307. Mr. Howard's 

 views upon it, 307 . 



Cecidomyia sp ? within a Jumping Gall 308 



A jumping gall, from a bough of May blossom, in England, sub- 

 mitted for information, 308. Dr. Eiley's views upon it, 308. Is 

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