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other long and thin, from one inch to an inch and a quarter, which 

 wiggles and runs like a snake. It is about the size of a large pin, 

 and almost as sharp at the ends. 



We have tried all remedies for this pest, such as are commonly used 

 to destroy moths and other insects, but without any effect. They are 

 very annoying and disastrous. 



In a fall that we cut open, we found the worms in nests in the 

 paste, between the leather and lining. We have about come to the 

 onclusion that they are bred in the paste, * * * * for we never 

 find them in any vehicles of our own make, the paste used in which 

 we cook, which is not done in some Northern and Eastern States. 

 The infested carriages were built up country. 



The "two kinds of white worms " were not sent for identification 



to Mr. Fuller. The smaller one was undoubtedly the larva of Sito- 



drepa panicea ; the larger was probably the larva of Scenopinus 



fenestralis, preying upon the larvae of the clothes moths or some other 



insect infesting the cushions. 



Aphodius fimetarius (Linn.). 

 A Dung-Beetle. 



This little " dung-beetle " was sent to me, on May 6th, from the N. Y. 

 State Agricultural Station at Geneva, infested with a large number 

 of Uropoda Americana Riley — the mite that has several times been 

 reported as attacking and killing the Colorado potato-beetle.* 



Mr. G. W. Churchill, to whom I am indebted for the interesting 

 specimen, informs me that it was found in a hot-bed of the Station, 

 from which, last year, an example of the potato-beetle, similarly 

 infested, was taken. It would seem from this, he thought, that they 

 had a little parasite-farm at their command which might be utilized for 

 infesting potato-beetles and other insect pests, and then turning them 

 loose for the distribution and multiplication of the valuable parasite. 



Professor Fernald, in a communication made to me, has expressed 

 his surprise that mention was made in my " Third Report "f of Dr. 

 Packard having observed this species in abundance on the carriage 

 road of Mt. Washington, since " it is not only abundant on the White 

 Mountains, but is common here [Amherst, Mass.] and also throughout 

 Maine, where I have known of its abundance from my early child- 

 hood, and with it a species quite as abundant, viz., Aphodius prodromus 

 Brahm."! 



* Fifth Report on the Insects of Neio York, 1889. pp. 289-291. 



^Report to the Regents of the University S. K Y. for 1886, p. 103. 



+ Although this species had long ago been introduced in this country from Europe, it 

 had not, according to Professor Fernald, been recognised by eoleopterists until a few 

 years ago, 



