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Grain Aphis. (Country Gentleman, for April 11, 1878, xliii, p. 

 232, c. 2 — 5 cm.) 



The common grain apJiis, Aphis [Siphonophora] avence, is identified 

 from Bellbuckle, Tenn. It has not been an injurious species for late 

 years. 



Insect for Name. (Country Gentleman, for April 18, 1878, xliii, 

 p. 248, c. 2 — 7 cm.) 



A piece of grapevine from Keswiclc Station, Va., containing supposed 

 "grape-lice," has on it the flat, oval eggs, in two rows, of Phijlloptera 

 [Amblycomorpha] oblongifolia. Plants on which found. 



Insects for Name. (Country Gentleman, for April 25, 1878, xliii, 

 p. 264, c. 2 — 7 cm.) 



Beetles plowed up in hundreds from about three inches below the 

 surface, on a farm in the suburbs of Albany, are the common June-bug, 

 Lachnosterna fusca Frohl., and Phyllophaga pilosicolUs Knoch [is 

 Laclinosterna tristis (Fabr.)]. 



The Kaspberry Cane-Borer. (Country Gentleman, for May 23, 

 1878, xliii, p. 328, c. 1 — 8 cm.) 



The girdling of raspberry canes at Great Bend, Pa., is referred to 

 Ohei^ea tripunctata (Fabr.) [bimoculata Oliv.], the operations of which are 

 detailed. 



Two Beetles. (Country Gentleman, for May 30, 1878, xliii, p. 344, 



c. 2 — 9 cm.) 



Chrijsomela trimaculata (Fabr.) [Doryphora clivicollis Kirby], is char- 

 acterized ; it feeds on milk- weed, and is not regarded as injurious. Copto- 

 cycla guttata (Oliv.) is briefly described, its beauty referred to, as also its 

 occasional injuries to potato leaves. ^ 



Insects for Name. (Country Gentleman, for June 13, 1878, xliii, 



p. 376, c. 2 — 12 cm.) 



Bibio albipejinis, a harmless insect; Dermesteslardarius, its injuries to 

 various animal substances ; Aphis [Siphonophora] avence, hundreds occur- 

 ring on heads of wheat at Edgewood, Md. ; an aphis on g'rapevines, 

 undetermined. 



The Peach-twig Moth. (Country Gentleman, for June 27, 1878, 

 xliii, p. 407, cols. 1-3, 44 cm.) 



Insects received from Annapolis, Md., as destructive to the terminal 

 branches of peach trees, are identified as Anarsia- lineatella Zeller. Its 

 synonymy is given, also Mr. Glover's account of the larva and its opera- 

 tions; Professor Comstock's observations upon it; Mr. Saunders' state- 

 ment of its attack upon strawberry roots, and a parasite destroying it. 



[Extended in First Report on the Insects of New York, pp. 151-156,] 



