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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The following is a list of the principal publications of the Entomol- 

 ogist during the year (1887), giving title, place and time of publica- 

 tion, and a summary of contents: 



The Praying Mantis and its Eggs. (Country Gentleman, for January 

 6, 1887, lii, p. 9, c. 3-4, figure — 62 cm.) 



Egg-cases from Charlottesville, Va., where they occur on fences, are 

 identified as of this insect and described. The mode of deposit of the 

 eggs is not known, but probably the entire mass is extruded in its case. 

 The perfect insect, Mantis Carolina Linn., is described and figured, and 

 its habits, food, manner of feeding, etc., stated, together with its occa- 

 sional cannibalism. It is a Southern form, not occurring in New York. 

 Its consumption of injurious insects entitles it to protection and 

 cultivation. [See revision and extension of above in pages 158-162 of 

 this Report.] 



A Bug Injurious to Shade Trees. (Country Gentleman, for January 

 27, 1887, lii, p. 69, c. 2-3 — 18 cm.) 



Leptocoris trivittahis (Say) — one of the Hemiptera, received from 

 Sterling, Kansas, where it has abounded during the autumn and winter, 

 is described, and its habits in Topeka, Kansas, as narrated by Prof. 

 Popenoe, quoted, together with its food-plants there observed, viz., box 

 elder {Negundo aceroides) and soft maples. [See revision and extension 

 of above in pages 156-158 of this Eeport.] 



Fuller's Rose-Beetle — Aramigus Fuller! Horn. (Country Gentleman, 

 for February 3, 1887, lii, p. 89, c. 1 — 21 cm.) 



A grub sent from Bucksport, Maine, as destructive to the roots of 

 rose-bushes, is Fuller's rose-beetle — known as being quite injurious 

 to roses grown in greenhouses and to some other plants. Dr. Horn's 

 remarks upon its rapid spread over the country following its first notice 

 in 1874, are quoted. The grubs eat the roots and the beetles the foliage 

 of the plants. The latter often abound in greenhouses in November 

 and December, when they should be collected and destroyed. By care- 

 fully hand-picking the beetles as they mature, they may be extermin- 

 ated. A bush badly infested at the roots should be taken up with 

 proper care and burned. See Second Eeport on the Insects of New 

 York, 1883, p. 142. 



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