REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 37I 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION IN 1897 



Hymenoptera 



Chalybion caeruleum Linn. From J : A. Otterson, Berlin, Mass., 

 Sep. I. 



Examples of Lasii/s interjcctus Mayr. From J. V. D. Walker, 

 Jamaica, N. Y. 



Black long-sting, Thalessa atrata Fabr. From W. R. Strong, Golden's 

 Bridge, N. Y., Sep. 9. 



White-horned horn-tail, Urocerus albicornis Fabr., boring in spruce, 

 at Carthage, N. Y. From W. H, Coleman, Albany, N. Y. 



Dolenis arvensis Say, occurring abundantly on a tree, May 4. From 

 Charles H. Hardin, Schenectady^ N. Y. 



Saw-fly larvae of Acordu/ecera dorsaUs Say, from oak, June 13. From 

 Harrison G. Dyar, Bellport, L. I. 



Lepidoptera 



Chrysalis of Grapta coiiiiita Harris. From A. P. Hall, Albany, N. Y. 



Thvreus abbotii Svvainson, May 15. From W. H. Coleman, Albany, 

 N. Y. A larva of the same, June 30, from M. Tanner, Albany, N. Y. 

 A larva of the same, July 26, from S. M. Davies, Albany, N. Y. A larva 

 of the same and oi Philaiitpeius paudorus Hubn., from J. N. Gallatin, 

 Litchfield, Ct. 



Larva of the tomato worm, Protopanc celeus Hiibn., Aug. 21. From 

 Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans, N. Y. 



Pine-boring larvae, of Hanno/iia pini Kellicott, in pitch, Nov. 2. 

 From C. H. Roberts, Ulster counr.y, N. Y. 



Larvae (3) of the eight-spotted forester, Alypia octomaculata Fabr., 

 and the Virginia ermine moth, Spilosoina virginica Fabr. From Mrs 

 Oilman H. Perkins, Rochester, N. Y. 



Larva of Empretia stimulea Clem., on chestnut, Oct. 19. From Miss 

 R. C. de V. Cornwell, Scarsdale, K. Y. 



Larva of Nadata gibbosa Sm.-Abb. found in a cell of Etimenes fraterna. 

 From W: B. Dupree, Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 28. 



The Cecropia emperor moth, Attacus ccci'opia Linn., July 10. From 

 George Sellnow, Albany, N. Y.; also, from Philip Seehaus, Coey- 

 mans, N. Y. 



