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Melaphis rJiois (Fitch), in the Rhols tomatos o^all on llie leaves 

 of the staghoni siirauch, Rlius typkina. From Mrs. H. D. Crane, 

 Schenectady, N. Y. 



Pemphigus imbricator (Fitch), from a beech tree. From James 

 S. Whitaker, Penn Yan, N. Y. 



A large Arachnid, Epeira sp. ? (undescribed ?), which had 

 descended by its thread from a limb of an elm tree, about sixty feet 

 from the ground. From Hon. Abraham Lansing, Albany, N. Y. 



Chernes Sanhorni Hagen (of the Pedipalpi), attached to the 

 legs of a fly, Limnophora sp. From E. N. Holly, Amsterdam, N. Y. 



Uropoda Americana Riley, and Uropoda n. sp., from cavities 

 in a potato associated with Julus G(3ruleoci7iGtiis Wood, J. liortensis 

 Wood (is immature J. Gmruleocincbis), Polydesnius complanatus 

 Linn, and a Staphylinid beetle Oxyteius rugosus Grav. From 

 Mr. ChaflPee, Cooperstown, N. Y. 



Germatia forceps Rafinesque \^ot the Myriapoda). From John C. 

 Russell, Albany, N. Y. ; W H. Moore, Pittsburg, Pa. ; D. L. 

 Boardman, Troy, N. Y. ; Miss Church, Albany, N. Y. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The following publications have been made by the Entomolgist 

 during the year. It will be observed that several ot them have 

 been introduced in the present report. 



The Spring Canker- Worm — Anisopteryx vernata (PecZ^). (Tlie 

 Country Gentleman for April 1, 18S6, li, p. 249, c. 2-3 — 34 cm.) 



Defoliation of trees for two years past in Dutchess county, is 

 recognized as a cauker-worm attack. Importance of preventing 

 its spread is urged. Reference is made to retnedies and pre- 

 ventives, in the C. G. for May, 1882, and July 10, 1884. Pupge 

 may be killed by working tlie ground beneath the tree at this 

 season. Mention of the different kinds of bands used as prevent- 

 ives ; of poisoning by Paris green and London purple, and a 

 method for doing so economically, and of a sprayitig apparatus 

 where tiie power is furnished by the revolution of the wagon 

 wheels, transporting the material. 



The Cause of Gapes. (The Country Gentleman for April 8, 1886, 

 li, p. 260, c. 1-3 — 63 cm.) 



The windpipe of a chicken killed by gapes, submitted, shows no 

 indication of the false membrane believed to have caused its death, 



