CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY 103 



NOTICES OF VARIOUS INSECTS : 



Eumenes fraternus Say — The Fraternal Potter-Wasp 109 



Hypoderma bovis {DeGeer) — The Ox Warble-Fly Ill 



Drosophila sp.— A Flour-paste Fly 116 



Adalia bipunctata {Linn.)— The Two-spotted Lady-bird 117 



Dermestes lardarius Linn. — The Bacon Beetle 119 



Agrilus ruflcollis {Fabr.)— The Raspberry Gouty-gall Beetle 123 



Coptocycla aurichalcea (Fabr.)— The Golden Tortoise Beetle 125 



Coptocycla elavata (Fabr.)— The Clubbed Tortoise Beetle 126 



Bruchus scutellaris Fabr. — A Pea Weevil 127 



Hymenorus obscurus {Smj)— A Bark Beetle 129 



Meloe angusticollis Say — The Oil Beetle 130 



Epicauta vittata (Fabr.)- The Striped Blister Beetle 132 



Epicauta cinerea {Forst.)— The Margined Blister Beetle 134 



Epicauta Pennsylvanica (DeGeer)— The Black Blister Beetle 135 



Pomphopoea Sayi LeConte — Say's Blister Beetle 136 



Podisus spinosus (Dallas) — The Spined Soldier Beetle 137 



Prionidus cristatus (imn.) — The Nine-pronged Wheel-bug 138 



Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rath.) — The Maple-tree Scale-insect lil 



Aphis brassicae Linn. — The Cabbage Aphis 147 



Gryllotalpa borealis Burin. — The Mole Cricket 149 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum (DeGeer) — The Red-legged Grass- 

 hopper 151 



Some Apple Tree Insects 153 



