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Publications of the Entomologist Dueing the Yeaes 1880 and 1881. 

 The Pickled-Fruit Fly — Drosophila Ampelophila. (Country Gentle- 

 man, for January 1, 1880, xlv, p. 7, c. 3, 4 — 37 cm.) 



Flies taken from decaying peaches are identified and described. 

 Little is known of our Drosophilas. Notices of a few are referred to. 

 They vary greatly in their habits. The manner in which pickled fruits 

 in jars become infested, is stated. 



Bat-tail Larva of a Syrphus Fly. (Country Gentleman, for January 

 22, 1880, xlv, p. 55, c. 1, 2 — 18 cm.) 



The larvae taken from decaying mold are described. They belong to 

 the Syrphidce, of which characteristics are given. From the resemblance 

 of the larvae to figures of Meroclon bardus they are probably of that 

 species. 



[See Mallota posticata, First Beport on the Insects of New York, 1882, 

 pp. 211-216.] 



Beport on some Injurious Insects of the Year 1878. [An Address 

 delivered at the Annual Meeting of the N. Y. State Agricultural 

 Society, January 22d, 1879.] (38th Annual Beport of the N. Y. 

 State Agricultural Society, 1880, pp. 61-72. — Separate, with title- 

 page and cover, pp. 11 [January] 1880.) Also, [in Transactions of 

 the N. Y. State Agricultural Society for the Years 1877-1882, xxxiii, 

 1884, pp. 97-112.] 



Importance of the study of insects in their economic relations : Dis- 

 covery and description of the larva of the clover-seed fly, Cecidomyia 

 trifolii n. sp. [subsequently changed to leguminico la] and its injuries: 

 Anthrenus scropJmlarke noticed, in its increase and spread, remedies 

 available against it, and its European habits : Sudden multiplication of 

 the flea, Pulex irritcms in Boston : Euryoniia Inda operating as a new 

 corn depredator: Description, habits, and natural history of the peach- 

 twig moth, Anarsia lineatella, with its attack by a parasite. 



Entomology in America in 1879. (American Entomologist, for 

 January and February, 1880, iii, pp. 16-19, 30-34.) 



Presidential address before the Entomological Club of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, at its Saratoga meet- 

 ing, August 26, 1879, giving a review of progress during the year, as 

 shown in the publications (cited) in the several orders, and in special 

 studies conducted. 



Poduridae (Spring-Tails) in a Well. (Country Gentleman, for Febru- 

 ary 12, 1880, xlv, p. 103, c. 2—15 cm.) 



The species, occurring in a well in Massachusetts is identified as 

 Lipura finietaria, the same as those taken from a cistern, and noticed 

 in the Country Gentleman of May 22, 1879, where additional informa- 

 tion is given of them and of the family to which they pertain. 



