[167] Report of the State Entomologist. 30& 



Red-Humped Apple-Tree Caterpillar. (Country Gentleman, for 

 November 22, 1888, liii, p. 875, c. 2-3 — 26 cm.) 



Caterpillars feeding in company on an apple tree in New York, are 

 (Edemasia coiicinna (Sm.-Abb.). They are described, and their habits 

 and range of food-plants given. From their gregarious habit, they 

 should not be permitted to inflict serious injury on fruit trees. Orchards 

 should be inspected from time to time during August, and as soon as 

 noticed the branch containing the company should be cut and each 

 individual killed. 



A Familiar Pest. (New England Homestead, for November 24, 1888, 

 xxii, p. 421, c. 1-2 — 12 cm.) 



A pupa sent for name and other information is that of Sjihinx 

 quinquemaculata Haworth, the larva of which is known as the potato- 

 worm. The moth that it produces, feeding habits of the " humming- 

 bird moths," features of their caterpillars, the tongue-case of the pupa, 

 the " tobacco-worm," and " worming tobacco fields " are remarked upon. 



Fourth Rej)ort on the Injurious and other Insects of the State of 

 New York [November 23], 1888, pp. 237, Figs. 68. (From the 4l8t 

 Report of the N. Y. State Museum of Natural History, 1888, pp. 

 123-358.) 



The Contents are : Introductory. Insect Attacks and Miscellane- 

 ous Observations [as follows] : The Insects of the Hemlock : The Chalcid 

 Parasites of Cecidomyia betute : Isosoma hordei (ilrtrris) — the Joint- 

 worm Fly : Thalessa lunator (i^f(6r.) — the Lunated Long-sting: Amphi- 

 bolips prunus {WalsJi) — the Oak-plum gall Cynips: Aulacomerus 

 lutescens w. sp.— the Poplar Saw-fly: Currant Bushes Girdled by an 

 Unknown Insect: Orgyia leucostigma (Sm.-Abb.) — the White-marked 

 Tussock : Lagoa opercularis (Sm.-Abb.) — the Kabbit Mo.th : Nephelodes 

 violans Ouenee — the Bronze-colored cut-worm: Homoptera lunata 

 (Drury), as a Eose Pest: A Hemlock Leaf-miner: Cecidomyia balsa- 

 micola n. sp., and its Gall : Lasioptera vitis 0. S., and its Galls. : Chloro- 

 pisca prolifica 0. S. n. sp., and its Winter Gatherings : Phytomyza 

 lateralis Fallen — the Marguerite Fly : Megiila maculata Z>e(?et'/- — the 

 Spotted Lady-bird: Chauliognathus marginatus (Fabr.) — the Margined 

 Soldier-Beetle : Sitodrepa panicea (Linn.), as a Leather-Beetle : Xylo- 

 trechus colonus (Fabr.), occurring in a Dwelling : Haltica bimargiuata 

 (Say) — the Alder Flea-Beetle: Crepidodera ruflpes (Linn.) — the Ked- 

 footed Flea-Beetle : Scolytus rugulosus (Eatz.) — the Wrinkled Scolytus : 

 Corythuca ciliata (Say) — the Ciliated Tingis: Melanolestes picipes 

 (H. S.) — the Black Corsair : Mytilaspis pomorum (i)'o(a7(e) — the Apple- 

 tree Bark-louse: Ptyelus liueatus (Linn.) — the Lined Spittle-hopper: 

 Ephemera natata Walker, and other EphemeridcU : Hair-snakes as 

 Parasitic on Insects: Cermatia forceps (liaf.), as a Household Pest. 

 Brief Notes on Various Insects : Dolerus sp. ; Danais Archippus; 

 Thecla strigosa; Nisoniados Persius; Sphinx Canadensis; Melittia 

 cucurbitai; Hyppa xyliuoides; Erebus odora; Zerene cateuaria ; 

 Anisopteryx pometaria; Tinea pellionella; Mallota sp. ; Anthrenus 

 scrophulari£e ; Alaus oculatus; Thanasimus dubius; Macrodactylus 



