(B.) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 



The following are tbe contributions that have been made to the 

 Department during the year (1888) : 



In Htmenoptera. 



Cocoons of Nematus Erichsonii Hartig, and the imago, May 8th. 

 From Rev. H. W. Swinneeton, Cherry Valley, N. Y. 



Galls of Neuroterus verrucarum (O. S.), on Quercus sp. ? From 

 J. Carter Brown, Kingston, R. I. 



Apanteles congregatus (Say) cocoons on IDarapsa Myron. From 

 Mrs. K. M. BusicK, Wabash, Ind 



In Lepidoptera. 



Larvce of Thyreus Abhotii Swainson, July 26th. From A. J. Rich- 

 mond, Canajoharie, N. Y. The same, from Dr. R. H. Sarin, Troy, N. Y. 

 The same (spotted form), from Horace B. Derby, Albany, N. Y., 

 July 6th. The same (striated form), from S. C. Bradt, Albany, N. Y., 

 July 8th. 



Datana ministra (Drury) Tarvse from apple tree, Sept. 4th. From 

 M. T. Richardson, New York city. 



CEdemasia concinna (Sm.-Abb.) larvae from apple tree early in Sep- 

 tember. From John C. Shaw, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Callosamia Prornethea (Drury) cocoons on wild cherry. From E. J. 

 Reddy, Bayville, N. Y. The same, on plum, from Mrs. E. W. K. 

 Lasell, Orange, N. J. The same, from Berthold Fernow, Albany, N. Y. 



The regal walnut-moth, Citheronia regalis (Fabr.), taken at the 

 State Camp, Peekskill, N. Y., August 5th. From Dr. C. W. Crispell, 

 Kingston, N. Y. 



Larva of Eacles imperialis (Drury) with puparia of a Tachinid-fly, 

 Sept. 10th. From S. C. Bradt, Albany, N. Y. 



Glisiocampa Americana Harris, larvae and cocoon. From Berthold 

 Fernow, Albany, N. Y. 



Larvae of Oortyna nitela Guenee, burrowing in stalks of young corn, 

 June 22. From Rock Hall, Md. 



Larvae of Cacoecia argyrospila (Walk.) eating into young pears, 

 June 13th; and of Goleophora sp.? eating into the same, June 8th. 

 From P. Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



