530 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



42. Cerura borealis Boisd. (G. H. French in Can. Ent., p. 145, 1881.) 



43. Telea polyphemus (Cram.). (Riley's MS. notes.) 



44. Apatela furcifera Guen. (Thaxter, Papilio iii, p. 17. No descrip- 



tion of the larva.) 



45. Apatela radcliffei Harvey. 



46. lodia rufimargo Hlibn. Seep. 172. 



47. Soopelosoma sidus Guen. See p. 116. 



48. Cacwcia cerasivorana (Fitch). (Coquillett's description of the larva, 



Papilio, iii, p. 102.) 



49. Teras logiana (Schiff.) Wild cherry. (Clem.). 



50. Penthinadimidiana {Sodo&). Wild black cherry. (Miss Murtfeldt.) 



51. Caccecia argyrospila Walk. See p. 192. 



The following notes have been contributed by Mr. F. H. Chittenden: 



COLEOPTERA. 



52. Bhyncholus brunneus Mannh. From stumps of Prunus serotina. 



53. Phlceophagus apionides Honi. Occurs with the above. 



54. Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris). Cut from trunk of living tree. 



55. Dicerca divaricata (Say). Cut from wood. 



56. Parandra brunnea (Fabr.). Found under bark of domestic cherry, are 



very common, and there can be little doubt that, as they are both 

 *' general feeders," they will attack wild cherry trees as well. 



INSECTS AFFECTING THE WILD PLUM. 

 Prunus amerieana, etc. 



FEEDING ON THE LEAVES. 



1. Adoneta spiniiloides H.-Sch. 



Order Lepidoptera; family CocHLiOPODiDiE. 



This Cochliopod, according to Mr. S. Lowell Elliot, feeds on the wild 

 plum as well as the oak, birch, and cherry. 



2. Lithacodes fasciola H.-Sch. 



This Cochliopod also, according to Mr. Elliot, feeds on the wild plum 

 in the vicinity of the city of New York. 



3. Parasa fraierna Grote. 



This slug-caterpillar or Cochliopod has likewise been found by Mr. 

 Elliot near New York feeding on the wild plum. 



FEEDING ON THE FRUIT. 



4. Thecla henrici Grote. 



This butterfly, says Mr. W. H. Edwards, lays its eggs fifteen in a 

 bunch at the base of a flower stalk, on the upper side; its caterpillar 

 feeds on the small green i)lums, excavating the inside leaving the 



