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12. LithocoUetis coryliella (Chambers.) 



According to the Chambers, the larva makes a nearly circular blotch 

 mine lu the upper surface of the leaf. Our figure represents what we 

 suppose to be the blotch mines of this worm, frequently observed at 

 Providence, E. I., in September and October. (Fig. 213.) 



13. Chrysomela multigutiis Stol. 



Mr. D. W. Coquillett, has bred this beetle, which feeds on the hazel, 

 in Illinois. The beetles appeared the middle of June, when they were 

 seen pairing on the leaves. 



The beetle. — Body dull white ; a dark colored dorsal line oa which is a row of brown 

 spots ; on each side of the body are two rows of brown spots ; head yellowish brown, 

 marked with a black spot on each side. Length, 10"^™. 



AFFECTING THE NUTS. 



14. Balanimis obtusus 'B\a>nchiird. Beaten from hazel-nut. New Hamp- 



shire to Texas. (Blanchard, Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vii, p. 107, 

 1884.) 



15. Balaninus nasicus Say. Eating the nuts. (Harris, p. 74.) 

 The following insects also occur on the hazel : 



Order Lepidoptera. 



16. Apatela ohlinita ( Abb.-Sm.). (Coquillett, Thomas's Tenth Kep. Illi- 



nois.) 



17. Nematocampa filamentaria Gnen. (Forbes's Second Illinois Rep.) 



18. Thanaos icelus Lintner. 



19. Platysamia cecropia (Linn.) (Riley's notes.) 



20. Telea polyphemus (Cram.) Providence, September. 



21. Anisota senatoria (Abb. and Sm.). Found at Providence feeding on 



the hazel, wanderers from the oaljs near by ; also on wild rose. 



22. Lithacodes fiexuosa Grote. Raised from the hazel by S. Lowell 



Elliot, esq. 



23. Schizura unicornis (A. & S.) Lintner (Ent. Coutr. ill, p. 131). 



24. Datana ministra (Drury.) Beutenmiiller. (Can. Ent., xx, p. 17.) 



25. Amphipyra pyramidoides Guen. See p. 171. 



26. Apatela hrumosa Gueuee. (August, 111. Coquillett, Papilio, i, p. 56.) 



27. Zerene catenaria (Drury).* July, Aug., 111., Coquillett (Papilio, i, 



p. 56.) ^ 



* Eemarkable flight of Zerene catenaria. Guen1?;e. — An Associated Press dis- 

 patch, reading as follows, appeared in the papers of October — , 1880, Lackawareu, 

 Pa. : " Immense numbers of large white butterflies have made their appearance, to 

 the alarm of the farmers. The mass is so dense in some places that it appears like a 

 snow-storm. Their destruction would probably avert the ravages of the army worm.'' 

 Through the kindness of Mr. C. W. Shannon, postmaster at Lackawasen, specimens 

 of this so-called butterfly were received at the Department. They proved to be the 

 quite common geometrid moth known scientifially as Zerene catenaria Guen6e. The 

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