MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 231 



Captures of Feniseca Tarquinius {Fabr.). (Psyche, iv, forJuly-August, 

 1883, P- 75 — 13 cm.) 



A number of examples of the species collected at Keene Valley, N. 

 Y., about alders. Had also been taken in one example at Center, N.Y,, 

 by Mr. O. von Meske, but never before by the writer. 



[Platygaster larva destroying galls of Cecidomyia salicis-batatus.] 

 (Psyche, iv, for July-August, 1883, p. 79 — 7 cm.) 



Reference to Prof. D. S. Kellicott's observations on the above, as 

 published in the Bulletin of the Buffalo Naturalists' Field Club, for 

 March. 1883. 



[Collecting Cut-worms at evening with alight.] (Psyche, iv, for July- 

 August, 1883, p. 80 — 10 cm.) 



Notice of collections made by Mrs. Mary Treat, about dusk in the 

 evening, from flower buds of phlox, and from beneath the ground 

 around the roots and from the branches of a plum-tree. 



A Grape Pest — Procris Americana. (Country Gentleman, for August 

 2, 1883, xlviii, p. 621, c. 2-3 — 18 cm.) 



The insect steadily increasing in Champaign county, Ohio. The cat- 

 erpillar and moth are described, and the transformations given. The 

 best remedy for it is to look for the skeletonized leaves at the com- 

 mencement of the attack, to pinch them off and crush the larvas. 



Potter-wasp Cells on Grape Leaves — Eumenes fraternus Say. (Coun- 

 try Gentleman, for August 9, 1883, xlviii, p. 641, c. 4 — ^22 cm.) 



Sent from Sandy Hill, N. Y., for determination. The external appear- 

 ance of the cells described, and also the mterior, and the contained pupa; 

 is probably the above-named species, which is common in Eastern 

 United States. Remarks upon the structure of the cells; they are 

 crowded with caterpillars for the larval food ; tlie larvft matures in 

 about a month. Reference to figures in Saunder's " Insects Injurious to 

 Fruits," page 70. 



The Frenching of Corn. (Country Gentleman, for August 16, 1883, 

 xlviii, p. 661, c. 4 — 28 cm.) 



"Frenching" results from various causes — from disease as well as 

 insect attack. Young stalks of " trenched " corn received from Rock 

 Hall, Md., show numerous perforations made undoubtedly by a Sphett- 

 ophoriis, and probably by S. sctdptilis. The appearance, habits, distri- 

 bution, and life-history, in part, of the beetle, is given, and the best 

 remedies for it. 



The Striped Squash Beetle. (Country Gentleman, for August 23, 1883, 

 xlviii, p. 681, c. 2 — 15 cm.) 

 Gives the appearance and habits of the larva of Diabrotica vittata 



