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/. PhyUoxcrn vaxtatrix on vines destroyed entirely in thirteen days by the 

 application of potassium sulpho-carbonate, p. 56. m. Calendar of meet- 

 ings of the Cambridge Entomological Club, for 187i), p. 64. 



* 896. Cyrus Thomas. Description of a new grasshopper 

 from Arizona, p. 4-5. [June, 1875.] 



Describes Eremobia niaf/nn, n. sp. 



* 897. C: R. Dodge. A new enemy to the cucumber, 

 p. 9-10, fig. [July, 1875.] 



Pupa and imago of Phakellurn hynlinitalis, whose larva is destructive to 

 Cucumeris in Florida, figured and described. 



* 898. C: R. Dodge. Strength and perseverance of ants, 

 p. 25-26. [Aug., 1875.] 



Observations upon ants dragging heavy articles of food homewards. 



* 899. E, F. Jackson. Grasshoppers again troublesome 

 in Minnesota, p. 31. [Aug., 1875.] 



Ten km. south of Graham Lakes the southern limit of ravages in INIinne- 

 sota ; eggs destroyed by " a white worm ", imagos by "a white maggot;" 

 more damage done in four hours, on the last day, than in eight days pre- 

 vious together. 



* 900. E. C. Huntington. Grasshoppers again trouble- 

 some in Minnesota, p. 31. [Aug., 1875.] 



Locusts appeared 10 July; ground full of eggs 26 July. 



* 901. Science Gossip. The house-fly. p. 47-48. [Jan., 

 1876.] 



Muaca domeslica said to cleanse the air by devouring the animalcules in 

 it. [See Rec., no. 861 k, no. 862 z-l 



* 902. J. J. Chickering. Notice of White Mountain 

 birds and insects, p. 48. [Jan., 1876.] 



List of five " &c." species of " butterflies " (one of which is a moth) cap- 

 tured and one seen. 



* 903. Fs: Gregory Sanborn. Sentiment among insects, 

 p. 55-56. [Feb., 1876.] 



Cantlion laevis is usually found in pairs, the female rolling the ball in 

 which eggs are to be laid, the male trying to keep on top of the ball ; if the 

 male is quietly removed he is soon missed, and the female, after a vain 

 search for him, deserts the l)all. 



* 904. Science Gossip. " Missing links " among the Lepi- 

 doptera. p. 03-64. [Apr., 1876.] 



Kunckel found that all the species of Ophideres have rigid terebrant pro- 

 bosces; the structure and use of these is here described (from the Comples 

 rendus)\ O.fullonka and probably the other species destroy oranges by 

 piercing them for their juices. 



