600 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 
[Voluntary entomologic service of New York] (Country gentleman, 28 
Sep. 1899, 64: 767%) 
Abstracts of reports from voluntary observers. 
Student collectors of insects. (Times-Union [Albany] 29 Sep. 1899, p.1; 
Argus [Albany] 30 Sep. 1899, p.5) 
Circular letter offering pupils in regents high schools a nominal price for 
insects. 
Katydid eggs. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 786%) 
The eggs of Microcentrum retinervis Burm. are identified and 
oviposition is described. 
White-lined sphinx. (Country gentleman, 5 Oct. 1899, 64: 792%) 
Deilephila lineata Fabr. is identified from a brief description and 
the moth and larva are described. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COLLECTION 15 OCT. 1898 — 
14 OCT. 1899 
Hymenoptera 
Bumble bees, Bombus fervidus Fabr. and Bombus virgini~ 
cus Oliv.; honey bee, Apis mellifica Linn. and large carpenter bee, 
Xylocopa virginica Drury, 21 June; from W. C. Hitchcock, 
Cropseyville N. Y. 
Carpenter bee as above, 23 June and wasp, Polistes pallipes St- 
Farg. 17th Aug.; from Mrs E. B. Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 
Sphex ichneumonea finn. 31 July; from James A. Burns; 
Albany N. Y. 
Pelopoeus caementarius, Drury, -17)) Aug. irom Nits Beas. 
Smith, Coeymans N. Y. 
Red ant, Monomorium pharaonis Linn. 1 Sep.; from G. H. 
Anderson, Albany N. Y. 
Pelecinus polyturator Drury, 2 Aug. from Arthur Carty, 
Albany N.Y. 
Pupae of Cratotechus species, 6 July; from Rhoda Thomp- 
son, Ballston Spa N. Y. ; 
Dibrachys-boucheanus Ratz., from cocoons of Clisiocampa 
disstria Hiibn., 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 
Pimpla conquisitor Say, from cocoons of Clisiocampa 
disstria, 5 July; from C. L. Williams, Glens Falls N. Y. 
