PSYCHE. 
Cochineal insect (The). (New remedies, June 
1880, v. 9, p. 175, 18 em.) 
Partial reprint of H. B. M.’s ‘Curious facts concerning 
the cochineal insect ...”’ (Sci. amer., 22 Nov. 1879, v. 4, 
Pp. 325, col. 1) [Psycue, Rec., no. 1536}. G: D. (1873) 
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prepared under the direction of the commis- 
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Title, table of contents and letter to the commissioner 
{P. 1-5, 1-9); full and general account of aletia argillacea 
p. 11-284, pl. 1, fig. 1-75); general account of heliothis ar- 
migera (p. 285-315, pl. 2; fig. 76-77); nectar and its uses 
(p. 317-343, pl. 3); appendices (p. 345-494); index (p. 495- 
511). Contains chapters upon the classification and nomen- 
celature, the past history, the habits and natural history and 
the natural enemies of aletia argillacea, measures prevent- 
ive of its ravages, statistics of losses, the theory of migra- 
tions of the moth, the influence of weather upon it, and a 
bibliography of nearly 100 citations on these subjects ; also 
chapters upon the importance of heliothis armigera, its 
nomenclature and natural history, the influence of weather 
uponit, and remedies for its ravages ; also (by W: Trelease) 
a discussion of the nature and uses of nectar, and a bibliog- 
raphy of nearly 200 citations on the subject ; also reports 
of special agents and local observers (E. A. Schwarz, A: R. 
Grote, E. H. Anderson, W: J. Jones, J. E. Willet, W: Trelease, 
E. A. Smith), answers to circular, and list of correspon- 
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(Can. entom., June 1880, v. 12, p. 108.) 
A few terms recommended for use in describing larvae 
of lepidoptera. G: D. (1876) 
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some moths. (Can. entom., March 1880, vy. 12, 
p. 43-46.) 
Describes larvae of hypena scabra, calpe canadensis, 
pseudoglossa lubricalis, scepsis fulvicollis, chytolita morbi- 
dalis, hypoprepia fucosa, parorgyia clintonii, botis penitalis 
and arsilonche henrici. G: D. (1877) 
Couper, W: Alypia maccullochii, Kirby. (Can. 
entom., March 1880, v. 12, p. 41-42, fig. 7-8.) 
Figures and describes male of this moth. G: D. (1878) 
Curculio [conotrachelus nenuphar|. (Prairie far- 
mer, 12 June 1880, y. 51, no. 24, p. 186, col. 4, 
12 cm.) 
Habits of curculio diurnal ; methods of destroying them, 
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Notice of Elias Metschnikoff’s suggestion to employ 
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Dragon fly (The). (Science advocate, Oct. 
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From the Worcester [Mass.] spy. Popular general ac- 
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G: D. (1882) 
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Inquiries about how to rear wood-boring insects. 
G: D. (1885) 
F[oster], S[uel]. Crop and market reports, 
Muscatine, lowa, May 25 [1880]. (Cultivator 
and country gent., 3 June 1880, v. 45, no. 1427, 
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Canker worms [anisopteryx] mostly destroyed with Paris 
green, arsenic, and London purple, —the latter much the 
cheapest and best. J.D. P. (1886) 
French,G: Hazen. Notes on the larva of agro- 
tis lubricans. (Can. entom., Jan. 1880, v. 12, p. 
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French, G: Hazen. Notes on the larva of 
heterocampa pulverea, G. & R. (Can. entom., 
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Describes larva which feeds on quereus alba and q. coc- 
cinea. G: D. (1888) 
French, G: Hazen. Two new species of ich- 
neumonidae. (Can. entom., March 1880, v. 12, 
p. 42-43.) 
Describes ¥ new species, microgaster utilis (reared from 
larva of sphinx carolina and from larva of a species of leuw- 
cania) and macrocentrus iridescens (reared from a larva 
supposed to be that of eugonia subsignaria). 
G: D. (1889) 
French government and the phylloxera (The). 
(Times |Lond., Eng.],17 April 1880, no. 29858, 
p. 13, col. 2, 5 em.) 
Statistics of expenditures in attempting to suppress the 
phylloxera. G: D. (1890) 
Frost as a vermin-destroyer. [By “An old 
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The severe cold of the winter of 1878-79 did not prevent 
the ravages of abraxas grossulariata and plusia gamma the 
next summer. G: D. (1891) 
