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infested ■ftith Mytilaspis citricola aud .1/. gloverii, the two well-kuowu oiauge pests 

 of Florida. We knew that citricola probably came from China, but that J/. [/loverii 

 is an oriental species is new. 



Tlie Horn Ply in New Jersey. — Mr. I. W. Nicholson, of Camden, N. J., writes 

 that the horn iiy appeared in that place on May 10 this year, but was not prevented 

 by the cold weather from coming in large numbers since that date. Last year was 

 the first time he had observed this insect upon mules. It appeared at that time in 

 large patches while the animals were in pasture. 



Communistic Cocoons of the Apple-tree Tent-caterpillar. — Miss Allie C. 

 Simonds, of Fayetteville, Ark., writes us that she raised larvte of CVmocampa 

 americana from the eggs, and that when they began to spin up she observed that 

 instead of spinning individual cocoons several would spin large, irregular cocoona 

 in common. One of these cocoons which she opened contained seven or eight 

 chrysalides crowded in together, without any separating partitions. 



The Horn Fly in Texas. — Mr. Victor A. Noregaard, veterinary insi^ector of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, at Alice, Tex., writes that the horn ily is there by the 

 millions, and is a terrible nuisance to the cattle, causing large sores, especially 

 on the shoulders, affording an entrance for the screw worm. The flies light on the 

 cattle the very moment they come out of the dipping vat, and half an hour later they 

 are as thick on them as before they went through the dip. 



The Convergent Ladybird injuring Caiiaigre. — Prof. F. L. Washburn writes 

 from Corvallis, Oreg., that Hippodamia convcrgens, which he has seen feeding in 

 numbers on the leaves of sugar beet, has also badly eaten the leaves of some can- 

 aigre growing on the grounds of the experiment station at Corvallis. The ladybird 

 seems to have a decided liking for the leaves of this plant, which have a taste like 

 sorrel. A lampyrid, rodahrns comes, has also been observed to feed upon canaigre, 

 though in smaller numbers thau Hippodamia conrergens. 



Sow-bugs in a Well. — Mr. George B. King, of Lawrence, Mass., writes that a 

 well belonging to Mr. N. N. S. Tom^ikius, and situated in a woodshed, was fouled by 

 the decaying bodies of great numbers of sow-bugs of the genus Porcellio. The shed 

 naturally contained large quantities of chips of decaying bark and wood, so that it 

 was an admirable place for the breeding of the Porcellios. They got into the well by 

 accidentally falling in or by crawling down the stone facings. The well was cleaned 

 out, the decaying wood taken away, the stone wall relaid, and the shed iloor covered 

 with Portland cement, with perfect success. Mr. J. E. Benedict, of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, to whom the specimens were referred, found two species among them, 

 Porcellio rathkei and P. scaber. 



The "Fringed Anthomyian" injuring Wax Beans.— Under date of May 31, 

 Mr. L. H. Eeed sends from Plainfield, Wis., specimens of the so-called "fringed 

 anthomyian" {Phorbia fiisciceps Zett.) with the information that this species is ruin- 

 ing a field of wax beans. The maggots attack the plants before they appear above 

 ground and are found in the stems after the plant has reached a height of about two 

 inches. This species is identical with the seed-corn maggot {Anthomyia zece Eiley), 

 and in addition to injuring beans aud corn, attacks also cabbages, radishes, onions, 

 hedge mustard, aud has even been known to feed on the eggs of locusts. 



The American Locust in Illinois. — Mr. John C. Andrus writes us that Schistocerca 

 americana was very abundant during the fiill of 1894 in the vicinity of Manchester, 

 stripping corn of leaves and silk, especially when adjoining meadow lands. Orchards, 

 particularly apple and cherry trees, where adjoining meadows, were also stripped of 

 leaves. The full-grown specimens ate the hardening kernels of corn in the fall and 

 were noticed to feed upon bits of leather, and would roughen the handles of hoes and 

 other agricultural implements left for a day in the field. Butcher birds captured full- 

 grown specimens and impaled them upon the thorns of Osage orange. Young pigs 

 and turkeys were observed to feed upon them with avidity. 



The Leaf-footed Plant-bug damaging Peaches. — The leaf- footed plant-bug (Lep- 

 toylossus jjhyllojms). which occasionally does considerable damage in orange groves, 



