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to effect a railical cure. Were the evil only ameliorated it might save thousands of 

 dollars and an inmiense amount of labor, which is worse than wasted by its disheart- 

 ening nature. * * * 



They appear to go in colonies, eating one man's crop while his neighbor's across 

 the fence is not injured. 



We find that rapid cultivation, large "gangs" of poultry, and numerous birds 

 keep them in check; but they are becoming too numerous in spite of all we can do. 



Michael Dempsev. 



Note. — This insect of economic importance has existed for many 

 yeai's in the United States without beings so far as I know, mentioned 

 specificall}'^ by an}" writer. It is a species of the trryllid oenus Anu- 

 rog-r3"llus, which 1 have determined as A. antlUaruiit. Sauss. When 

 mature it is readily separable from its ally, A. mutlcuH^ by being 

 apterous and having the elytra more ab])reviated. Specimens of what 

 I take to be the young have very small wing pads, but they are rarely 

 discernible in the adult. The National Museum contains specimens 

 from Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, and Virginia, 

 where it is injurious to various garden crops, strawberries, peas, 

 sweet and Irish potatoes, tobacco, and cotton. 



This species pro])ably occurs not uncommonly in collections, but has 

 never been recorded from the United States. Mr. Kehn tells me it is 

 present in the collection of the Academy of Natural Scienqe of Phila- 

 delphia as M!<)(ji'y1his saussurel; but members of that genus have 

 fully developed ovipositors, while Anurogryllus is peciUiar in having 

 that organ al)orted. — A. N. Caudelt.. 



IDENTITY OF A TINGITID FOUND ON CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



In Bulletin No. 10 new series (page 9U), under the head of Extracts 

 from Correspond(Mice, a short note was published in regard to infesta 

 tion of chrysanthenuun leaves by a little tingitid l)ug received in 

 June, 1897, from Alabama, the species having been identified at that 

 ti:ne as Cort/fhuca irronda Riley. Dr. E. P. Felt has recently Ijrought 

 up the subject of the specitic identity of this chrysanthemum pest, and 

 Mr. Otto Heidemann, of this office, has furnished the following notes, 

 which will be of value to the systematic worker. 



Under date of June 11, 1908, Dr. Felt sent specimens of the same 

 species, stating that it is seriously injuring chrysanthemum for the 

 past year or two at Coeymans, N. Y. According to Mr. Heidemann 

 the insect in l)oth cases is ('orytJnica marmorata Uhl., described in 

 Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Vol. XIX, 

 p. 415, 1878), there I)elng nearh' perfect agreement of the specimens 

 with the description. The type of this species is in the Harris collec- 

 tion now in the Boston Society of Natural History museum, No. 61, 

 labeled in the handwriting of Uhler as C. viaivnorata. 



CorytJmca Irrordta is a MS. name of the late Prof. C. V. Riley. 

 It has therefore never been described, and as it is exactl}^ like Uhler's 

 marmorata^ would be a synonym in an^^ case. 



