CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTORY '. 103 



NOTICES OF VARIOUS INSECTS : 



Eumenes f raternus Say — The Fraternal Potter- Wasp 109 



Hypoderma bovis (DeGeer) — The Ox Warble-Fly Ill 



Drosophila sp.— A Flour-paste Fly 116 



Adalia bipunctata (Linn.) — The Two-spotted Lady-bird 117 



Dermestes lardarius Linn. — The Bacon Beetle 119 



Agrilus ruflcoUis (i^abr.)— The Raspberry Gouty-gall Beetle 123 



Coptocycla aurichalcea (jPatir.)— The Golden Tortoise Beetle 125 



Coptocycla clavata [Fahr.)— The Clubbed Tortoise Beetle 126 



Bruchus scutellaris Fahr. — A Pea Weevil 127 



Hymenorus obscurus (Say)— A Bark Beetle 129 



Meloe angusticollis Say — The Oil Beetle 130 



Epicauta vittata {Fabr.)— The Striped Blister Beetle 132 



Epicauta cinerea {Forst.)— The Margined Blister Beetle 134 



Epicauta Pennsylvanica (DeGeer)— The Black Blister Beetle 135 



Pomphopo^a Sayi LeConte — Say's Blister Beetle 136 



Podisus spinosus (Dallas) — The Spined Soldier Beetle 137 



Prionidus cristatus (Linn.) — The Nine-pronged Wheel-bug 138 



Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rath.) — The Maple-tree Scale-insect 141 



Aphis brassicaB Xinn.— The Cabbage Aphis 147 



Gryllotalpa borealis Burm.— The Mole Cricket ' 149 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum (DeGeer) — The Red-legged Grass- 

 hopper 151 



Some Apple Tree Insects 153 



