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infested beans — if seed beans are Jcept tied tightly up in bags until the 

 second year they will contain no living insects, and may then be safely 

 planted. 



A Flight of Ephemera. (Country Gentleman, for January 6, 1881, 

 xlvi, p. 7, c. 2, 3—22 cm.) 



Remarkable flights of insects (accounts quoted) in 1879 and 1880 in Essex 

 Co., Va., and in the present year when "they were followed by millions 

 of swallows," are recognized from the descriptions given as some species 

 of ephemera or "day-fly." The Ex>liemeridw are often abundant near 

 lakes and rivers, as in instances stated ; their larvce (aquatic) live two 

 or three years, and the imago of some species two weeks; are favorite 

 food for fishes. About 200 species are known. 



On the Importance of Entomological Studies. (Papilio for January 

 15, 1881, i, p. 1, 2.) 



Shown in the literature of entomology, the scientists engaged in the 

 study, and the aid extended to it by the States and General Government. 

 Is of greater importance in this country than elsewhere, from the abun- 

 dance of agricultural products, and the extensive scale on which they 

 are cultivated inviting and promoting insect attack. 



Description of a New Species of Eudamus. (Canadian Entomologist 

 for April, 1881, xiii, pp. 63-65.) Eepublished in [First Annual 

 lleport on the Injurious and other Insects of the State of New York, 

 1882, pp. 338,339]. 



Describes Eudamxis Electro, from an example captured in Hamilton, 

 Ontario. Noticed as an interesting discovery for this portion of North 

 America. 



The Asparagus Beetle — Crioceris Asparagi (Linn.). (Country Gentle- 

 man, for April 14, 1881, xlvi, p. 243, c. 1-3—70 cm.) 



History of the insect from its appearance on Long Island in 1859 ; Dr. 

 Fitch's writings on it; attacked by a parasite; its distribution of about 

 twenty miles a year ; the beetle described ; characters of the Chrysomelidce, 

 to which it belongs; transformations of the insect. Remedies are, employ- 

 ing fowls to hunt them and cutting down the young seedlings. Mr. Ful- 

 ler's lime remedy deemed the best ; bibliography of the species. 



[Extended in the First Report on the Insects of New York, 1882, pp. 

 239-24G.] 



The Army Worm. The Invasion of Northern New York by this 

 Destructive Pest. (Albany Evening Joux-nal, for May 23, 1881, p. 

 3, c. 1 — 46 cm. Country Gentleman, for June 2, 1881, xlvi, p. 

 359, c. 1, 2^6 cm.) 



Pvocent reports published of the invasion not exaggerated, as appears 

 from personal observations made. Its observed extent is given and 

 nature of attack on pasture lands and meadows. Not positively identi- 



