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Stalk borer. (Gortyna \Hydroecid\ nitela Guen.). (Country gentleman. 

 July 22, 1880. 45:472 19 ) 



Record of injury to potatoes by this species. 



Striped blister beetle Epicauta vittata. (Country gentleman. July 29, 

 1880. 45:488 15 ) 

 Beetles recorded as destructive to potatoes in Cayuga co., and about Albany. 



Basket worm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis . (Country gentleman. 

 Aug. 19, 1880. 45 : 535 45 ) 



Larva and moth described and remedies indicated. 



Basket or bag worm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 30, 1880. 45:63i 36 ) 

 Reported as destroying arbor vitae hedges habits and remedies given. 



Caterpillars on the Ampelopsis. (Country gentleman. Oct 7, 1880. 



45 : 6 47 26 ) 



Two bine caterpillars are identified as Alypia octomaculata and Eudryas 

 [Euthisanotia] grata, remedies are given. 



Harlequin cabbage bug Murgantia histrionica Hahn. (Country gentle- 

 man. Oct. 21, 1880. 45: 679") 



General account of its spread northward and remedies. 



Two spotted tree hopper Enchophyllum binotatum {Enchenopa binotata\ 

 (Country gentleman. Nov. 4, 1880. 45 : 7ii 18 ) 



Several stages described and the food plants and remedies given. 



Flour paste flies. (Country gentleman. Nov. 18, 1880. 45 : 743 22 ) 

 Flies bred from flour paste are referred to DrosopMla ampelophila. 



Lepidoptera of the Adirondack region. Collected by W. W. Hill in 

 1875-78. (Progress of the topographical survey of the Adirondack 

 region of New York. 7th annual, report, by Verplanck Colvin. 

 Albany 1880. p. 375-400. Separate, with title page and cover [No- 

 vember] 1880. p. 375-400) 



Records 415 species collected, with sexes and dates of collection, and gives 

 interesting facts about those taken. 



Report on some injurious insects of the year 1879. [Presented to the 

 New York state agricultural society at its annual meeting, Jan. 21, 

 1880] (New York state agricultural society. 39th annual report, 1880. 

 p. 35-55) Also, in (New York state agricultural society. Transactions 

 for 1877-82. 1884. 33: 142-64, fig 4) 



After prefatory remarks the following insects are discussed : the clover 

 seed midge, Cecidomyia leguminicola Lintn. ; clover root borer, Hylesinus 

 [Hylastes] irifoliiM.u\\. ; wheat stem maggot, Meromyza americana Fitch ; corn 

 curculio, Sphenophor us seae \_8cu1ptilis'] ; stalk borer, Gortyna [Hydroecia^ nitela 

 Guen.; apple tree case bearer, Coleophora malivorella Riley, concluding 

 with a notice of the entomologic labors of Dr Asa Fitch. 



