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17 year locust. (Ontario county times. July 12, 1882. 28: 3) 

 General account of Cicada septenderim in the state of New York. 



New household pest Attagenus megatoma Fabr. [piceus Oliv.]. (Country 

 gentleman. July 20, 1882. 47 : s67 24 ) 

 General account of this carpet beetle. 



Hessian fly in Ohio. (Country gentleman. July 20, 1882. 47: 567 36 ) 

 Attack by second brood, life history, remedies. 



Bark beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 3, 1882. 47 : 6o5 28 ) 

 Identification of Htjmenorus obscurus Say, with notice of habits. 



Stalk borer. (Country gentleman. Aug. 3, 1882. 47:6o5 34 ) 



Gortyna \_Hydroecia] mtela Guen. injurious to potatoes and corn, remedies. 



Wire worms infesting potato vines. (Country gentleman. Aug. 10, 

 1882. 47:625 22 ) 

 Brief notice of wire worms, Elateridae, infesting potatoes. 



Horn tail borer Tremex columba Linn. (Country gentleman. Aug. 

 TO, 1882. 47:625 26 ) 



Notices injuries to maples by this species and Glycobius [Plaglonotus] 

 speciosus, and the parasites, Rhyssa [Thalessa] lunator and E. \_Thalessa] atraia. 



Spotted horn bug. (Country gentleman. Aug. 27, 1882. 47:645 21 ) 

 General notice of Dynastes tityus. 



Mites infesting a poultry house. (Country gentlemen. Aug. 17, 1,82. 



47:645 28 ) 



Mites are probably a common species, remedies are given. 



New worm in apples. (Country gentleman. Sep. 21, 1882. 47:745 25 ) 

 White worm in early apples in:iy be Sciara mali. 



Black blister beetle Epicauta pennsylvanica DeGeer. (Country gentle- 

 man. Sep. 21, 1882. 47:745 32 ) 



Beetle injurious to carrots and cabbages, remedies indicated. 



Hag moth caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Sep. 21, 1882. 47:745 36 ) 

 Larvae of Phobelron pithecium Sm.-Abb. described and interesting facts 

 given. 



New apple insect Amphidasys \Lycid\ cognataria Guen. (Country gen- 

 tleman. Oct. 5, 1882. 47 : 785^) 

 Brief account as an apple tree pest. 



Destructive elm leaf beetle Galerucella xanthomelaena Schrank \luteola 

 Mull.] (Country gentleman. Oct. 12, 1882. 47 : 8o5 n ) 

 Identified from Bound Brook, N. J., and remedies given. 



Rose leaf insect. (Country gentleman. Mar. 1,1883. 48:i69 25 ) 



Caterpillar .feeding on rose leaves is identified as Penthina nimbatana Clem. 



