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4th report on the injurious and other insects of the state of New York. 

 Albany, The Troy press company, printers, 1889. [Issued November 

 23, 1888] 237 p., 68 fig. (From the New York state museum of 

 natural history. 4ist report. 1888. p. 123-358) 



Introductory 



Contents 



Insect attacks and miscellaneous observations 



PAGE 



9 



Insects of the hemlock 19 



Chalcid parasites of Cecidomyia 

 betulae Winnertz 27 



Isosoma hordei Harris, joiut worm 

 fly. 27 



Thalessa lunator Fabr., lunate 

 long sting 35 



Amphibolips prunus Walsh, oak 

 plum gall Cynips 42 



Aulaoomerus lutescens n. sp. [JHc/- 

 iocampus viminalis Fallen], 

 poplar saw fly 44 



Currant bushes girdled by an un- 

 known insect 47 



Orgyia [Notolophns] leucostigma 

 Sm.-Abb., white marked tussock 

 moth 8 



Lagoa [Megalopyge] opercularisSm.- 



Abb., rabbit moth 51 



Nephelodes violans Guen. [minians 



var.] bronze colored cut worm 54 



Homoptera lunata Drury, as a rose 

 pest 57 



A hemlock leaf miner 59 



Cecidomyia balsamicola n. sp., and 

 its gall 60 



Lasioptera vilis O. S., and its galls. 63 



Chloropisca prolifica O. S. n. sp. 

 [variceps Loew], and its win- 

 ter gatherings 67 



Phytomyza lateralis Fallen [clirys- 

 anthemi], marguerite fly 73 



Megilla maculata DeGeer, spotted 

 lady bird 80 



Chauliognathus marginatus Fabr., 

 margined soldier beetle 84 



Sitodrepa panicea Linn., as a leath- 

 er beetle 88 



Xylotrechus colonus Fabr., occur- 

 ring in a dwelling 93 



Haltica bimarginata Say, alder flea 

 beetle 96 



Crepidodera rufipea-liitni., red foot- 

 ed flea beetle 101 



Scolytus rugulosus Ratz., wrinkled 



Seolytus 103 



Corythuca ciliata Say, ciliated 

 Tingis 107 



Melanolestes picipes H.-S., black 

 corsair 109 



Hytilaspis pomorum Bouch6, apple 

 tree bark louse 114 



Ptyelus lineatus Linn., lined spit- 

 tle hopper 120 



Ephemera natata Walk, [simulans 

 Walk.], and other Ephemeri- 

 dae 121 



Hairsnakes as parasitic on insects. 125 



Cermatia [Scutigera'] forceps Raf., 

 as a household pest 128 



Brief notes on various insects 



Dolerus sp. ; Danais archippus [Anosia plexippus], 135. Thecla strigosa [liparops] ; Nisoni- 

 ades [T/ianaos] perstus; Sphinx canadensis, 137. Melittia cucurbit ae [satyriniformis] ; 

 Hyppa xylinoides ; Erebus odora, 138. Zerene [Cingilid] catenaria ; Anisopteryx [Alsophila] 

 pometaria, 139. Tinea pellionella ; Mallata sp., 140. Anthrenus scrophulariae ; Alaus 

 oculatus, 141. Thanasimus dubius; Macrodactylus subspinosus ; Lema trilineata; 

 Chrysochus auratus ; Trirhabda canadensis, 142. Galeruca xanthomelaena [Oalerucella 

 luteola], 143. Hylesinus opaculus ; Phloeotribus liminaris, 144. Belostoma americanum, 145. 

 Ceresa bubalus, 146. Chermes pinicorticis ; Oecanthus niveus, 147. 



