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Sheep scab. (Country gentleman. June 19, 1890. 55:493 23 ) 

 Brief notice of the scab mite, Psoroptes equi [communis]. 



[Grain aphis] (New England homestead. June 21, 1890. 24:216, 

 col. 6) 



Grain aphis is quite prevalent in rye fields in New York and New Jersey. 



[Insects killed by electric lights] (Albany evening journal. June 26, 

 1890, p. 5) 



100,000, the estimated number of insects killed by one arc light in a single 

 night. 



Rose leaf hopper and rose slug. (Country gentleman. July 3, 1890. 



55=538") 



Notices the injuries to roses by Tettigonia [Typhlocyba] rosae Harr. and the 

 rose slug, Selandria [Monostegia] rosae Harr. 



Sweet potato beetles. (Country gentleman. July 3, 1890. 55 : 538 19 ) 

 Notices briefly Cassida nigripes and Coptocycla aurichalcea [bicolor']. 



New bug. [Destructive apple tree insect] (New England homestead. 

 July 5, 1890. 24: 232, col. 4) 



Caterpillar boring into the pith of the new wood of apple trees is identified 

 as the eye-spotted bud moth, Tmetocera ocellana. 



[Corn] cutworm. (Country gentleman. July 24, 1890. 55 : 590 18 ) 



Identifies the boll worm or corn worm of the southern states, Heliothis arm- 

 iger, and gives a remedy. 



Locust tree borer. (Country gentleman. Aug. 14, 1890. 55 : 644) 

 Gives several preventives of attack by Cyllene robiniae. 



Syrphus fly. (Country gentleman. Aug. 14, 1890. 55 : 644 33 ) 



Rat tailed larva found in a cow stable may be a species of Eristalis (it 

 proved to be E. tenax Linn.). 



Elm tree beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 14, 1890. 55 : 644 38 ) 

 Recommends spraying with paris green and killing larvae on the trunks. 



[Collections in Keene Valley, N. Y] (Albany evening journal. Aug. 

 1 6, 1890. p. 6) 



Brief notice of collections made in the Adiroudacks by the state entomolo- 

 gist, and of a reported disease of pine trees near Keene Valley. 



Insect parasites. (Country gentleman. Aug. 21, 1890. 55 : 662 14 ) 



Identifies Apanteles congregatus Say as a parasite of the green grape vine 

 Sphinx. 

 Carpet beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 21, 1890. 55 : 662 33 ) 



Gives remedies for Anthrenus scrophulariae. 



[Severe bite of a horse fly] (Albany evening journal. Aug. 28, 1890. 

 p. 8) 

 Describes the effect of the painful bite of a horsefly, Tabanus atratus. 



