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Contents concluded 



Notices of various insects continued: PAGE 



Epicauta pennsylvanica DeGeer, black blister beetle ____ . ................. 135 



PompJiopoea sayi Le Conte, Say's blister beetle ........................... 136 



Podisus spinosus Dallas, spined soldier beetle ...................... . ...... 137 



Prionidus cristatus Linn., nine pronged wheel bug ........................ 138 



Pulvinaria innumerabilis Rath., maple tree scale insect .................... 141 



Aphis brassicae Linn., cabbage apbis .................................... 147 



Gryllotalpa borealis Burm., mole cricket ................................. 149 



Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeGeer, red legged grasshopper ................ 151 



Some apple tree insects ................................................. 153 



Notices of Arachnida : 

 Ixodes \_BoopMlm~] bovis Riley, cattle tick ................................ 156 



. Bryobia pratensis Garman, infesting a dwelling house .................... 158 



Appendix : 



(A) List of publications of the entomologist ............................... 165 



(B) Contributions to the department ...................................... 186 



Index ..... . .............................................. . ............... 191 



Snails slugs. (Country gentleman. 001.16,1890. 5 

 Gives remedies for snails in mushroom beds. 



Diseased Austrian pines. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 55 : 



820 24 ) 



Cause of unhealthy condition not known. CMonaspis pinifoliae Fitch, a few 

 black thrips and some mites are present, but could not have caused the injury. 



Manual of injurious insects. (Country gentleman. Oct. 16, 1890. 



55 : 

 Notice of a new edition of Miss E. A. Ormerod's manual. 



A guest to be welcomed in our homes. (Amsterdam [N. Y.] daily 

 democrat. Nov. i, 1890. p. 2, col. 5) 



Larva of Scenopinus fenestralis Linn, does not injure woolens or other 

 fabrics, but feeds only, so far as known, on the larvae and pupae of the 

 clothes moth. 



Bean weevil. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 898 37 ) 

 Gives life history of Bruclius obsoletus [obtectus] and remedies. 



Larch saw fly. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 905^) 



Ravages of Nematus [Lygaeonematus] erichsonii Hartig are described and 

 the remedy given. 



Bot fly of the hare. (Country gentleman. Nov. 13, 1890. 55 : 905 46 -6 12 ) 

 Notices Cuterebra cuniculi Fabr. and Cuterebra emasculator Fitch. 



Insects infesting maple trees. (New England homestead. Nov. 15, 

 1890. 24: col. 4) 

 Imperfect description does not admit of identification. 



