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Rose bugs. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1894. 59 : 504 17 ) 



Recommends collecting by mechanical devices as described by Dr Smith. 



Friendly insects. (Country gentleman. July 5, 1894. 59 : 504^) 



Identifies the twice stabbed lady bird, Chilocorus Uvulnerus Mills., and 

 describes its beneficial Labits. 



Hellgramite fly. (Country gentleman. July 12, 1894. 59:52o 23 ) 



Corydalis cornuta identified. Its larva- is known to fishermen as 'the 

 dobsou.' 



Plant lice at the roots of asters, etc. (Gardening. July 15, 1894. 

 2:358, col. i) 



Root lice attacking asters, chrysanthemums and other plants are probably 

 Aphis middletonii Thos., several remedies are given. 



Ants in strawberry beds. (Country gentleman. Aug. 2, 1894. 



59:568'') 



Recommends bisulfid of carbon for the destruction of their nests or hills. 



Grapevine caterpillar. (Country gentleman. Aug. 2, 1894. 59:568 16 ) 

 Identifies Thyrcus abbotii and refers one 'looking like a snake with the 

 head of a frog ' to the Geometridae. 



Enemies of the potato beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 2, 1894. 



59:568*) 



States that there are many enemies of the Colorado potato beetle. 



Elm leaf beetle. (Country gentleman. Aug. 16, 1894. 59:6oo 25 ) 

 Spraying the foliage with paris green or london purple is recommended. 



Above ground buildings of the 17 year cicada. (New York daily 

 tribune. Aug. 21, 1894. p. 12, col. 2) 



Brief abstract of a paper read before the American association for the 

 advancement of science. 



Worm destroying canna leaves. (Florist's exchange. Sep. 8, 1894. 

 6:788) 



Insects are identified as Pamphila [Calpodes] ethlius and as probably the 

 common Spilosoma [Pyrrharctia] Isabella. 



Sumac galls. (Country gentleman. Sep. 20, 1894. 59:686 U ) 



Brief notice of an aphis, Melaphis rhois Fitch, and its galls on Ehus gldbra 

 and E. typhina. 



Box elder plant bug. (Country gentleman. Sep. 27, 1894. 59:699 26 ) 

 Insect on the city sidewalks of Shenandoab, Iowa, is identified from the 

 description as Leptocoris trimttatus Say. 



Beetle feeding on green corn. (Country gentleman. Sep. 27, 1894. 

 59:701^) 



Beetle, Euphoria inda Linn., feeding on the tips of standing sweet corn, 

 is noticed briefly. 



