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be one and the same insect, but the investigations of Mr, Benj. 

 D. Walsh proved this to be a mistake. As preventive measures 

 it has been suggested to soap the trees about the end of August 

 or early in September, just previous to the emerging of the 

 beetles, which occurs during September, also the employing of 

 children to gather the beetles by hand; if this latter means is 

 used the children should be instructed to gather the beetles from 

 the trees and not from the golden-rod, as stated in an article 

 which I read a short time ago, otherwise it would prove to be a 

 case of locking the stable door after the horse is stolen. 



If any of the readers of the News desire more information 

 concerning the insect here treated of I can refer them to the fol- 

 lowing papers: " Harris' Insects Injurious to Vegetation," Flint 

 edition, 1880, pp. 103-4. "The Practical Entomologist," Janu- 

 uary, 1866, vol. i, pp. 28-29, — An article entitled Borers, by 

 Benj. D. Walsh. "Trans, of Amer. Ent. Soc." May, 1880, 

 vol. viii, p. 136, — Notes on some Genera of Ce;rambycidae, with 

 descriptions of new species, by Dr. George H. Horn. 



The following articles also contain more or less information on 

 the subject, though in some cases it is but a repetition of what 

 has been published in the three articles first mentioned: " Insects 

 Injurious to Forest and Shade Trees," by A. S. Packard, Jr., 

 1881, p. 95. "Canadian Entomologist," December, 1877, vol. 

 ix, pp. 223-4, — -A ^6w Common Wood-boring Beetles, by Rev. 

 C. J. S.'Bethune. "Canadian Entomologist," August, 1880, 

 vol. xii, pp. 151-2, — "Entomology for Beginners," by R. V. 

 Rogers, Jr. "Canadian Entomologist," September, 1882, vol. 

 xiv, p. 200, — An article by J. Alston Moffat, "Canadian Ento- 

 mologist," November, 1882, vol. xiv, p. 240, — An article by 

 Dr. Geo. H. Horn. Annual Report of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of Ontario for the year 1874, pp. 13-4; also for the year 

 1877, pp. 24-5. Fifth Report of the U. S. Entomological Com- 

 mission, Department of Agriculture, pp. 355-8. " Bulletin of 

 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences," April 10, 1874, vol. ii, p. 

 96, mention of the capture of Cyllene robinicB at Lake Pontchar- 

 train, Louisiana. 



The Union Medicale recommends a mixture of equal parts by weight 

 of powdered ipecac, alcohol and sulphuric ether as an application for 

 insect bites. 



