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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



fruit trees .iust above 

 many of them to bi 

 Borer (Bostrichus hica 

 [Fig. 090 represrii 



a bud or fni I 

 eak and fall, i 



1,1 at us. Has-) 'I 



1* 



seuui to be- madf lor tnoil ami lUMlrrtioii , Ihr they are 

 made by both sexes alike, and we have founcl the 

 beetles in them, head downwards, in the middle of 

 winter. 



C. JI Soheiis. Pmiqhl-tfpsie, N. Y.—'Wa sliould judge 

 fniiii your ilr-rii]ili.m that the holes near the buds of 

 llii- |i'ir-riii Mil'- growth of your peach trcis, were 

 ni:Ml.- l.\ tli.'-aiii. iii-nt. We have never belniv heard 

 or ils work ill New York, however, and can not speak 

 detinitely wilhoul reeeixing specimens. Try and send 

 us a few. 



C. B. BaliMtt, Carroll City, Iowa.— The drilled apple 

 tvrig contained the very same species of beetle spoken of 

 above . 



The murky ground Beetle— A". T. /ii!,.J.i.i/i,!r. 



Jfo.— Thethreelar-e l.la.'k I lie- are. :i- y.iii ri-htly 



conclude, the Murky (;i-..uiid J'.eetle (//,/,/..//,., ,,///,/-■„. 

 osus. Say) which xve illu-trati'd at Fi^ 1^. .Mr .'^ay 

 states that, when irritated, this lie.ile imi!- a \ejy 

 strong vinegar-like odor; but as yoiii- i.l.-n \ .ni.in- arc 

 interesting, we quote your own wonl- ini lie Keneiii ni 

 our readers. Speakin.g of tins beetle, v'n ~iv: "' 1 

 have (.l,-..rved thai it is n vegetable fee.lei- to -oiiie e.'c- 



uVi'oii lhe>!M.'l-'!.r'-oin'e\\;l.l plant, the naii'ie ,,'r whi'eh 1 



tinned to 1,111-11 lor tv, ur- all-ru ir.l-. alllion-h I 



washed the pari in eold w.ater inline Hair! v " 



furculios anil Biii-kli<-e -.". A. i ' .„,„/„n, Haw- 

 le;/. Pa —The Cni-eiilio dee- noi pa-- ihe winter under 

 ground in tlie larva -tale, hut aho\e i;rieiiid in tlie per- 

 fect beetle state "I'oii -ay lliat \ ou ■• appln-.l -oH -oap 

 earlv last sprin-- to I'Very tni- of -eviral a|.pl.' trees, 

 but it ha<l no ellVel up.,n the r,arkl.ei-e •■ .lu-l so; 

 yon probalily applied it J„t'.<i; tlii' e-'^- halelieil (Hit,^ 



A^ to the la-t larva wliieh vou desenlie. it mav uot im- 

 prohahlv he that uX Laan.i '..pfn-ulariK, ,Sni. Abb. 



Vouus P<M-an Irrcs air.lled— -!/.(//// <f- 7.V.7«e/»/. 



, (,■,•...'.. /.,.. Yoii-avlhal in a Noiin-nur-erv nl-pecMiis 



Insc-rts nameA—E. T. Dale, Jasper, Jasper county, 

 .1/".- 'I'lie iii-< .1- which you sent us for identification 

 reaehed us in exeelleiit condition. They areas follows: 



111 Not '^.' L,iH,( airata as you suppose, but both ^ and 



Jot //.„.„. ,„„/.,/«,,. S.ay CM. wliieh vou think anoak 



lionT. I- ;' •..' . ; .■■,;,.•„„. . sa^. ,:;, ,'.:„, Ida sex- 



!'■■ e.ill.ili-llkr r US fOUnd 



-talk, is formed bv the para- 

 liieky potato worm" such as we 

 i-e of No. 2. The flies that 



eloiiu'to thegeiuis yrkrogaster, 

 hey JKive ever l.e.n described 

 Wo kiinl-. niiieli resembling 



In- ''onii 1 jHiiato or tomato 



-ni'Miili ( oini which is gen- 



lo the ii.Hiy of the worm, the 

 - ni ill < onipany, and thus 

 ' I Tlie soldier beetles 

 ' ' ^ pennsyhanicus , 

 I "I "ill- la-t number. 

 -^. ' '. Thondon, Mooresiown, 

 I a dark purple color, with a 

 up|)er end of each egg, and 



Detieer 

 X J — 



hulf-eol 



attached endwise to 

 I'by forcibly re- 

 1 I'ly some true 

 hii-;,'c-r than any 

 likely to some 



Ilie-. 



/uJui-ius family. These eggs 

 aiks of minute four-winged 

 I eiitually issue from them in 



'hi' Pki. I tlie youni:- hu-s. 1)0 not destroy them; 



they will proline.' tVieiiils Tlic Water containing the 

 aniiii ilriile- ,uri\eil safely. It contains several different 

 -pi'ii-. hni ^M hi\e not sufficiently studied tliese mi- 

 erii-ei.|ii • aiiiinil-. to be able to identity them. The 

 lar-er -].ieii — ihat which can even be seen mth the 



:tIu-.('uiu pvit oucp more— V;. Jf. Z., huUanap- 

 ..//,■.■. ///./.— The small hairy larva' which you find bor- 

 iin^-iiito wjialel.one. aiel also iiilestiiii;- woolen goods, 



. anil like ihaf iii-er| a terrible pest 

 II ' '" 1. ' \:il lira! Ili-lnry . 'I'ou -ay that you 



lia\ '■ a! -'I I' cue I i! mii 1 1 iroon- which Vol! have hung 



up in your oilice i,,r hatehiiiL.', but that, "so l;ir as you 

 have observed, the Hie- hatch just as well as when not 

 disturbed. Ymi will tiinl out your mistake when these 

 larva; have bcconie a little m"ore numerous with you . 

 We referred to this subject in the last number of the 

 Amer. E.\t().moi.ouist, p. 60, and again in our an- 

 swer to J. lluggins, on p. 79 of this number. 



The Tarantula of Texas ag-ain — Chas. Peabody, 

 Gleiiinnrul , M„ —The specimen which you send, and 

 which is eallecl a Tarantula in your neighborhood though 

 it c.ioc- not look like' that which is found in Italy, is really 

 a Tarantula an. I the \.ry -ame species (Mygale Hentzu, 

 Matey), which we spoke of in our last number on 

 page 00, in answer to James Bell of Eureka, Mo. 

 At the November meeting of the Meramec Horticultu- 

 ral Society we learned that this species had in past 

 years been found in your State, but it must be more 

 common than usual the present year, for Dr. C. W. 

 Spalding, of Kirkwood, Mo., has also sent to us a 

 specimen that was captured this fall. 



The Hessian Fly on Seed Wheat— 77. Scott, 

 •■U OHm^rp sfrfft. Knit i more —\n\\ say that you believe 

 that the Ile-sian Klv lavs its c'l^s upon the seed wheat, 

 and that it can tli.a-efcre b.. de-troyecl by a pickle. There 

 ar.' tw.c br...i.|- .if tlii- in-.Tt every y c-ai"-, one coming out 

 in the' ily -lai.' ill May. the oiln-V late in August, and 



How th.n i- il 1 ibl.' I.ir the feiiiah' tly to lay her eggs 



upon >rv\ x\li.ai in liar\e-l time, when there are no 

 Hessian Ilie- alM.iii in har\e-t timey You might as well 

 been robbed by swal- 



iiid.ll.' 

 ropiii 



Ml 



iiite 



-/'. B. Waite, Spri/mioater, 

 that of the Cecropia Moth— 

 -t insect in the U. S. The 

 after spinning up, witllOUt 

 . '1 liu xsilllind figures of this- 

 llarri--- /,,/. /;iD., pp. 387-9. 



