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Orange-colored Fnngns on Blackberry and Rasp- 

 berry. 



We have received from Charles Parry, of Ihe 

 Pomona Nursery, Ciniiamiuson, N. J., and 

 from AViliiam Muir of Fox Creek, !Mo., speci- 

 mens of an orange colored fungus, abouE the 

 size of the head of a common pin, whicli to- 

 wards the middle of May is found by them in 

 great numbers on the lower surface of black- 

 l)orry and raspberry leaves. As it ripens it 

 ■.eoms to burst open and discharge an orange- 

 colored dust, which consists no doubt of the 

 "spores" or microscopically minute seeds by 

 wliich tlie fungus propagates itself. The speci- 

 mens sent occurred on the wild dewberry leaves, 

 on which plant we have ourselves noticed it in 

 Illinois, and Mr. Parry gives the following ac- 

 count of the way in which it has been gradually 

 spreading on to the cultivated Blackberry and 

 Raspberry, both which plants, as is well known 

 to botanists, belong to (he same genus (/iii!,iis) 

 as the dewberry (liuliKs cniii/ih'ii.si.^:) : 



I think but .im not sure Unit tlii> i- :i runnoul 

 growth: ;inil if its rava<;-os (Miiiiot lir iIhtUiiI. it'will 

 prevont tlii- ciilturo of Hlac-kl.rn-ii-. au.l lUark.-aii Itasp- 



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anil HasphiMiii-; liax .■ im .imhh iluit 1 know of th.lt 

 tlu-fatcns to hf a^ ^.ri(iu~ ;i. tlii-. We have not suc- 

 oooiieilinarrc>tin,i.'l|]i- M-..U1-. I.\ anv me-ins that we 

 liavc yet tricil. .Siipp..>r, f,,i- in-tance. all the leaf- 

 licanng portion of all Hit- plants atlVi-tcd were cutawav 

 and burned. AVoukl the now shoots that sprang up be 

 diseased? 



This last remedy might possibly be effectual, 

 if applied before the fungus had burst and shed 

 its spores; otherwise not. In any case it would 

 be a very troublesome and expensive one. We 

 should rather recommend dusting the infested 

 bushes with sulphur, which seems to be a spe- 

 cilic against most of these leaf funguses. In 

 the meantime we shall be glad to hear from any 

 correspondents on lliis practically very impor- 

 tant subject. 



Remarkable Peculiarity in the Insect World. 



All the higher animals, such as Mammals or 

 what are commonly called "Quadrupeds,"' 

 Birds, Reptiles and Fishes, breed an indefinite 

 number of times in the course of their lives. 

 For example, nobody expects that, because a 

 heifer has raised one calf, she is going to die as 

 a matter of course ; neither does a hen necessa- 

 rily die, because she has already reared one 

 'brood of chickens. But with insects the case is 

 quite different. Every female insect, with the 

 single exception of a few social species, such as 



Honey-bees and perhaps Ants and White Ants 

 {Termites) perish in the course of Ihe same sea- 

 son, after laying their first and only batcli of 

 eggs. Their race is then run — the goal is 

 reached — and they retire from the course, to 

 give place to that new generation of the same 

 species, which, although it proceeds from their 

 loins, they are yet in the great majority of eases 

 destined never to behold. 



OJf OUR TABLE. 



The IIauuis CoiatKsroxPENCR. — W<' referred 

 briefly (o this most interesting book in our last 

 nuniljer. From the miscellaneous nature of 

 such a work it is, of course, impossible to give 

 anytl.ing like a complete abstract of it. We 

 think, therefore, that we shall best subserve the 

 interests of our entomological readers, by indi- 

 cating the modern names of such insects as strc 

 from time to time referred to therein, either by 

 manuscript and unpublished name?, or with- 

 out any names at all. Generally the Editor lias 

 suiiiilied tliis deficiency; but it is impossible for 

 any one man to be equally conversant in all 

 departments of entomology, and it is only by 

 handing it from one to another that the torch of 

 science can be made to burn its brightest. 



P. 22. Lamia amputalor probably refers to 

 Oncideres cingulotus Say, which we figured A. 

 E. p. 76. It is an interesting fiict that Ilentz 

 found this insect to have sawed vast numbers of 

 the hickory twigs ofl" the tree, while they still 

 contained the eggs, and that the eggs in a single 

 twig w«re "half a dozen or more in number.'" 

 Ilentz wrote this letter ten years before Prof. 

 Ilaldeman published on the subject. 



P. 48. Fig. 5 is Elasmocerus terminatiis Say. 



P. 64. Opiliis? coccineus, Harris !MS. is Than- 

 eroclerus sanguineus Say. 



P. 79. Boryphora lO-Uneata? Say is D.jtinchi 

 Germar. 



P. 80. Fig. 13 is Phymaphora indchelki Xewm. 

 = No. 776 on p. 107. 

 .P. 97. Vig.Xbii Anthoiihagus i-erlieuUs Say. 



P. 169. The "army-worm" of the cotton 

 States is Anomis xylina Say. 



P. 175 (Plate II. Fig. 10), also pp. 247 and .'ioi . 

 Limacodes ephipipiatun Ilarr. IMS. is Emprelia 

 stimulea, Clemens. 



P. 290. The larva described under the head 

 ot Lopihocampa macidata and figured Plate III. 

 Fig. 9, evidently does not belong to that insect; 

 for it is distinctly said thtit " the perfect insect 

 was not obtained."" It is in reality the true 

 larva of tessellavis, Sm. Abb., having black pen- 

 cils; wliilc that described on this same page 

 under the head of L. tenseJ/aris has orange- 



