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A!iilus Fir 



[Fig.iCl] 



Ureen Grapc-viiir ^Vorm— ff. Pauls, Eureka, 



Mo. — Tbe large dcliiiitc l'iicii worm, covered with pale 



-colored sput^ ami lia\ in- a lateral yellow line, we 



I tlir mar-ill I'i-, l(i3). You say you 



Color— l>ai'b. anil w a- lui ^1 



WhilisluTo givi- \a.u a - 1 



sent, (Fig. V,i). rn.iii Ha 

 «mce««, Say). Wlieiioiice 

 tUeso insects attain the fly 

 state, they no longer rel- 

 ish the vegetalile di.'t 

 which sati-lud tliem as 

 larva'. Init tiny 

 raciouslv on othc 

 One of tln-o lar 

 known in tl,.' W 



vara. Fii.li . .■ 



thcpcrniriMll^haiiil Uhirh 



ithasofs.-izin-an.lMU'k- 

 ing out the vitals of the 

 Honey-bee, and you will 

 find an account of it on 

 page 168 of the Missouri 

 Entomological Report. 



IVeir Insect-foe of tbe Blackberry — Chas. 

 Parry, Ciniiaminson, If. J.— Tbe little 4-winged flies, 

 about }Xj' inch long when their wings are dosed, and 

 with their wings steeply roofed Uke those of most I'lant- 

 liee {.IjJiix fainilv), belong to the closely allied Flea-lice 

 {P^!//la taiuil.M and to the genus Psi/lla. The Flea-liee 

 are'di>tinguislialile from the Plant-lice, 1st by the very 

 dittereut veiuing of their wings, 2nd by the antenn;e 

 being knobbed at tip like those of a biitterrty, .".d by 

 their jumping as briskly as anyflca,*to which imlrrd 

 they owe their scientific name, Pet/lla being the elassi- 

 cally pure Greek word for a Flea. As with the I'lant- 

 lice, the Flea-lice are usiiall\ nsirictial |,, .aTtaJM 

 groups of pliints, as, 

 the Tear, &c. Only 

 described as found i 

 louse {P.si/U.i piiri)^ 

 met Willi in the lOast. 



Color— Broiiiiish y 



NettL 



heel 



. Vol, 



(/■-v//a 



find it to inhabit the eoiniaon DIarkli.i i y. For llir Im ii- 

 efit of our otlier readers, we eoii\ Inio what \ uu >a\ a> 

 to the habits and the mode in whnh il ..p. ratr, upon 

 the infested plant: "The suekeis upon uPirli this 

 insect occurs in the spring conniirnre to twiil i-oinnl, 

 and when not interfered with iiiLiko a complete revolu- 

 tion before thi> rr~nnii' tieii- iimuiI lamrse. The leaves 

 curl up and brronn niatiid aiounil tlie curl, so as to 

 make a safe liarhor tor the li. e-like larvM which during 

 summer appear on the under surface of the leaves. 1 

 presume we can get rid of this insect, after the larva; 

 are produced, by cutting olf the curls and burning 

 them." 



We can ofler no certain exphmatioii of the many- 

 stllked fruit-spurs on the l!laekli.rr.\ , which some- 

 times blossom but never bear an\ liuit. 'I'lierc is 

 no appearance of this phcnonicnoii having l.ccn caused 

 by any insect; and we iiiclim- to attribute it mi'relv to 

 the exuberant vigor of the plant, more particularly as 

 you say that the flowers on these multiple fruit-spurs 

 " are sometimes double like a rose." The few Bark- 

 liee (Lecanium) found on these fruit-spurs can have 

 nothing to do with the unnatural growth; for, as vou 

 yourself observe, they are found on other stalks as well. 



Army-worm-V/M. H. Buttt, M. D. , Clinton. Mo.— 

 The worms which are doing such an immense amount 

 of damage to the Timothy meadow and oats, in your 

 neighboi-hood, is the veritable Army-worm, ot wliieh 

 you will find an account in this number. 



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Colors — tirecii 

 found it injuring your g 

 blossoms and leaves, ami t 

 ford Israella and lona lir- 

 Carolina next. It has tlii 

 grajie-vine by ;\Ir, .s. U. .A 

 and we have' outmUcs lo 



gray 



berrv, and upon the K.al IJinl ^ ' . 



isi;(j"we bred the moth IVoiii a Mn_,. i 



worm of the same kind, but tlii- nciii, 



rubbed in its endeavors to escape, iliai ' 



to identify it. All we can tell you i- I iiai 



color and belongs to the great Owlcl-niotii laiiniy < ivoc- 



lui'.Jw), some of the characteristics of this family being 



yet discernable on its injured wings. 



Rose Slng.—ffeo. W. Cophij, Alton, Ills.— the 

 yellow slug-like worms which abound on your rose 

 bushes, and whicli cause the leaves to wear a seared 

 and yellow appcaiaiic'c. arc ilic lar\a' of the Kos,- Saw- 

 fly («SW««d«« ro.vw, ilan-.., a -mall sliinv-l.lack four- 

 winged fly. A g 1 iloucheini; uilh sti'ong toliacco- 



water, or a sprinkling willi w liite In llilioi e. woul.i have 

 killed them. Thev have now all l.li llie Puhes and 

 entered the grounil, IVi nil which tic \ will i"Ui a> flies 

 next August, and these flies will deposit ci;g- to pro- 

 duce a second brood of worms. Be on tjic look-out for 

 their second advent! The species seems to be spread- 

 ing fast in Illinois. Never until 1869 have we met with 

 specimens near Rock Island, Ills., and this year it is 

 ijuite abundant. 



Beulah H. Morris, Olneij, Pa.— We refer you to the 

 above answer for the information you desire about the 

 Rose slug. We cannot tell precisely what the white 

 skipping insect is, unless you send specimens. 



Insects named — Dr. Jas. Weed, Muscatine, Iowa. — 

 The elongate snout-beetle in the large quill is a common 

 species of Lints, and fpiite distinct from the New York 

 Weevil which has done so much damage to fruit-trees 

 this year. Of the two lacflcs in the small quill, the 

 large gray one is /.././.,(■ ,//„,.■ ,(, ,////', rii^ Say— one of the 

 Capriconi or Long-hoini'il Hectics, the larva of which 



apricots wlueli you semi ace -in li a~ we know cxjieri- 

 mentally to be niade for the salve oi inml l,y the common 

 Curculio, There were three Cuivuli., , le-ccnts in the 

 specimens sent, and in ime of tlie-e the larva had 

 hatched out and commenced boring into the fruit. 



Chrysalis of the Virgin Xiirer jnoth — Conrad 

 Mallinekrodt, Augusta, Mo. — The chrysalis which you 

 found on a corn-hill, has, since its receipt, jiroduced 

 the Virgin Tiger Moth (.(,'. . . -iii \- .\l.l,.). a 

 beautiful insect, with Hc-li.i-; ■ > ■ ->lii.li are cov- 

 ered with stripes ami laiiee-.l I i ,. ,i • -.r l,|:„-k The 



brown bunch at the e.vtivinin .ii ih, inniy ,,| ihc i-hry- 

 salis, which you supposed to lie a fungus, was the 

 shrunken skin of the caterpillar, and this caterpillar 

 had doubtless fed on your young corn, as a closely 

 allied species is known to do . 



Chrysalis of the Ursula Kuttc 



ler, Allenion, ifo.— The curious clir\ 

 that figured on page l'J-2 (Fig l.U / , i 

 on the leaf of a (Trape-vim-, belong 

 butterfly (Xymphalis vrsiila, Fabr j wl 

 in the article on "Imitative Butterfl 

 bred the butterfly from it. 



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