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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Clover-worms— £. P. FUnilers, Galeshur./, Mich.— 

 Tlic liirva; sent, which arrived in excellent oWler, and 

 which, as you say, "were found in myriads in the 

 bciltom of a stack consisting partly of clover-hay," • are 



vorms, of which we herewith jire- 

 r stages. Figures 1 and 2 repre- 

 le cocoon, 4 the- pupa, 5 and 6 

 ' white weh in which the worm 

 iM-. The moth is scientifically 

 -(■(//.. l''ahr. We copy your de- 

 i 111 wliicli this worm operated, 

 :illy Id tlie other instances in 

 iiHi wifl). "Tlio hiiv close to 



Raspberry Itrand-V. M. Beecher, i^cirpoH, 

 As you nylitly inrcr, the orange fungus on the rasi 

 leaves which you send, is the same as that whi 

 spoke of on page 204 of our last numlK-r. \\ , 

 saw a great deal of this fungus and have nli-n \ , 

 it is almost entirely confined to the pn -. m 

 growth of cime. and it has the curious crt. ,1 ,,(- , ; 



who 



ler 



■ bio 



nun II 



were nut the cause of'the brand. 



it. They are the larvas of some 



Rose-tvorms — den. S. Orn, 



The three woriiw of:, >,,il,. c'Vmi 



upon 



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Plum-tree Plant-lice— /);■. T. W. Gordon. George- 

 town, Ohio — The minute insects, mostly of a pale green 

 color, without wings, but some of them black with wings, 

 which so thickly infest the underside of your plum leaves, 



are apparently the common Plum-leaf louse (Aphis prutii- 

 /■-//,« . Fit,l, >. Til,- >p, ,-i,.s is ^ ,-ry variabl,-, Cut iliay at 



,iii.-.-li, ,li-nii_-ui-l,.-,l|-i-,,i,illi,-(-l„-i-rvlM;int-l,iii>,-(.-(;,iM 

 ■■n,.;. I.inn. ul,i,-l, iiir,--t-tli.-l,-;n,-s,,ril„-.-l„-n-v:i>v 



liici 



igh 



I'lant-iice of different kinds 

 Is ilii- > car, and more especially 

 I, -,i allies. They may be killed 

 ii; uiili weak lye, strong soap- 

 siKls. toliacco wati r or crc^ylic so.ap; but whatever the 

 solution be. it must touch the lice, or it otherwise will 

 have no effect. Another most efficient method of 

 cleiiiing large trees of these lice, is that of introduc- 

 ing in their midst a number of their natural enemies, 

 such as the Lady-birds and their larva3 (Fig. 165), 

 the larva; of the Syrphus-flies (Fig. 160), or those of the 



[FiB. ICo.] [Fig. IGTJ 



Lace-wing flies (Fig. 167). The small birds should also 

 be encouraged. "VVe predicted on page l.'<4, that the 

 Apple-tree Plant-lice, which were so very thick on the 

 bursting buds of the Apple, in the early part of the 

 season, would soon disappear and do no harm. Two 

 weelcs after the artirl,- nicricd to had been written, 

 scarcely one of tins,- li,c was to be found, as we learned 

 "•om reports and Iroiu oui- own oljservation. We must 

 .ive the small Ijir.l- tli,- -i-,-;il,-i- pint o| the credit for 

 the sudil 

 especially were \ 

 them none more 

 low Bird, and the 



I binl- til,- -i-,-;il,-i- piu-t, ol ibe credit for 



isa|ip,-;ir.in,-,- ',1' tir- li,-,-. Tli,- warlilcrs V 



3V,-n a,-tiN,-iiHiii--j,iu,luoi-U,an,iam,iiig \ 



re so than th,- 1',-wc,-, tli.- .Maniaii.l Yel- j 



the American 8pai-i-uw. I 



little cottony mass which was found under some white 

 clothes that were laid out on the grass to bleach, is 

 formed by the larvae of some little parasitic Ichneumon 

 fly, belonging very probably to the genus Microgaster. 

 We have fi'cquently bred the Hies from similar cottony 

 masses. Some unfortunate caterpillar, infested with 

 the ninp-.s-ot-lik,^ larva"- nf one of these Tchneumon Hies, 



interior uf wliicU each one alterward.s spun lor itself a 

 more compact cocoon . 



J. E. Trdhue, Hannihal, J/b.— The cottony masses 

 which you find on the Army-worm, and which many 

 suppose to be the eggs of that insect, are in reality, 

 siiiiiiai- iKuasiti,- cocimuis with the above. Instead ot 

 l,r,i,lii, iiix a 11, -u i;, 11, lation of Army-worms they will 

 pr,Mlu, ,- a swanii o|- that worm's deadliest foes, and 

 sli,piil,l n,i| in ,-oiiM-iiui-nce be destroyed. 



A uew Curciilio Humbug-. — E. P. Flanders, 

 Gahshurg, Mich. — The Patent Lamp to destroy the 

 Curculio by attracting it as it flies round by niglit, of 

 which you enclose the circular, is liable to the .same 

 latal ol..ic,ti,ui as the plan of the German Gardener, 

 up, .11 whi, -h u,' commented in No. 9 (p. 18;>)— namely. 

 that till- ( 111, ulio does notfiy by night, and conscciiiciitly 

 w,iul,l II, )t ill- attracted even by the most brilliant lamp'. 

 ,\,-itli,-i- would tills contrivance be of niu,-li usi- •• in an 



in llu- night-time; and the Bee-motli as wc-ll as most of 

 those wliich infest orchards, with the exception of tliuse 

 jirodiiced by Climbing Cutworms, belong to other 

 groups, which have not that strange propensity to burn 

 their wings off in the fire. 



Eg-gs miscarried — Judge A. M. Jlroirii , l^illa Ridge, 

 Ills.— The eggs you speak 'of, upon strawberry leaves, 

 never came to hand . 



