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THE AMERICAN" ENTOMOLOGIST. 



scots—/, r,. Ifartwell, Will-!. 



Breeding: Cages.— -/T. S. Redney, Potsdam, N. J.— 

 AVe must refer you to what was said on page 99, in 

 answer to D. P. Smith, on tlie subject of breeuing in- 

 sects. The In-ceJin.^' cage there deseribed answers 



r\ I TV imiiiu-.'. Tlir 1' MMl-i.kiiit 111' tile insert vou intend 

 tu l.ivr.l. .an 1,.. k.'iit iVr-li in ilir l,.,ttl,. ,,i w.iter, and 

 I lie iii^.Mi iii:i\ citli. r .■nt,T 111.' -round to Iriin^I'dnn, or 

 ~pi)i iip in -nnir ."rnri- nf \]\v I'a-r, a.-c-..i-.lini,' as its 

 nature- )ii-oin|il- it \\C -cinTall) liaw tin- tiii_tube 



M/ctnhnlda «idc-ninnlli,Ml ,|uininr iM.ttl.- T.i laeili- 

 tale tlir lir.a'.lin^- nT i liilnani v[i,.,ic-, tu .. vniall cages 



inrllr.M|Ualv; ami l.s inch.- liiulT IrilM' ^tcuis'nf tlio 



I'lanl-d I lill III. 111. . mil ..r th.. I. ..III.-, it >ljouldbe 



-I .-.I ii|. ^MIll .■..II..H-\v...il, M, a> t.. i.r.'\ent the 



liliii-lrce Korcr—WilUe M. Gregory. Jkfea, OMo— 

 We Inn e lirnl tu tlie perfect state, several of the borers 

 wliiili >iiu (iiuncl in dry elm wood, and which we 



inl'..niii-.i v.. II ' \>. Ii'.^<i would prodiiec some long-horned 



i Ground Beetle.— X J. Jyres, riUa. Eldge, 

 mass of yellowisli-whitP eggs deposited in 



■rgi-..iind; 

 ft his ..Teat 

 ..ur Xorth 



o* tlie I'otato — Isuac lliekt, 

 Jshi,,,}. lY. r.— The flat turtlc- 

 1, incli ill diameter, found in such 



«ilk-\voriii ^Sollis. — /. Z- 



■Tli..ni..lli-ulii.-!i i-Mi.alfi-., in .'...■ - ui.i.-li 



lithe h..llM. all «inl.l.ali.|«lii.-h\v.a-.Mals<-n 



..II >p'.a-i.-,iri'iat'iv.' >ilk-w..i'in M..tlis."Nn. 1 

 .pia .M..lh I. (//„,„« Ceeropia. Linn, i, iinil No. 

 ■..in..lh.-a .M..lh (Attavus Promethm, Linn.) 

 siariily cm r beeoine sufficiently numerous 

 lenal injurii.us. 



.Stalk Itoror.— yr. •/. -I..- . T..'.' ;V ,,, 



and have three white short lines about the middle. It 

 breeds in live a.s well as dead elm , but usually only in 

 such trees as are jiartly dead. 



Peacli-twisr Borers — Geo. Fisher, East Lixerpool, 

 OJitii—V,'i- are eiitinly unacquainted with the mniute 

 brown ln.r.is whi. li are infesting your peach twigs. 

 They will pr.i.hi.-.- some small moth. AVe hope you 



P6riadical Cicada in Sairin Twig, 



:i/i^ Iroidon. Mo 

 (■r„„!n,rv!: «ah;,ul^ distigu 

 the l'eri...ri.-aU'i.a.hi.;ui(l whi 

 that has, li.'.l in. Ill lli.-e iniuri, 



AVe received the Savin 

 pimctures of 



117, that 



were 



X:iin-tree Sawr.fljr. — A. P. Whitney, Franldin' 

 Grove, J/ls— The large smoky-winged fly. which you 

 ftmnd on an elm tree, and whieh lias the head, thorax, 

 andtirsi tw,. s..uiii..nt-..f till' al..l..ni..n l.lack. with the 

 rest of 111.' al.. I. .111. '11 re.l.li>li-l.r..wii. i> the rC Elm-tree 

 Saw-lly ii;-,„l<..r L,ij'.',l.i. Jlarri>i The kirva of this 

 insect is a pale gni'ii ■J'2-f'ooti'il worm and feeds upon 

 the leaves both of Elm and AVillow. 



Beetles named— 6'. parhr, Washington, D. C.— 

 No. 1 is Prachinus Americaniis, Lee. No. 2, Bewhidium 

 nipestre. Dej. No. 3, Tachys pulchellns, Perte. No. 

 4, broken all to jiieces. No. 5, Endrosa, i-ulvula ,'Jjec. 

 No. (i, too much injured to identify. 



Snout -beetle— //. Kleiiihaus, Xyces, Pa. — The large 



l.rowii Sn..iiNI.,etle, speekli'd with dirty white, of 

 whi.h ^..11 .l.-ire the nam,., is th.' Uiih.hius eonfusus ot 

 Kirl,\. W . kii..H II. .thill- ol its habits; but all the 

 -|.c.ii- .if ilii- -I iiii> are tinilier-lior.rs, and usually in 



t'auiiibxil Beetle — Mrs. Mary Treat, Vineland, 

 y. ./.— Ihr >avage green beetle whicli you describe, was 

 d.iulitless M>ine species of Culosoma. (See Fig. 40.) 

 .•Send specimens. 



Wbitc Grub l-ungus again.— ^. W. Peale, Sa- 

 vanna, Mo. — The AVhite Grubs with sprouts are attacked 

 by the same fungus whieh we have several times spoken 



of. (Sec pp. 180 and 207.) 



While Grub — Geo. S. Grorer. Warrenshurg, Mo. — 

 The -lull which has injured a great many fields of corn 

 ill yiiiir nei'^hborhood is the common AVhite Grub. 



Cut-worms — O. C. Prodhead, Pleasant Pill, Mo. — 

 A our cut- worm is the "Greasy Cut- worm," the larva 

 of the Laiiee Itustic {Agrotis telifera, Ilarr). 



