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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



trees belong in reality to the very same natural 

 Family (Rosacea'), and two of them to the very 

 same genus (PyrMs), he appends the t'ollowing 

 preeious corollary, evidently supposing that a 

 Mountain Ash is an Ash: 



In these cases the affected trees, Phun and 

 Ash, stonrt rloso to aiijile frcos rovorpd with 

 barlvlicc s.-;ilcs. 'I'liis i- \rvv inli'ivsling, as 

 proving t(i ni\ iiiiii.l lli;il the :\\>]Ar ii.iiklouse is 

 capable ot living- cm Ivrv^. lu.l mih of ditl'orent 

 genera, biff a/so on those, of n-nlvlii .lljfrrent 

 families. Alter seeing tliis we ran iiaiiily aj)- 

 preciate the cdrrectm^s of the (Irclaralioiis of 

 jNlr. C'tirli^. that lhi-< iii-cct is idenlic-al witli the 

 (JdiU'ds <irli<n-iiiii till, (iris 111' Ihe Ehn— a thing 

 whiili aii|ii'ar- inriiii^i-n'iil \\ ilh the modern no- 

 ti(.n> (.niir iKiliiN ..r|,laiitli.-i. [barklice?] 



Whether or not it be possible for the very 

 same species of barklouse to live and thrive upon 

 species of plants belonging to distinct botanical 

 families, is another and a very difl'erent ques- 

 tion, which partly depends upon tlie meaning 

 which we may choose to attach to the term 

 ■•species." But most certainly the facts, (juoted 

 Avith such a flourish of trumpets by Dr. Sliimer, 

 so far as they go, prove the exact opposite of 

 what he wants them to prove. For Mountain 

 Ash is not "Ash," neither is Horsechestnut 

 "Chestnut," nor is Buckwheat " AVheat," nor is 

 Fool's Parslev "Parsley." 



HOW THE CURCULK) FLIES BY NKUIT. 



•'The Ourculio is a winged insect, aiul will tty by 

 iii.nht as well iis ill Mie day tiine The Doctor had tested 



in some <lungeon alung with a few dozen other 

 mortals, and if, while there conlined, he and his 

 companious should be wakefnl and restless dur- 

 ing the night; wonder whether it would prove 

 that man is by nature a nocturnal biped, and 

 further that he flies as well as walks in the 

 night time! 



THE PBltlODKUL CICADA— OUR FIUST BKOOD ES- 

 \i>U^ ^ TABLISHED, 



We learn from several of our exchanges that 

 the 17-year "Locusts" liave made their appear- 

 ance in Connecticut. Thus the genuineness of 

 this 17-year Brood of the Periodical Cicada (our 

 Brood 1st) which Dr. Fitch recorded as having 

 appeared in 1818 and 1835, is established be- 

 yond all doubt. Look out for these insects next 

 year in the " Kreitz Creek Valley" in Vork 

 county, Pa. ! 



BE ON THE GUARD: 



In an article entitled " Mind how you pack 

 Insects "' (p. 54) we have already warned our 

 readers of the evil that might result from the 

 careless packing of live insects which are to be 

 sent from one part of the country to another. 

 The following item from the August number 

 of the American AgricuUitrist, would indicate 

 that the dreaded Colorado Potato Bug has been 

 introduced into some of the Eastei-n States by 

 just such careless packing: 



CoLoiiADO Potato Beetle. — That which we 

 feared has been done. The Colorado Potato 

 Beetle has been scattered along our Eastern 

 States. A friend in Paulding. Ohio, sent speci- 



we may look for thcin an\ w linr ai ihr Kast. 



We shall watch A\iili intcrc-l tlic rcMilt of this 

 carelessness. Paulding is near the western 

 border of the State of Ohio, and ])ersons along 

 the railroads which run through the northern 

 parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania, should be on 

 their guai^d, and use the utmost vigilance to 

 exterminate the pest wherever it first appears. 

 If nothing but larvae escaped from such a box, 

 the probabilities are that they would starve be- 

 fore finding fresh food ; but if perfect beetles 

 have been let loose, then we fear the worst. 



PKOPIIECY FrLFILLED. 



Just as we pi-edicted nearly a year ago,* the 

 Colorado Potato Bug is spreading like a devour- 

 ing flame through the great potato-growing 

 State of Michigan. In reference to specimens 

 received from Branch, Kent, Ionia, Shiawassee, 

 Genesee, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Jackson 

 counties. Prof. Cook, of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Lansing, Mich., replies as follows: 



These are the Colorado Potato Beetle (Bori/- 

 phora W-Kneata, Say). In traveling over the 

 State during the last week, I found them thor- 

 oughly scattered. How they have become so 

 suddenly diffused is hard to "explain. — }yedern 

 Rural, July 29, 18G!). 



♦Amkk. Entom., I. II 4-2. 



To Banish jVnts from Apartments. — Of all 

 the methods advised that of using rotten lemons 

 is the most eft'ectnal, as the odor completely 

 drives the ants away. — H. Hamct in L'lnsecfo- 

 loffie Agricole. 



